Lok Sabha Question No. 755 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Assets of Closed Fertilizer Units
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Eswarasamy K

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 755 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.11.2024

## Assets of closed fertilizer units

## 755.  SHRI ESWARASAMY K:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of plant machineries, utilities services, land buildings and other assets of the closed fertilizer units;
- (b) whether  any  valuation  of  the  above  assets  was  carried  out  by  a  competent agency before the closure;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with their asset value, unit-wise; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SMT.  ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a):  Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited  (HFCL)  were  closed  in  September,2002.Government  of  India  mandated  the revival  of  Ramagundam (Telangana), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Sindri (Jharkhand) and Talcher (Odisha) units of Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL) and Barauni (Bihar) unit  of  Hindustan  Fertilizer  Corporation  Ltd.  (HFCL)  through  Joint Venture  Company (JVC) of nominated PSUs for setting up new ammonia-urea plants of 12.7 LMT per annum  capacity  each.  Ramagundam,  Gorakhpur,  Barauni  and  Sindri  units  have started  urea  production  on  22.03.2021,  07.12.2021,  18.10.2022  and  05.11.2022 respectively.  These  four  plants  have  added  50.8  LMT  per  annum  of  domestic  urea production capacity in the country.

- (b)&  (c):    The  Projects  &  Development  India  Limited  (PDIL),  a  Public  Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of the Department of Fertilizers carried out the valuation of the assets of the closed units of HFCL and FCIL, the details of which are as under:

( Rupees in crore)

|                      | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)   | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)   | Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   | Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)   |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Particulars/ Units   | Durgapur                                          | Barauni                                           | Haldia                                            | Sindri                                           | Gorakhpur                                        | Ramagu- ndam                                     | Talcher                                          | Korba                                            |
| 1. Land & Buildings  | 21.86                                             | 3104.26                                           | 36.01                                             | 7742.89                                          | 3023.38                                          | 278.23                                           | 143.20                                           | 457.27                                           |
| 2. Trees Plantations | 3.91                                              | 8.03                                              | 2.12                                              | 18.61                                            | 24.69                                            | 5.64                                             | 3.16                                             | 25.62                                            |
| 3. Usable items      | 0.03                                              | 0.11                                              | 0.11                                              | 54.41                                            | 16.18                                            | 32.86                                            | 42.24                                            | 11.42                                            |
| 4.Unusable items     | 28.24                                             | 40.48                                             | 43.15                                             | 179.73                                           | 58.88                                            | 94.63                                            | 90.23                                            | 12.16                                            |
| Total                | 54.04                                             | 3152.88                                           | 81.39                                             | 7995.64                                          | 3123.13                                          | 411.36                                           | 278.83                                           | 506.47                                           |

- (d):    In  view of (b) & (c) above, question does not arise.

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