Lok Sabha Question No. 3412 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Setting up of Fertilizer Plants
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Lumbaram Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3412 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 08.08.2025

## Setting up of Fertilizer Plants

## 3412:  SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the action plan of the Government to meet the shortage of chemical fertilizers across the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set  up new fertilizer plants  across  the country; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including  Jalore  and  Sirohi  districts  of Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) The availability of fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS has remained adequate across the States during the ongoing Kharif-2025 season.

Further, following steps are taken  by the Government before every cropping season for ensuring timely and adequate availability of fertilizers across the States:

- i. Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture and  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW),  in  consultation  with  all  the  State  Governments, assesses the state-wise & month-wise requirement of fertilizers.
- ii. On  the  basis  of  requirement  projected  by  DA&FW,  D/o  Fertilizers  allocates adequate  quantities  of  fertilizers  to  States  by  issuing  monthly  supply  plan  and continuously monitors the availability.
- iii. The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is monitored throughout the country  by  an  on-line  web-based  monitoring  system  called  integrated  Fertilizer Monitoring System (iFMS);
- iv. Regular Weekly Video  Conference  is  conducted  jointly  by  DA&FW  and  D/o Fertilizers with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizers as indicated by the State Governments.

(b) and (c) Currently, there is no proposal of Government to set up new Fertilizers Plants  across  the  country.  However,  with  regard  to  Urea,  the  Government  had announced  New  Investment  Policy  (NIP)  -  2012  on  2 nd   January,  2013  and  its amendment on 7thOctober, 2014 to facilitate fresh investment in the urea sector and to make India self-sufficient in the urea sector. Total 6 new Urea units have been set up  under  NIP-2012  which  includes  4  urea  units  set  up  through  Joint  Venture Companies  (JVC)  of  nominated  PSUs  and  2  Urea  units  set  up  by  the  private companies. The  units set up through JVC  are Ramagundam  Urea  unit  of Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (RFCL) in Telangana and 3 Urea units namely  Gorakhpur,  Sindri  and  Barauni  of  Hindustan  Urvarak  &  Rasayan  Limited (HURL) in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Jharkhand  and  Bihar,  respectively.  The  units  set  up  by private  companies  are Panagarh  urea  unit  of  Matix  Fertilizers  and  Chemicals  Ltd. (Matix)  in  West  Bengal;  and  Gadepan-III  Urea  unit  of  Chambal  Fertilizers  and Chemicals Ltd. (CFCL) in Rajasthan. Each of these units has installed capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonne per annum (LMTPA). These units are highly energy efficient as they are based on latest technology.

Further, an exclusive policy for the revival of Talcher unit of FCIL through JVC of  nominated  PSUs  namely  Talcher  Fertilizers  Limited  (TFL)  by  setting  up  a  new Greenfield  Urea  plant  of  12.7  LMTPA  at  coal  gasification  route  has  also  been approved. Recently, the Government of India has approved the proposal for setting up of a new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex of 12.7 LMT annual capacity of Urea production within the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL), Namrup, Assam with an estimated total project cost of 10601.40 Crores with Debt Equity ratio of 70:30 through a Joint Venture (JV), under the New Investment Policy, 2012 read with its amendments on 7 th  October, 2014.

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