Lok Sabha Question No. 1952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-11
Subject: Green Ammonia Production
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Tangella Uday Srinivas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1952

ANSWERED ON 11.02.2026

## GREEN AMMONIA PRODUCTION

## 1952. SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  volume  of  production  of  conventional  ammonia  and  green/renewable ammonia in the country during the last five years, year and State-wise including Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) whether  any  new  projects  have  been  sanctioned  to  augment  ammonia  production capacity in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof including their location, additional capacity, expected or actual date of commencement, State and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh including Kakinada;
- (d) the quantity and value of ammonia including green/renewable ammonia, exported from India and imported into India during the last five years, year and country-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has formulated any policy, roadmap or strategy for domestic production,  storage,  transportation  and  export  of  conventional  and  green/renewable ammonia  and  if  so,  the  details thereof including  incentives, financial  support mechanisms and regulatory measures to promote ammonia as a clean energy carrier and industrial feedstock?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.

Under the Mission, prices have been discovered by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for  the  production  and  supply  of  7,24,000  Metric  Tonnes  per  Annum  (MTPA)  of  Green Ammonia (a derivative of Green Hydrogen) to 13 fertilizer units across India. The details are provided at Annexure I .

The  details  of  volume  of  production  of  conventional  ammonia  in  India,  are  provided  at Annexure II .

(b) and (c)

The details regarding new projects being implemented to augment green ammonia production are given below:

- i. The foundation stone for NTPC's Green Hydrogen Hub for production of 1.5 MMTPA of Green Hydrogen & Green Ammonia at Pudimadaka. was laid by the Hon'ble Prime Minister 8 th February 2025.
- ii. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has accorded approval for the proposal for setting up of 1.0 MMTPA Green Hydrogen based Green Ammonia and other
3. derivatives manufacturing facility at Kakinada by M/s. AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Limited as per the provisions of AP Integrated Clean Energy Policy, 2024.
4. (d) The details of exports and imports of ammonia during the last five years, year and country-wise are provided at Annexure III.
5. (e) The scheme guidelines for Implementation of Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Programme -Component- II: Incentive for Procurement of Green Ammonia Production, have been issued under the National Green Hydrogen Mission. Under this, an incentive of ₹ 8.82/kg of green ammonia is being provided in the first year of production and supply, ₹ 7.06/kg during the second year of production and supply, and ₹ 5.30/kg during the third year of production and supply.

Additionally, the following supportive provisions have also been provided for green ammonia:

- i. Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia Plants commissioned on or before 31.12.2030, and which utilize renewable energy for the production of Green Hydrogen or Green Ammonia, have been granted exemption from the payment of ISTS charges for a period of 25 years, starting from the date of commissioning of the project.
- ii. Standalone plants producing Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia by way of electrolysis of water using Renewable Energy, have been exempted from requirement of prior Environmental Clearance under the provisions of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2006.
- iii. Duty benefits under Section 26 of SEZ Act, 2005 have been allowed to the units for installation as well as O&M of renewable energy equipment exclusively for captive consumption of the unit.
- iv. Exemption has been granted from ALMM and RLMM requirements for Renewable Energy plants located inside a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) or Export Oriented Unit (EOU) and supplying power exclusively for production plants of Green Hydrogen (or its derivatives).

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## Prices discovered for production and supply of Green Ammonia

|   S. No. | Procurer fertilizer unit                                              | Location       |   Green Ammonia capacity (MTPA) |   Discovered price (Rs. /kg) * | Selected Green Ammonia producer                               |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Paradeep Phosphate Limited (Paradeep)                                 | Odisha         |                           75000 |                          55.75 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited                      |
|        2 | Krishana Phoschem Limited, Meghnagar                                  | Madhya Pradesh |                           70000 |                          51.8  | NTPC Renewable Energy Limited                                 |
|        3 | Madhya Bharat Agro Products Limited-II, Sagar                         | Madhya Pradesh |                           60000 |                          52.25 | Oriana Power Limited                                          |
|        4 | Madhya Bharat Agro Products Limited-III, Dhule                        | Maharashtra    |                           70000 |                          53.05 | SCC Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. with M/s InSolare Energy Limited |
|        5 | Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers& Chemicals Limited (GNFC), Bharuch | Gujarat        |                           50000 |                          52.5  | Onix Renewable Limited                                        |
|        6 | Coromandel International Limited (CIL), Kakinada                      | Andhra Pradesh |                           85000 |                          50.75 | Jakson Green and Ocior                                        |
|        7 | Coromandel International Limited (CIL), Vishakhapatnam                | Andhra Pradesh |                           50000 |                          51.89 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited                      |
|        8 | Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), Kandla         | Gujarat        |                          100000 |                          54.73 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited                      |
|        9 | Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), Paradeep       | Odisha         |                          100000 |                          49.75 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited                      |
|       10 | Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL), Zuarinagar                         | Goa            |                           25000 |                          62.84 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited                      |
|       11 | Indorama India Private Limited (IIPL), Haldia                         | West Bengal    |                           20000 |                          64.74 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited                      |
|       12 | Mangalore Chemicals& Fertilizers Ltd. (MCFL), Mangalore               | Karnataka      |                           15000 |                          57.65 | SCC Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. with M/s InSolare Energy Limited |
|       13 | Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL), Chennai                             | Tamil Nadu     |                            4000 |                          50    | Suryam International Private Limited                          |

## Annexure II

| Production of State   | District     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|-----------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Production of State   | District     | ('000 MT) | ('000 MT) | ('000 MT) | ('000 MT) | ('000 MT) |
| Maharastra            | Navi mumbai  | 87.0      | 94.0      | 97.0      | 270.0     | 270.0     |
| Maharastra            | Mumbai       | 368.0     | 462.0     | 448.0     | 448.0     | 408.0     |
| Maharastra            | Raigad       | 1219.0    | 1204.0    | 1219.0    | 1162.0    | 1103.0    |
| Gujarat               | Vadodara     | 476.0     | 451.0     | 510.0     | 471.0     | 465.0     |
| Gujarat               | Surat        | 1402.0    | 1329.0    | 1324.0    | 1389.0    | 1426.0    |
| Gujarat               | Bharuch      | 371.0     | 383.0     | 370.0     | 375.0     | 369.0     |
| Gujarat               | Gandhinagar  | 393.0     | 343.0     | 404.0     | 386.0     | 396.0     |
| Assam                 | Namrup       | 82.0      | 111.0     | 140.0     | 110.0     | 117.0     |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Sambhal      | 658.0     | 743.0     | 674.0     | 706.0     | 773.0     |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Shahjahanpur | 646.0     | 605.0     | 674.0     | 654.0     | 697.0     |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Prayagraj    | 1013.0    | 844.0     | 1066.0    | 1082.0    | 1044.0    |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Bareilly     | 1304.0    | 1328.0    | 1335.0    | 1342.0    | 1357.0    |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Raebareilly  | 625.0     | 596.0     | 637.0     | 649.0     | 697.0     |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Kanpur Nagar | 393.0     | 400.0     | 384.0     | 408.0     | 355.0     |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Gorakhpur    | 0.0       | 0.0       | 491.0     | 768.0     | 684.0     |
| Madhya Pradesh        | Vijaipur     | 1216.0    | 1190.0    | 1309.0    | 1264.0    | 1249.0    |
| Rajasthan             | Kota         | 2170.0    | 2171.0    | 2216.0    | 2273.0    | 2311.0    |
| Andhra Pradesh        | Kakinada     | 424.0     | 521.0     | 638.0     | 747.0     | 124.0     |
| Goa                   | South Goa    | 290.0     | 269.0     | 271.0     | 226.0     | 261.0     |
| Tamil Nadu            | Thiruvallur  | 284.0     | 295.0     | 298.0     | 252.0     | 306.0     |
| Tamil Nadu            | Thoothikodi  | 327.0     | 368.0     | 429.0     | 315.0     | 431.0     |
| Kerala                | Ernakulam    | 241.0     | 241.0     | 313.0     | 281.0     | 204.0     |
| Karnataka             | Mangaluru    | 190.0     | 246.0     | 196.0     | 280.0     | 298.0     |
| Punjab                | Bathinda     | 344.0     | 322.0     | 347.0     | 280.0     | 326.0     |
|                       | Rupnagar     | 323.0     | 313.0     | 321.0     | 316.0     | 324.0     |
| Haryana               | Panipat      | 347.0     | 282.0     | 345.0     | 314.0     | 306.0     |
| Jharkhand             | Dhanbad      | 0.0       | 0.0       | 98.0      | 660.0     | 716.0     |
| Bihar                 | Begusarai    | 0.0       | 0.0       | 99.0      | 600.0     | 491.0     |
| West Bengal           | Bardhman     | 0.0       | 357.0     | 597.0     | 862.0     | 855.0     |
| Telangana             | Peddapalli   | 0.0       | 221.0     | 477.0     | 638.0     | 683.0     |
|                       | Total        | 15193.0   | 15689.0   | 17727.0   | 19528.0   | 19046.0   |

## Export of Anhydrous Ammonia

|   S.No. | Year      |   Value (in ₹ Crore) | Quantity (kg)   |
|---------|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | 2020-2021 |                 7.56 | 1,701,476       |
|       2 | 2021-2022 |                20.51 | 2,877,004       |
|       3 | 2022-2023 |                17.82 | 1,686,055       |
|       4 | 2023-2024 |                11.36 | 1,641,644       |
|       5 | 2024-2025 |                17.64 | 2,439,374       |

## County wise import of Ammonia by India

| Country-wise Import of Ammonia by India 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Country-wise Import of Ammonia by India 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Country-wise Import of Ammonia by India 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Country-wise Import of Ammonia by India 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Country-wise Import of Ammonia by India 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Country-wise Import of Ammonia by India 2020-21 to 2024-25   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Country                                                      | 2020-21                                                      | 2021-22                                                      | 2022-23                                                      | 2023-24                                                      | 2024-25                                                      |
| Algeria                                                      | 15.0                                                         | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| Australia                                                    | -                                                            | 18.0                                                         | 23.0                                                         | -                                                            | 48.5                                                         |
| Bahrain                                                      | 37.0                                                         | 208.6                                                        | 358.4                                                        | 226.8                                                        | 47.8                                                         |
| Bangladesh                                                   | 4.2                                                          | 97.8                                                         | -                                                            | 18.4                                                         | 12.6                                                         |
| Brazil                                                       | -                                                            | 6.3                                                          | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| China                                                        | -                                                            | -                                                            | 152.9                                                        | 0.01                                                         | 13.8                                                         |
| Egypt                                                        | 194.8                                                        | 153.9                                                        | 80.8                                                         | 32.3                                                         | -                                                            |
| Indonesia                                                    | 152.4                                                        | 150.3                                                        | 255.9                                                        | 227.3                                                        | 227.8                                                        |
| Iran                                                         | 139.1                                                        | 85.6                                                         | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| Japan                                                        | 11.9                                                         | -                                                            | 6.8                                                          | 8.4                                                          | 66.5                                                         |
| Kuwait                                                       | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            | 7.7                                                          | -                                                            |
| Libya                                                        | -                                                            | 23.0                                                         | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| Malaysia                                                     | 18.0                                                         | 17.2                                                         | 102.2                                                        | 77.5                                                         | 33.9                                                         |
| Oman                                                         | 107.9                                                        | 125.5                                                        | 135.6                                                        | 444.8                                                        | 959.3                                                        |
| Qatar                                                        | 464.1                                                        | 525.1                                                        | 268.2                                                        | 138.4                                                        | 170.5                                                        |
| Russia                                                       | 30.0                                                         | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| Saudi Arabia                                                 | 727.0                                                        | 520.3                                                        | 925.3                                                        | 904.7                                                        | 854.2                                                        |
| Singapore                                                    | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            | 31.3                                                         | -                                                            |
| Trinidad                                                     | 33.9                                                         | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            | 22.6                                                         |
| Turkey                                                       | 179.4                                                        | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| UAE/Abu Dhabi                                                | 45.2                                                         | 13.2                                                         | 31.1                                                         | 58.1                                                         | 78.0                                                         |
| Ukraine                                                      | 256.5                                                        | 362.5                                                        | -                                                            | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| Others                                                       | 0.2                                                          | -                                                            | 0.1                                                          | 0.1                                                          | 0.3                                                          |
| Total                                                        | 2,416.6                                                      | 2,307.2                                                      | 2,340.3                                                      | 2,175.8                                                      | 2,535.8                                                      |