(a) whether the Government has any proposal to sell the land of sick/ closed fertilizer units from Bihar and UP in the near future;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the details of the steps taken/ proposed to be taken in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERILIZERS
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) & (b) : Gorakhpur unit of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd (FCIL) and Barauni unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd (HFCL) are situated in the States of Uttar Pradesh & Bihar respectively. There is no proposal to sell the land of these units.
(c) & (d) : The Union Cabinet has decided to revive these units through ‘Nomination Route’ by Joint Venture namely Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. comprising of nominated Central Public Sector Enterprises namely National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., Coal India Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & FCIL/ HFCL by installing new Urea Plant having production capacity of 1.27 Million Metric Tonne Urea per annum each at both the locations.
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