(a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up new urea / fertilizer units using indigenously developed technique particularly in Gujarat;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether such project will help in ensuring overall and holistic development in the fertilizer sector; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
(SHRI D V SADANANDA GOWDA)
(a) & (b): No Sir, Government of India has no such proposal to set up new urea / fertilizer units by using the technology developed in the country especially in Gujarat State.
However, Government of India is reviving 5 closed fertilizer plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) namely Talcher, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri plants of FCIL and Barauni plant of HFCL by setting up new Urea Ammonia plants of 12.7 Lakh metric tonne per
annum capacity each, in the following states: -
Sl .No. Name of Fertilizer plant Name of location & State where plant is located
1 Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. Talcher, Odisha
2 Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Ramagundam, Telangana
3 Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
4 Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. Sindri, Jharkhand
5 Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. Barauni, Bihar
In addition to above, the Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.05.2015 has decided to install a new urea plant of 8.648 LMTPA in the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL), which will subsequently replace the existing urea plants Namrup-II (capacity 2.20 LMTPA) and Namrup-III (capacity 2.70 LMTPA).
(c) & (d): These projects upon implementation/ operationalization will bridge the gap between demand and supply of urea in the country, and will rejuvenate the fertilizer sector. Subsequent to commissioning/ start of the above plants, the indigenous urea production will be enhanced by 72.148 Lakh Metric Tonne per year leading to corresponding reduction in import of urea.
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