(a) the number of fertilizer manufacturing units lying closed at present
alongwith Sindri in Jharkhand;
(b) the number of workers and officers working in these closed fertilizer
units and the details of the monthly/ annual expenditure incurred on their
wages, salaries and maintenance during the last three years;
(c) the action taken by the Government to revive these fertilizer units
and the time by which all these units are likely to be revived; and
(d) the reasons for delay in their revival?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS AND
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI B.K. HANDIQUE)
(a) to (b) The information is furnished in the table at Annexure.
(c) to (d) The Government is in the process of reviving the closed
units of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) at Gorakhpur,
Ramagundam, Talcher, Sindri and Korba and those of the Hindustan
Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) at Barauni,Durgapur and Haldia
subject to availability of feedstock.As the process of revival is
under different stages of examination, at this stage it is not feasible
to indicate a definite time frame.