Question : PRODUCTION OF BIO FERTILIZERS

(a) the Public Sector companies engaged in the production of bio-fertilizers in the country, State-wise; and

(b) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the production of bio-fertilizers in the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

(SHRI SBPBK SATYANARAYANA RAO)

(a) & (b) The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India is implementing a continuing Central Sector Scheme on Development and Use of Biofertilisers during the Ninth Plan. Under this Scheme, grant-in-aid upto Rs.20.00 lakhs is being extended for setting up /strengthening of biofertiliser production units of 150 tonnes capacity per annum by State Governments/Public Sector Companies and others. The Department of Fertilisers, Government of India is also extending grants for biofertiliser production. Till date, 63 biofertiliser production units have been approved with the grants from Government of India including 16 units with public sector undertakings. Besides, there are 48 other units which exist in different States. The total estimated production capacity of these units is about 17000 tonnes per annum and estimated production is about 10000 tonnes/ annum. Statewise details of the Units financed by the Government of India are enclosed at the Annexure.


Annexure
Details of State-wise Biofertiliser production facilities created by Government of India

GOI financed unit	Capacity (ton)
Andhra pradesh

1.Madras Fertiliser Ltd., Vijayawada	75

2.Andhra Pradesh Agriculture. University., Hyderabad	75

3.Godavari Fertiliser.& Chemicals. Ltd., Secunderabad	100
Assam 

1.Assam Agro Industries Corporation, Guwahati	150

2.Hindustan Fertiliser Co., Namrup	75

3. Hindustan Fertiliser. Co.,Silchar	150
Bihar

1.Sone Command Area Dev. Authority, Patna	150

2.Pyrite Phosphate Chemicals Ltd.,Amjhore	75

3. Hindustan Fertiliser Co, Sindri	75

4. Hindustan Fertiliser. Co., Barauni	75
Gujarat

1. Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd. , Surat	225

2.Gujarat State Coop. Mktg.Federation, Ahmedabad	125

3.Gujarat State Fertiliser. Co. Ltd.,Vadodara	475

4. Gujarat Agro Industry Corpn., Ahmedabad	150
Haryana

1.Chowdhary Charan Singh Hisar Agriculture. University,Hisar	75

2. Regional Biofertiliser. Development Centre, Hisar	50
Himachal Pradesh

1.Department.of Agriculture, Shimla	75
Karnataka

1. Karnataka Compost Development Corporation	150

2. Karnataka State Agro Industries Corporation	150

3.Regional Biofertiliser. Development Centre, Bangalore	50

4. Madras Fertiliser. Ltd., Banglore	75
Kerala

1.Department of Agriculture Kerala, Pattambi	75

2. Fertilisers and Chemicals Travencore Ltd. (FACT)	150
Madhya Pradesh

1.National Fertiliser. Ltd., Indore	75

2.MP Agro Industries Corporation Ltd., Bhopal	450

3. Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation Ltd., Gwalior	75

4. Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation , Bhopal	75

5. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federaion of
India Ltd., (NAFED), Indore	200
6. MP State Cooperative Oilseed Growers Federation Ltd., Dhar	150

7Regional Biofertiliser Development Centre, Jabalpur	50


Maharashtra
1. BAIF Laboratories Ltd. (BAIF), Pune	75

2. Rashtriya Chemical and Ferttiliser. Ltd.,Chembur	75

3.Regional Biofertiliser Development Centre, Nagpur	50

4.Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune	150

5. Institute Of Natural Organic Agril.(INORA), Pune	150
6.Environmental Protection Research Foundation, Sangli	150

Manipur
1.Regional Biofertiliser. Development Centre, Imphal	50
Mizoram
1.Deptt.of Agriculture Mizoram, Aizawl	75
Nagaland
1.Deptt. of Agriculture Nagaland, Kohima	150
Orissa
1.Orissa Agro Industries Corporation, Bhubaneswar	75

2. Orissa Agro Industries Corporation, Sambalpur	150

3. Orissa Agro Industries Corporation, Rayagada	150

4.Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation., Cuttack	150

5.Regional Biofertiliser Development Centre , Bhubaneswar	50

Rajasthan
1.Rajasthan Agro Industry Corporation, Jaipur	75

2.State Farm Corporation of India, Suratgarh	150

Tamil Nadu
1.Madras Fertiliser Ltd., Chennai	75

2. Deptt.of Agriculture Tamil Nadu, Salem	250

3.Dept.of Agriculture Tamil Nadu, Kudumiamalai	75

4.T. Stanes & Co., Coimbatore	925

5. Southern Petro Chemical Ind. Corpn. Ltd., Chennai	100
6. Seema Cotton Development Research
Association, Coimbatore	75

7 Eswin Advanced Technolosgy Ltd., Chennai	150
Uttar Pradesh
1. Indian Farmers Fertilisers Cooperative Ltd., Phoolpur	75

2.Deptt. of Agriculture Uttar Pradesh, Etah,	50

3.Deptt. of Agriculture Uttar Pradesh ,Baharaich	50

4.Deptt. of Agriculture Uttar Pradesh , Orai	50

5. National Biofertiliser Development Centre, Ghaziabad	75

West Bengal
1. Bidhan Chand Krishi Vishvidalaya, Kalyani	75

2. Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation, Durgapur	75

3. Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation, Siliguri	150

Pondicherry
1. Pondicherry Agro Industries Corporation, Pondicherry	75

Meghalaya

1. Department of Agriculture Meghalaya, Tura	75
Total	9025

Total No. of GOI units	63