**Executive Summary**
This document presents the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers' response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2436, focusing on fertilizer production units in India. It details the number of operational units, steps taken to reduce import dependence, and plans for establishing new fertilizer factories. The response references data valid as of February 13, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Operational Fertilizer Units:** The number of operational fertilizer production units in the country is provided in an Annexure.
* **Government Initiatives to Reduce Import Dependence:**
* **New Investment Policy (NIP) - 2012:** Introduced to facilitate investment in the urea sector and achieve self-sufficiency.
* Six new urea units have been set up under NIP-2012: four by Joint Venture Companies (JVCs) of nominated Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and two by private companies.
* Units set up through JVC include Ramagundam (Telangana), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Sindri (Jharkhand), and Barauni (Bihar).
* Units set up by private companies include Panagarh (West Bengal) and Gadepan-III (Rajasthan).
* Each unit has an installed capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonne per annum (LMTPA).
* **Revival of Talcher Unit:** An exclusive policy for the revival of the Talcher unit of FCIL through JVC of nominated PSUs by setting up a new Greenfield urea plant of 12.7 LMTPA through coal gasification route.
* **Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex:** Approval for setting up a new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex of 12.7 LMT annual capacity in Assam.
* **Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme:** Implemented since 01.04.2010 for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers, allowing free import/manufacture by companies.
* Guidelines issued on 18.01.2024 to ensure reasonableness of Maximum Retail Price and encourage domestic production.
* Recognition of new/increased manufacturing units under the NBS Scheme.
* Increased number of P&K fertilizers covered under NBS policy from 22 grades in 2021 to 28 grades.
* Freight Subsidy on Single Super Phosphate (SSP) approved since Kharif, 2022.
* Potash Derived from Molasses (PDM) inducted under NBS since Rabi, 2021.
**Impact Analysis**
**Fertilizer Manufacturers**
* **Impact:** Increased domestic production capacity and financial incentives via NBS.
* **Action Required:** Align production and pricing with government guidelines.
**Farmers**
* **Impact:** Enhanced availability of fertilizers and potentially reasonable pricing.
* **Action Required:** Utilize subsidized fertilizers for improved crop yield.
**Government (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers)**
* **Impact:** Progress towards self-sufficiency in urea and reduced import dependence.
* **Action Required:** Monitor the effectiveness of NIP-2012 and the NBS Scheme.
Key Entities Referenced
New Investment Policy (NIP) – 2012: A policy announced by the Government to facilitate fresh investment in the urea sector and to make India self-sufficient in the urea sector.
Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme: A scheme implemented by the Government for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers, which covers these fertilizers under Open General License (OGL).
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers: The ministry responsible for matters related to the chemical and fertilizer industries in India.
Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL): A company involved in setting up new urea units.
Department of Fertilizers: A department within the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers responsible for the fertilizer sector.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2436 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2026
Fertilizers Production Units
2436. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:
Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:
(a) the number of fertilizer production units currently operational in the country;
(b) the steps taken by the Government to reduce dependence on imports;
(c) whether new fertilizer factories are proposed to be set up in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)
(a) : The number of fertilizer production units currently operational in the country are
given at Annexure.
(b) to (d) : The steps taken by the Government to reduce dependence on imports are
as follows:
With regard to urea, the Government had announced New Investment Policy (NIP)
– 2012 on 2nd January, 2013 and its amendment on 7th October, 2014 to facilitate fresh
investment in the urea sector and to make India self-sufficient in the urea sector. Total 6
new urea units have been set up under NIP-2012 which includes 4 urea units set up
through Joint Venture Companies (JVC) of nominated PSUs and 2 urea units set up by
the private companies. The units set up through JVC are Ramagundam urea unit of
Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (RFCL) in Telangana and 3 urea units
namely Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL)
at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Sindri in Jharkhand and Barauni in Bihar, respectively.
The units set up by private companies are Panagarh urea unit of
Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (Matix) in West Bengal; and Gadepan-III urea unit of
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (CFCL) in Rajasthan. Each of these units has
installed capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonne per annum (LMTPA). These units are highly
energy efficient as they are based on latest technology.-2-
Further, an exclusive policy for the revival of Talcher unit of FCIL through JVC of
nominated PSUs namely Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL) by setting up a new Greenfield
urea plant of 12.7 LMTPA through coal gasification route has also been approved.
Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for setting up of a new Brownfield
Ammonia-Urea Complex of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) annual capacity of Urea
production within the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation
Limited (BVFCL), Namrup, Assam.
The Government has implemented Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme w.e.f.
01.04.2010 for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers. Under the Scheme, P&K
fertilizers are covered under Open General License (OGL) and companies are free to
import/manufacture these fertilizers as per their business dynamics. To increase domestic
fertilizer production and make country self-reliant the following measures have been taken
by the Government:
(i) Department of Fertilizers has issued guidelines dated 18.01.2024 to ensure
reasonableness of Maximum Retail Price and encourage domestic production.
(ii) Based on the requests, the new manufacturing units or increase in manufacturing
capacity of existing units have been recognized / taken on record under the NBS
Scheme.
(iii) The number of P&K fertilizers covered under NBS policy has increased from 22
grades in 2021 to 28 grades.
(iv) Freight Subsidy on SSP, which is an indigenously manufactured fertilizer, has been
approved since Kharif, 2022 to promote SSP usage for providing Phosphatic or 'P'
nutrient to the soil.
(v) To reduce import dependence on imported Potassic fertilizers, Potash Derived from
Molasses(PDM), which is a domestically produced Potassic fertilizer, has been
inducted under NBS scheme since Rabi, 2021.
******ANNEXURE
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No.2436 for answering on 13.02.2026
Major Fertilizers Production Units Currently Operating in the Country
Name of the fertilizer manufacturing
Sl. No. Name of the Company
units/Locations
PUBLIC SECTOR
1 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Panipat
2 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Vijaipur-I
3 National Fertilizers Ltd. National Fertilizers Ltd. : Vijaipur-II
4 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Nangal-II
5 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Bhatinda
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.:
6 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers
Trombay
Ltd.
7 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd., Thal
Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation
8
Corporation Ltd Ltd., Namrup-III
Fertilizer and Chemicals & Travancore Ltd. :
9
Fertilizer and Chemicals & Udyogamandal
Travancore Ltd. Fertilizer and Chemicals & Travancore Ltd. :
10
Cochin
11 Madras Fertilizer Ltd. Madras Fertilizer Ltd. : Chennai
COOPERATIVE SECTOR
Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative Ltd.:
12
Kandla
Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative Ltd.:
13
Kalol
Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. :
14
Paradeep
Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co- Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. :
15
operative Ltd. Phulpur-I
Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. :
16
Phulpur-II
Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. :
17
Aonla-I
Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd. :
18
Aonla-II
19 Krishak Bharati Co-operative Ltd. Krishak Bharati Co-operative Ltd.: Hazira
PRIVATE SECTOR
20 Coromandal Internationel Ltd. :Kakinada
21 Coromandel International Ltd.: Vizag
22 Coromandel International Ltd.: Ennore
Coromandel International Ltd.
23 Coromandel International Ltd.:Udaipur
24 Coromandel International Ltd.:Nimrani
25 HURL: Gorakhpur
Hindustan Urvarak and Rashayan
26 HURL : Barauni
Ltd. (HURL)
27 HURL : SindriGujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals
28
Chemicals Ltd. Ltd. : Bharuch
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. :
29
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Vadodara
Ltd. Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. :
30
Sikka
Kisan Shakti Fertilizers and Kisan Shakti Fertilizers and Pesticides Pvt Ltd,
31
Pesticides Pvt Ltd. Bharuch
Mahadhan Agritech Ltd./ Smartchem/DFPCL :
32 Mahadhan Agritech Ltd. Taloja
Taloja
33 Rajlaxmi Agro Rajlaxmi Agro, Nanded
34 RC Fertilizers RC Fertilizers, Nasik
35 Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. : Paradeep
36 Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. : Manglore
37 Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. : Goa (earlier ZACL)
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. :
38
Gadepan-I
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. :
39
Ltd. Gadepan-II
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. :
40
Gadepan-III
41 Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. : Kota
42 Patel Phoschem Patel Phoschem, Udaipur
43 RamaPhos-Udaipur RamaPhos-Udaipur
44 Adheeshaa Phosphat Adheeshaa Phosphat, Udaipur
45 Indian Phosphate Indian Phosphate, Udaipur
46 Ostwal Phoschem (India) Ltd. Ostwal Phoschem (India) Ltd., Bhilwara
47 Shri Ganpati Fertilizers Ltd. Shri Ganpati Fertilizers Ltd., Chittorgarh
48 Sadhna Phosphates Ltd (SPCL) Sadhna Phosphates Ltd, Udaipur
49 Blue Phosphate Limited Blue Phosphate Limited, Udaipur
50 Arawali Phosphates Limited Arawali Phosphates Limited, Udaipur
Southern Petrochemicals Inds. Corpn. Southern Petrochemical Inds.Corpn.Ltd. :
51
Ltd. Tuticorin
52 Greenstar Fertilizer Ltd. Greenstar Fertilizer Ltd. : Tuticorin
Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals
53 RFCL, Ramangundam
Ltd.
Indorama India (earlier GRASIM)
54 Indorama/GRASIM/IGF : Jagdishpur
Pvt Limited
55 Yara Fertilizers India Pvt. Ltd. Yara Fertilizers India Pvt. Ltd./TCL : Babrala
KFL/Kribhco Shyam Fertilizers Ltd. :
56 Kribhco Fertilizers Ltd.
Shahjahanpur
57 IRC Agrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. Indorama India : Haldia
58 Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. : Panagarh
59 Sai Fert Sai Fert, Kolkata
Madhya Bharat Agro Product Ltd.
60 Madhya Bharat Agro Product Ltd. (MBAPL)
(MBAPL)
61 Krishna Phoschem Ltd. Krishna Phoschem Ltd.
62 Ram Potash Unit I & II Ram Potash Unit I & II, Muzaffarnagar
63 Narmada Bio-PDM Narmada Bio-PDM, Ahmedabad
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