**Executive Summary**
This document contains the response to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha regarding the Green Ammonia Auction, addressed to the Minister of New and Renewable Energy and answered on 11.02.2026. The response details the government's initiatives under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), specifically the SIGHT program, to promote green ammonia production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the fertilizer sector. The document also provides an annexure listing the winning bidders, discovered prices, and committed off-takers for 13 planned green ammonia auctions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM):**
* India aims to become a global hub for green hydrogen production, usage, and export.
* India's green hydrogen production capacity is projected to reach 5 million metric tonnes per annum by 2030.
* **SIGHT Program:**
* A key component of NGHM, providing incentives for green hydrogen and electrolyser manufacturing.
* Scheme guidelines for green ammonia production and supply (mode 2A) have been issued under the SIGHT Programme.
* **Green Ammonia Auction Details:**
* Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has discovered prices for 7,24,000 tonnes per annum of Green Ammonia to 13 fertilizer units.
* This capacity corresponds to 1,27,786 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen production.
* Equivalence factor is 0.1765 kg of green hydrogen per kg of green ammonia.
* Details of the 13 winning bidders, discovered prices and committed offtakers are given in an Annexure.
* **Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reduction:**
* Replacing 2.5 million tonnes of grey ammonia with green ammonia is estimated to reduce approximately 5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
* Replacing grey ammonia with green ammonia contributes to global emission reduction and facilitates the transition to renewable energy-based fertiliser production.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Fertilizer Units**
* **Impact:** Access to green ammonia supply via competitive bids, potentially reducing reliance on imported grey ammonia.
* **Action Required:** Engage with winning bidders for offtake agreements and integrate green ammonia into production processes.
**Stakeholder: Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Producers**
* **Impact:** Opportunity to develop and supply green ammonia under the SIGHT program, contributing to national emissions reduction goals.
* **Action Required:** Meet production and supply obligations as per the auction terms.
**Stakeholder: Government of India**
* **Impact:** Advancement of NGHM goals, reduction of GHG emissions from the fertilizer sector, and promotion of renewable energy.
* **Action Required:** Monitor the implementation of the SIGHT program and the progress of green ammonia production and supply.
Key Entities Referenced
National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM): A government initiative to establish India as a global hub for the production, usage, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
SIGHT Programme: Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition - a key component of the NGHM, providing incentives for green hydrogen and electrolyzer production.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy: The ministry responsible for matters relating to new and renewable energy.
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI): An entity that discovers prices through competitive bids for the production and supply of Green Ammonia.
India: The geographical location where the policy and related actions are primarily applicable.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1843
ANSWERED ON 11.02.2026
GREEN AMMONIA AUCTION
1843. SHRI KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM
Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the total quantity of green hydrogen is specifically earmarked for fertiliser use given
that the Mission targets 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by the year 2030 while only 0.5 million
tonnes would replace all imported ammonia for phosphatic fertilisers;
(b) the details of the winning bidders, discovered prices and committed off takers of the 13 planned
green ammonia auctions aggregating 7.24 lakh MT/year, auction-wise; and
(c) the quantity of Green Hydrogen Gas (GHG) emissions would be reduced by replacing the current
2.5 MMT of imported grey ammonia given that fertiliser production contributes less than 1% of
India’s total GHG emissions, it is estimated to emit around 6 MT annually?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) to (c)The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM),
with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of Green Hydrogen and
its derivatives. India’s Green Hydrogen production capacity is likely to reach 5 Million Metric Tonnes
per annum by 2030.
Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Programme, is a key component of the
Mission, which provides incentives for production of green hydrogen and electrolyser manufacturing.
Scheme guidelines for implementation of the incentive scheme for green ammonia production and
supply (under mode 2A) have been issued under SIGHT Programme.
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), has discovered prices through competitive bids for the
production and supply of 7,24,000 tonnes per annum of Green Ammonia to 13 fertilizer units across
India. This green ammonia capacity corresponds to 1,27,786 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen
production per annum, in accordance with the equivalence factor of 0.1765 kg green hydrogen per kg
of green ammonia.
The details of the 13 green ammonia winning bidders, discovered prices and committed offtakers,
aggregating to 7,24,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA), are given at Annexure.
The estimated reduction in green house gas emissions due to replacement of 2.5 million tonnes of grey
ammonia by green ammonia is approximately 5 million tonnes of equivalent CO₂ emissions annually
on a life - cycle basis.
While the emissions related to production of imported grey ammonia do not occur within India’s
territorial boundaries, its substitution with green ammonia contributes to global emission reduction, and
facilitates the transition to renewable energy based fertiliser production.
*****Annexure
Prices discovered for production and supply of Green Ammonia
Green
Discovered
S. Ammonia Selected Green
Offtaker fertilizer unit price
No. capacity Ammonia producer
(Rs. /kg) *
(MTPA)
Paradeep Phosphate Acme Cleantech
1 75000 55.75
Limited (Paradeep) Solutions Private Limited
Krishana Phoschem NTPC Renewable Energy
2 70000 51.8
Limited, Meghnagar Limited
Madhya Bharat Agro
3 60000 52.25 Oriana Power Limited
Products Limited-II, Sagar
SCC Infrastructure Pvt.
Madhya Bharat Agro
4 70000 53.05 Ltd. with M/s InSolare
Products Limited-III, Dhule
Energy Limited
Gujarat Narmada Valley
5 Fertilizers & Chemicals 50000 52.5 Onix Renewable Limited
Limited (GNFC), Bharuch
Coromandel International
6 85000 50.75 Jakson Green and Ocior
Limited (CIL), Kakinada
Coromandel International
Acme Cleantech
7 Limited (CIL), 50000 51.89
Solutions Private Limited
Vishakhapatnam
Indian Farmers Fertiliser
54.73 Acme Cleantech
8 Cooperative Limited 100000
Solutions Private Limited
(IFFCO), Kandla
Indian Farmers Fertiliser
Acme Cleantech
9 Cooperative Limited 100000 49.75
Solutions Private Limited
(IFFCO), Paradeep
Paradeep Phosphates Acme Cleantech
10 25000 62.84
Limited (PPL), Zuarinagar Solutions Private Limited
Indorama India Private Acme Cleantech
11 20000 64.74
Limited (IIPL), Haldia Solutions Private Limited
Mangalore Chemicals & SCC Infrastructure Pvt.
12 Fertilizers Ltd. (MCFL), 15000 57.65 Ltd. with M/s InSolare
Mangalore Energy Limited
Madras Fertilizers Limited Suryam International
13 4000 50
(MFL), Chennai Private Limited