Parliament Question: Growth in Domestic Production of Fertilisers

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4627 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.03.2026 Growth in Domestic Production of Fertilisers 4627: SHRI B Y RAGHAVENDRA: Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (a) the impact of recent policy measures on reducing import dependence in key segments such as fertilisers, bulk chemicals and petrochemicals during the last three financial years; (b) the details of domestic production growth, revival or expansion of fertilisers plants and savings achieved in terms of foreign exchange during the said period; (c) the manner in which the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system in fertilisers has improved transparency, efficiency and timely availability of fertilisers to farmers; and (d) the details of fertilisers production and supply along with the steps taken to ensure adequate and timely availability during peak agricultural seasons in the country, State- wise including Karnataka ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL) (a) to (d) Following steps are taken by the Government every season for ensuring timely and adequate availability of fertilizers in the country, including in the State of Karnataka: (i) Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the state-wise & month-wise requirement of fertilizers. The requirement of fertilizers is assessed taking into account the projected gross cropped area, irrigated area, last three seasons’ consumption pattern and crop wise recommended dose of fertilizers as per soil Health fertility status etc. On the basis of requirement projected,Department of Fertilizers allocates adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan. (ii) On the basis of requirement projected by DA&FW, D/o Fertilizers allocates adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors the availability. (iii) The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is monitored throughout the country by an on-line web-based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS). (iv) The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents. (v) Regular coordination meetings are held with Ministry of Railways for giving sufficient rakes, priority to fertilizers and for timely evacuation of rakes for States. (vi) The gap between demand (requirement) and Indigenous production of fertilizers is met through imports well in advance to ensure adequate and timely availability of fertilizers in the country. In view of above, the information regarding requirement, availability and sales of these fertilizers across the States during the ongoing Rabi 2025-26 season (from 01.10.2025 to 18.03.2026) is placed at Annexure-A. Further, the information regarding requirement, availability and sales of these fertilizers in the country during the last 3 years is as under: REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY & SALES OF FERTILIZERS IN THE COUNTRY DURING 2022-23 to 2024-25 Fig. in LMT UREA DAP MOP NPKS S.N o State Requireme Availabilit DBT Requireme Availabilit DBT Requireme Availabilit DBT Requireme Availabilit DBT nt y Sales nt y Sales nt y Sales nt y Sales 2024 387.9 22.0 149.7 1 364.01 443.83 111.92 105.14 96.29 22.21 30.85 151.29 183.98 -25 2 2 2 2023 357.8 109.7 16.4 116.8 2 356.08 437.47 110.18 127.42 27.62 22.74 126.31 156.51 -24 1 3 5 0 2022 357.2 105.3 16.3 107.3 3 359.19 415.82 114.20 130.93 34.17 19.55 120.69 138.15 -23 6 1 2 1 1. Primary Indicator of comfortable availability: Availability > Requirement 2. Secondary Indicator of comfortable availability: Availability > Sales Besides the details of fertilizer production in the country for last 3 years is placed at Annexure-B. With regard to Urea, the Government had announced New Investment Policy (NIP) – 2012 on 2nd January, 2013 and its amendment on 7thOctober, 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) in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and 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. Therefore, these units have together added urea production capacity of 76.2 LMTPA, thereby total indigenous urea production capacity (Reassessed Capacity, RAC) has increased from 207.54 LMTPA during 2014-15 to 283.74 LMTPA during 2023-24. . 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 at 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 which will be named as Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Ltd. (AVFCCL). These two projects are under execution phase. In addition, the Government also notified the New Urea Policy (NUP) – 2015 on 25thMay, 2015 for the existing 25 gas-based urea units with one of the objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production beyond RAC. The NUP-2015 has led to additional production of urea by 20-25 LMT as compared to the production during 2014- 15 annually. 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 at 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. Both are under execution. Above steps together have facilitated increase of Urea production from level of 225 LMT per annum during 2014-15 to a record Urea Production at 314.07 LMT during 2023-24. During 2024-25, 306.67 LMT of Urea was produced in the country. Besides, the Government has also 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 reduce dependence on imported Phosphatic fertilizers and make country self-reliant the following measures have been taken by the Government: (i) D/o Fertilizers has issued guidelines 18.01.2024 to ensure reasonableness of MRP 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. Moreover, under DBT in Fertilizers, sale of subsidized fertilizers is made to the Farmers via Point of Sale Machine installed at retail shop. The identity of buyer is authenticated via Aadhaar based authentication. The 100% subsidy is paid to the respective fertilizer Companies on weekly basis in form of DBT Bills. The Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) was launched in June 2016 which is a comprehensive, all-integrated system covering all functionalities in the fertilizer supply chain. This comprehensive system covers the entire supply chain, meticulously capturing transactional data from raw material procurement, imports to fertilizer production and transportation via rail or road from plants, rake houses, ports to district warehouses, and finally sale at PoS enabled retailers, everything aligned with monthly supply plans at district level and the movement of fertilizers is being captured in real time. Besides, Department of Fertilizers has also developed a dashboard which can be accessed by authorized users. The dashboard is developed to facilitate easy monitoring by various Stake holders viz. State Agriculture Departments, District Collectors and State Marketing Federations. The State Governments are also monitoring the availability and supply of fertilizers through iFMS and e-Urvarak Dashboard portals. Therefore, implementation of DBT in Fertilizers has improved tranparency, efficiency and timely availability of fertilisers to the farmers. *******Annexure-A Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 4627 for answering on 20.03.2026 REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY & SALES OF FERTILIZERS DURING THE RABI 2025-26 SEASON (Till 18.03.26) fig. in LMT UREA DAP MOP NPKS S.No State Requirement Availability DBT Sales Requirement Availability DBT Sales Requirement Availability DBT Sales Requirement Availability DBT Sales 1 Andaman and Nicobar 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 8.93 11.24 9.14 2.16 3.74 2.82 0.94 1.33 0.89 9.21 12.35 8.80 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4 Assam 1.55 2.53 2.04 0.27 0.65 0.43 0.35 0.48 0.24 0.33 0.34 0.20 5 Bihar 13.10 16.45 14.02 3.84 6.01 4.54 1.48 1.77 1.37 3.47 5.55 3.50 6 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7 Chhattisgarh 2.85 4.56 2.30 0.99 2.06 1.05 0.48 0.61 0.12 0.58 2.06 0.35 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 Daman and Diu 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 Delhi 0.14 0.14 0.11 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 11 Goa 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 12 Gujarat 13.35 15.29 13.22 2.80 3.37 2.75 0.62 0.74 0.53 4.37 5.58 3.70 13 Haryana 11.26 14.05 11.35 2.68 3.32 2.59 0.28 0.35 0.13 1.16 0.52 0.24 14 Himachal Pradesh 0.32 0.56 0.41 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.26 0.26 0.16 15 Jammu and kashmir 0.59 1.22 0.61 0.22 0.39 0.20 0.11 0.23 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.01 16 Jharkhand 1.14 1.70 1.22 0.25 0.63 0.45 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.29 0.49 0.23 17 Karnataka 7.09 10.03 6.84 1.87 4.00 2.20 0.91 1.60 0.88 6.74 12.86 7.02 18 Kerala 0.59 0.71 0.51 0.08 0.19 0.10 0.47 0.58 0.36 0.58 0.87 0.58 19 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20 Madhya Pradesh 22.90 28.03 23.81 7.40 7.54 5.90 0.96 1.02 0.57 11.29 8.33 5.01 21 Maharashtra 10.64 15.72 10.71 2.47 4.83 2.48 1.41 1.69 0.88 11.45 22.48 10.13 22 Manipur 0.08 0.09 0.07 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 23 Meghalaya 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 24 Mizoram 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25 Nagaland 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 26 Odisha 1.73 3.16 1.67 0.71 1.37 0.72 0.23 0.49 0.18 0.84 1.56 0.71 27 Puducherry 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.05 0.07 0.04 28 Punjab 14.58 18.73 14.59 4.46 5.68 4.15 0.56 0.67 0.28 1.48 0.99 0.61 29 Rajasthan 14.87 20.03 16.57 3.31 4.52 3.68 0.10 0.15 0.09 1.48 1.82 1.16 30 Sikkim 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31 Tamil Nadu 6.17 7.35 6.01 1.49 2.11 1.52 1.72 1.36 1.01 4.91 6.78 4.57 32 Telangana 9.73 11.64 10.83 1.41 2.52 1.98 0.61 0.92 0.54 6.58 8.94 5.64 33 Tripura 0.09 0.12 0.07 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.02 34 Uttarakhand 0.96 1.28 0.99 0.14 0.41 0.24 0.05 0.06 0.02 0.19 0.12 0.08 35 Uttar Pradesh 39.16 50.06 38.96 13.90 17.56 12.11 1.43 2.15 1.22 7.40 10.87 6.22 36 West Bengal 7.85 11.85 8.14 1.91 3.07 2.24 2.11 2.42 1.41 6.71 10.45 6.68 All India 189.79 246.68 194.31 52.40 74.10 52.24 14.94 18.75 10.87 79.43 113.39 65.66ANNEXURE-B Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 4627 for answering on 20.03.2026 Sector-wise/State-wise/Company-wise major fertilizer manufacturing units ANNEXURE-B Production (Figures in LMT) Name of the fertilizer manufacturing Type of Sl. Name of the State Name of the Company 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 units/Locations Fertilizers Produced PUBLIC SECTOR 1 Haryana National Fertilizers Ltd. : Panipat Urea 5.70 5.30 5.15 2 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Vijaipur-I Urea 10.50 10.43 9.74 Madhya Pradesh 3 National Fertilizers Ltd. National Fertilizers Ltd. : Vijaipur-II Urea 11.87 11.24 11.61 4 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Nangal-II Urea 5.45 5.21 5.14 Punjab 5 National Fertilizers Ltd. : Bhatinda Urea 5.82 4.72 5.50 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.: 6 Urea/Complex 9.59 9.17 9.21 Rashtriya ChemiTcarolsm &b ay Maharashtra Fertilizers Ltd. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd., 7 Urea 18.80 18.42 17.74 Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Urea - - - Brahmaputra VaClleoyrp oration Ltd., Namrup-II 8 Assam Corporation Ltd Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Urea 2.23 1.80 1.87 Corporation Ltd., Namrup-III Fertilizer and Chemicals & Travancore 9 A/S & Complex 4.53 4.63 3.93 Fertilizer and CheLmtdi.c a: lUs d&y ogamandal Kerala Travancore Ltd. Fertilizer and Chemicals & Travancore 10 Complex 6.20 6.06 5.03 Ltd. : Cochin 11 Tamil Nadu Madras Fertilizer Ltd. Madras Fertilizer Ltd. : Chennai Urea & Complex 5.27 4.33 5.28 COOPERATIVE SECTOR Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative 12 DAP & Complex 24.87 18.90 22.79 Ltd.: Kandla Gujarat Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative 13 Urea 6.62 6.19 6.03 Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative 14 Odisha DAP & Complex 21.88 21.17 22.13 Ltd. : Paradeep Indian Farmers Fertilizers Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative 15 Urea 6.51 7.05 7.64 operative Ltd. I Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative 16 Urea 12.24 12.00 10.71 -II Uttar Pradesh Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative 17 Urea 11.52 12.26 11.35 I Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative 18 Urea 11.92 11.36 12.44 II Krishak Bharati Co-operative Krishak Bharati Co-operative Ltd.: 19 Gujarat Urea 22.21 23.35 24.34 PRIVATE SECTOR Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.: 20 Urea 6.08 6.45 1.13 Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Andhra CPhraedmeischa ls Ltd. Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.: 21 Urea 5.13 6.65 1.04 22 Coromandel International Ltd. Coromandal Internationel Ltd. :Kakinada DAP & Complex 20.06 19.31 21.6123 Coromandel International Ltd.: Vizag DAP & Complex 11.43 11.64 11.64 24 Ram Potash Unit I & Unit II PDM 0-0-14.5-0 - - - - Uttar Pradesh 25 HURL: Gorakhpur Urea 8.66 13.50 12.01 Hindustan Urvarak and 26 Bihar HURL : Barauni Urea 1.74 10.57 8.55 Rashayan Ltd. (HURL) 27 Jharkhand HURL : Sindri Urea 1.74 11.44 12.47 Paradeep Phosphates Ltd Urea, DAP & 28 Goa PPL : Goa (earlier ZACL) 7.75 8.79 10.93 Gujarat Narmada Valley Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & 29 Urea & Complex 7.69 8.28 8.13 Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Chemicals Ltd. : Bharuch Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Urea, DAP, A/S 30 11.13 9.89 11.10 Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. 31 DAP & Complex 2.74 4.40 5.36 Gujarat 32 Kisan Shakti Kisan Shakti, Bharuch TSP - 0.02 0.01 33 Narmada Bio - PDM Ahmedabad Bio-Fertilizers - - 0.01 Kisan Shakti Fertilizers and 34 Bharuch Complex - - - Pesticides Pvt Ltd. 35 Hindalco Dahej Hindalco Dahej DAP - - - Manglore Chemicals & Manglore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. : Urea, DAP & 36 Karnataka 5.62 7.55 7.68 Fertilizers Ltd. Mahadhan Agritech Ltd. Mahadhan Agritech Ltd./ 37 Complex 5.83 6.08 8.35 Smartchem/DFPCL : Taloja Maharashtra 38 Rajlaxmi Agro Nanded Complex - - - 39 RC Fertilizers Nasik Complex - - - 40 Odisha Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. : Paradeep DAP & Complex 12.98 14.27 15.42 Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. : 41 Urea 10.22 10.40 11.15 Chambal Fertilizers and Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. : 42 Rajasthan Urea 10.39 9.58 10.60 Chemicals Ltd. Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. : 43 Urea 12.86 13.84 12.87 Shriram Fertilizers & Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. : 44 Urea 3.98 4.10 4.07 Chemicals Ltd. 45 Patel Phoschem Patel Phoschem, Udaipur TSP & Complex 0.04 0.02 0.04 46 RamaPhos-Udaipur RamaPhos-Udaipur Complex - - 0.02 47 Coromandel International Ltd. CIL : Udaipur Complex - - - 48 Adheeshaa Phosphat Udaipur Complex - - - 49 Indian Phosphate Udaipur Complex - - - 50 Ostwal Phoschem (India) Ltd. Bhilwara Complex - - - 51 Shri Ganpati Fertilizers Ltd. Chittorgarh Complex - - - 52 Ms-SPCL Udaipur Complex - - - 53 Blue Phosphate Limited Udaipur Complex - - - 54 Arawali Phosphates Limited Udaipur Complex - - - 55 Coromandel International Ltd. Coromandel International Ltd. : Ennore Complex 1.40 2.19 0.00 Southern Petrochemicals Southern Petrochemical Inds.Corpn.Ltd. : 56 Tamil Nadu Urea 7.59 5.23 7.21 Inds. Corpn. Ltd. 57 Greenstar Fertilizer Ltd. Greenstar Fertilizer Ltd. : Tuticorin D A P & C o m p l e x 5.03 5.06 6.04 Ramagundam Fertilizers & 58 Telangana RFCL, Ramangundam Urea 8.41 11.12 11.95 Chemicals Ltd. Indorama India (earlier 59 Uttar Pradesh Indorama/GRASIM/IGF : Jagdishpur Urea 11.17 11.38 12.18 GRASIM) Pvt LimitedYara Fertilizers India Pvt. Ltd./TCL : 60 Yara Fertilizers India Pvt. Ltd. Urea 11.82 12.31 13.23 KFL/Kribhco Shyam Fertilizers Ltd. : 61 Kribhco Fertilizers Ltd. Urea 10.95 10.66 11.35 Shahjahanpur Kanpur Fertilizers & Cement 62 KFCL : Kanpur Urea 6.28 6.85 6.12 63 IRC Agrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. Indorama India : Haldia DAP & Complex 4.94 6.01 6.50 Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. : 64 West Bengal Urea 10.52 14.99 14.71 65 Sai Fert Kolkata Complex - - - Madhya Bharat Agro Product Madhya Bharat Agro Product Ltd. 66 DAP & Complex 0.94 1.27 1.54 Madhya Pradesh 67 Krishna Phoschem Ltd. Krishna Phoschem Ltd. DAP & Complex 0.01 1.49 2.31 68 Coromandel International Ltd. CIL: Nirmani Complex - - 0.50 Total 428.85 458.90 465.46