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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3283 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 07.08.2026
Requirement of Chemical Fertilizers
†3283. Shri Amra Ram:
Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:
(a) the total requirement of chemical fertilizers in country out of which the quantum of
domestic production and that imported from other countries every year;
(b) the details of the scheme formulated by the Government to achieve self-reliance in
chemical fertilizers so that only the raw materials are imported; and
(c) the details of public sector fertilizer manufacturing units in the country, indicating
the number of units that are established and currently operational or are lying closed?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)
(a) The details of requirement of fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS for the
period of 2023-24 to 2025-26 are as under:
ALL INDIA
REQUIREMENT OF FERTILIZERS FROM 2023-24 TO 2025-26
Fig. in LMT
REQUIREMENT
S. No. YEAR
UREA DAP MOP NPKS
1 2023-24 356.08 110.18 27.62 126.31
2 2024-25 364.01 111.92 22.21 151.29
3 2025-26 381.45 110.42 26.82 158.49
Further, the details regarding production of major fertilizers for the same priod are as
under:YEAR-WISE PRODUCTION OF MAJOR FERTILIZERS
Production (Fig. in LMT)
Total
YEAR Urea DAP NPKS SSP
Fertilizers
2023-24 314.09 42.97 101.85 44.44 503.35
2024-25 306.67 37.72 121.05 52.44 517.88
2025-26 293.26 39.14 128.37 56.72 517.49
Source: dbtfert.nic.in
Furthermore, the details regarding imports of Urea, DAP, MOP, NPK for the period of
2023-24 to 2025-26 are as below:
Import of fertilizers (Urea, DAP, MOP and NPK) from 2021-22 to 2025-26
Qty in LMT
As Reported by the Companies
Year Urea
DAP MOP* NPK
2023-24 70.42 55.67 28.69 22.17
2024-25 56.47 45.69 35.41 22.72
2025-26 103.50 61.94 29.00 37.08
MOP includes both Agriculture and Industrial use*
(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 269.42 LMTPA during 2026-27. 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 named as Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Ltd.
(AVFCCL). These two projects are under execution phase.
Also, the Government also notified the New Urea Policy (NUP) – 2015 on 25th May,
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.
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 2025-26, 293.30 LMT of Urea was produced in the country.
In addition to this, on 15.07.2026, CCEA approved New Investment Policy for Urea
(NIPU) for Aatmanirbhar Bharat-2026 for making fresh investments in Urea Sector.
Further, 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.
However, to reduce dependence on imported Phosphatic fertilizers and make country
self-reliant measures have been taken to encourage domestic production through
guidelines 18.01.2024 on reasonableness of MRP, wherein importers/manufacturers
and integrated manufacturers are given reasonable profit of 8%, 10% and 12%
respectively; 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; the number of P&K fertilizers covered under NBS Scheme has
increased from 22 grades in 2021 to 28 grades; Freight Subsidy on SSP, which is an
indigenously manufactured fertilizer, is being provided since Kharif, 2022 to promote
SSP usage for providing Phosphatic or 'P' nutrient to the soil. Further the rates of
nutrients under NBS scheme are decided on biannual basis to ensure availability of
fertilizers under the Scheme.
(c) At present, there are following nine (9) Fertilizer Public Sector Undertakings
(PSUs) under the administrative control of Department of Fertilizers. The list of
operational plants is as follow:
1. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCFL):-
Thal (Raigad, Maharashtra), Trombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
2. National Fertilizers Limited (NFL):-
Nangal and Bathinda plants in Punjab, Panipat plant in Haryana and two plants
at Vijaipur (District Guna), in Madhya Pradesh.
3. Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) :-
Manali, Chennai.
4. The Fertilizer and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT):-Udyogamandal Complex, Kochi, Kerala
5. Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL):-
Namrup-II, Namrup-III in Assam
6. FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Limited (FAGMIL):- Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
engaged in gypsum mining.
7. Projects & Development India Limited (PDIL) provides consultancy and
engineering services to fertilizer industry.
Below two CPSEs are non-operational :-
8. Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation Limited (HFCL), Uttar Pradesh.
9. The Fertilizers Corporation of India Limited (FCI), Uttar Pradesh.
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