National Policy on Fertilizers

National Policy on Fertilizers

Urea is the only fertilizer under statutory price control and its import to bridge the gap between assessed demand and estimated indigenous production is made on Government account. The Government has notified the New Investment Policy 2012 on 2nd January, 2013 to facilitate fresh investment in urea sector and to reduce India’s import dependency. In response to New Investment Policy, 2012 the Department of Fertilizers have received 14 proposals, the details of which is as under: S. No. Units State 1 Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(NFCL)-III, Kakinada Andhra Pradesh 2 Indo Gulf,Jagdishpur- II Uttar Pradesh 3 Indian Farmers Fertilizer Coop. Ltd. (IFFCO)- Kalol-II Gujarat 4 Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (CFCL), Gadepan-III Rajasthan 5 Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) Hazira-II Gujarat 6 Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) Babrala-II Uttar Pradesh 7 Gujarat State Fertilizers Co.Ltd.(GSFC) Gujarat 8 Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co.Ltd (GNFC) Gujarat 9 Matix-II West Bengal 10 Kanpur Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (KFCL)-II Uttar Pradesh 11 KRIBHCO Shyam Fertilizers Limited (KSFL) Uttar Pradesh 12 Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF)Thal-III Maharashtra 13 Fertilizers and Chemical Travancore Limited (FACT) Kerala 14 EPC- Sriram Odisha The P&K fertilizers like DAP, various grades of complex fertilisers and SSP etc. are being produced in the country, however country is almost dependent on imports by way of imports of raw materials/intermediates or by way of imports of finished Phosphatic fertilizers. Government has taken initiatives to encourage indigenous production in P&K sector by reducing the custom duty on phosphoric acid to enable indigenous manufacturers of P&K fertilizers to procure this important input at reasonable price. Government is also encouraging private sector and public sector companies to explore the possibilities for joint ventures abroad to ensure uninterrupted supply of fertilizer inputs to P&K sector. There are no exploitable reserves of potash in the country and the country is fully dependent on its import to meet the demand of potassic fertilizers. This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Shri Srikant Kumar Jena in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. *** DNM/NSK/DB (Release ID :98764)