Demand and Supply of Fertilizers
The Minister
of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Nihal Chand has
said that the quantum of production of various fertilizers during the last
three years and current year is given as under:
<Figures in LMT>
Year
|
Urea
|
DAP
|
NPK
|
2011-12
|
220.20
|
40.57
|
79.52
|
2012-13
|
225.79
|
36.44
|
61.80
|
2013-14
|
227.09
|
36.08
|
69.09
|
2014-15(upto June)
|
55.93
|
7.92
|
14.17
|
A statement showing requirement,
availability and sales of various fertilizers to all the States/ UTs during
each of the last three years and of current year (April to June, 2014) is
annexed at ‘A’.
It can be seen from the above
annexure that the availability vis-à-vis the sales have been adequate and
comfortable in all the States/UTs.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Nihal
Chand said as
per information received from various State Governments, there were 23 cases in
the year 2011-12, 7 cases in 2012-13 and 4 cases in 2013-14. However, there
is no report from any State Government/UT during this year so far. Regarding
corrective steps, it is stated that State Governments are adequately empowered
to conduct search, make seizers and take punitive action against any person
violating provisions of FCO, 1985 and Essential Commodity Act, 1955. In
addition, Department of Fertilizers has, from time to time, written to the
Chief Secretaries, Ministry of Home Affairs to activate the enforcement
agencies under their jurisdiction to take action in this regard. Further,
Department of Fertilizers, through weekly video conference with Department of Agriculture
& Cooperation and representatives of State Government has been sensitizing
and advising the State Governments for keeping strict vigil and for taking of
prompt action by the State Governments to check black –marketing.
Demand and production of fertilizers
The Minister of
State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Nihal Chand has said that the
details of annual demand (requirement) and indigenous production of fertilizers
throughout the country is as under:
<Figures
in LMT>
|
Year
|
Urea
|
DAP
|
NPK
|
|||
|
|
Annual
Demand
|
Production
|
Annual
Demand
|
Production
|
Annual
Demand
|
Production
|
|
2013-14
|
316.90
|
227.09
|
109.86
|
36.08
|
107.36
|
69.09
|
|
2014-15
*
|
66.04
|
55.93
|
21.96
|
7.92
|
22.46
|
14.17
|
*
Figures for 2014-15 are upto June, 2014 only .
In
a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Shri
Nihal Chand, department
of Fertilizers has been taking following steps to meet the domestic requirement
of various subsidized chemical fertilizers to each State/UTs:-
(i)
The
month-wise demand is assessed and projected by the Department of Agriculture
& Cooperation (DAC) in consultation with the State Governments before
commencement of each cropping season.
(ii)
On
the basis of month-wise & state-wise projection given by Department of
Agriculture and Cooperation, Department of Fertilizers allocates
sufficient/adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly
supply plan and continuously monitors the availability through following
system:
(iii) The movement of all major
subsidized fertilizers is being monitored throughout the country by an
on-line web based monitoring system (www.urvarak.co.in)
also called as Fertilizer Monitoring System (FMS);
(iv) The State Governments are
regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers of fertilizers
for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents for railway
rakes through their state institutional agencies like Markfed etc.
(v) Regular weekly Video conference
is conducted jointly by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC),
Department of Fertilizers (DoF), and Ministry of Railways with State
Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch
fertilizer as indicated by the State governments.
(i)
The
gap in the demand and domestic production of fertilizer is met through
imports.
The Minister said the
Department of Fertilizers had notified the New Investment Policy(NIP)-2012 on 2nd
January, 2013 to facilitate fresh investment in Urea sector in future and to
reduce import dependency in the country. The policy provides for revamp,
revival, brownfield projects and Greenfield projects in Urea sector.
Apart from above, the
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in August, 2011 had approved the Draft Rehabilitation
Scheme (DRS) for revival of five Units of Fertilizer
Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) namely Sindri, Talcher, Ramagundum,
Gorakpur and Korba and three units of Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation
Limited(HFCL) namely Haldia, Baruni and Durgapur. Three closed units of
FCIL namely Sindri, Ramagundam and Talcher being revived by the Public Sector
Undertakings through nomination route. Remaining two closed units namely Gorakhpur
and Korba of FCIL and three units of HFCL namely Barauni, Durgapur and Haldia
of HFCL are to be revived through bidding route.
He said that there is also a proposal for setting
up a new ammonia urea
complex of minimum 8.646 Lakh Metric Tonne Per Annum (LMTPA )at a estimated
cost of Rs. 4400 crores at Namrup within the existing premises of BVFCL on
Public Private Partner (PPP) basis which subsequently replace the existing two
uneconomical operating ammonia- urea plants, Namrup II and III. The project
will be developed by a Joint Venture (JV) consisting of BVFCL, Government of
Assam (GoA), Oil India Limited (OIL) and private/public entity. BVFCL (11%),
GoA(11%) and OIL(26%) will be awarded equity in the project on nomination basis
while private/public parties(52%) will be inducted through competitive
bidding. BVFCL’s share on equity shall be by way of transferring the useful
& equivalent tangible assets to the proposed JV. The remaining Assets of
BVFCL shall remain with BVFCL.
It is also informed that in order to meet domestic requirement of Potasic
and Phosphatic (P&K) fertilizers, the Department of Fertilizers has been
encouraging the fertilizers companies to increase the fertilizer production.
In this regard, the Government has been encouraging / facilitating the
indigenous fertilizer companies for acquisition of raw materials assets abroad
through joint ventures and also for Long Term Agreement with fertilizer control
rich countries for supply of raw materials/ intermediates.
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