Neem Coated Urea:

Date: 

05-May-2015

Session Type: 

Budget Session

Assembly Type: 

Lok Sabha

Question Type: 

UnStarred

Question in Details: 

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (a) the name of fertilizer companies which are producing neem coated urea in the country, State/UT-wise; (b) whether the Government proposes to produce neem coated urea through Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd.; (c) if so, the details thereof and the benefits likely to be availed by the farmers therefrom; (d) whether production of neem coated urea is likely to reduce production cost and environmental pollution; and (e) if so, the extent to which the production cost and pollution are likely to be reduced?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

                                                                                                        (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
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(a):      The name of the urea units which are producing neem coated urea in the country is annexed.

(b) & (c):         Yes, Madam.  Indigenous manufactures/producers of urea are allowed to produce Neem Coated Urea (NCU) upto maximum of their total production of subsidized urea and to restrict the extra MRP to be charged by the companies selling Neem Coated Urea to the extent of 5% of the existing MRP of urea i.e. Rs. 5360/- per MT.

Further, it has been made mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce minimum 75% of their total production of subsidized urea as NCU for the year 2015-16.

Research on NCU by Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi indicated increase in the rice grain yield by 6.3% to 11.9% over normal urea.

(d) & (e):         Yes, Madam.  NCU urea reduces consumption of urea by 10-15%.  As far as environment is concerned, normal prilled Urea use-efficiency is 30% (Paddy crop) to 50% (Wheat crop) i.e. 50%-70% urea is lost/leached down resulting in nitrate pollution in underground water.  In case of NCU, this loss is significantly reduced by about 10% – 15%, thereby resulting in less pollution of underground water.  Moreover, the usage of NCU is environmental friendly.  

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                                 Annexure

S. No.	Plant	Location
	Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL) – Namrup-III	Assam
	Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)-Aonla-I	Uttar Pradesh
	Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)-Aonla-II	Uttar Pradesh
	Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)-Phulpur-I	Uttar Pradesh
	Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)-Phulpur-II	Uttar Pradesh
	Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)-Kalol	Gujarat
	National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) – Vijaipur - I	Madhya Pradesh
	National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) – Vijaipur - II	Madhya Pradesh
	National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) – Nangal	Punjab
10.	National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) – Panipat	Haryana
11.	National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) – Bhatinda	Punjab
12.	Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (Kribhco)-Hazira	Gujarat
13.	Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF)- Thal	Maharashtra
14.	Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF)-Trombay	Maharashtra
15.	Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (NFCL) – Kakinada-I	Hyderabad
16.	Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (NFCL) – Kakinada-II	Hyderabad
17.	Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (CFCL)-Gadepan - I	Rajasthan
18.	Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (CFCL)-Gadepan - II	Rajasthan
19.	Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)- Barbala	Uttar Pradesh
20.	Kribhco Shyam Fertilizers Limited (KSFL) - Shahjahanpur	Uttar Pradesh
21.	Kanpur Fertilizers & Cement Limited (KFCL), Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
22.	Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL)-Manali	Tamil Nadu
23.	Sriram Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (SFC) – Kota	Rajasthan
24.	Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Limited (GNVFC)-Bharuch	Gujarat
25.	Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC)-Vadodara	Gujarat
26.	Indo-Gulf Fertilizers Limited - Jagdishpur	Uttar Pradesh

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