Government of India is reviving five closed fertilizer plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL) namely Talcher, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri plants of FCIL and Barauni plant of HFCL by formation of Joint Venture Companies of nominated PSUs for setting up new Urea Ammonia plants of 12.7 Lakh metric tonne per annum capacity each.
The details of said fertilizer plants are as under:
Sl. No.
Name of Fertilizer plant
Equity contribution by PSUs
Date of incorporation of JVC
location of the plant
Expected Date of Commissio-ning
1
Talcher Fertilizers Ltd.
RCF 29.67%
CIL 29.67%
iii.GAIL 29.67%
iv.FCIL 10.99%
27.10.2015
Talcher, Odisha
Sept, 2023
2
Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.
NFL 26%
EIL 26%
iii. FCIL 11%
iv. StateGovt. 11%
of Telangana
GAIL 14.3%
HTAS Consortium 11.7%
17.02.2015
Ramagundam, Telangana
May, 2020
3
Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd.
NTPC 29.67%
ii. IOCL 29.67%
CIL 29.67%
FCIL 10.99%
31.10.2016
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Feb, 2021
4
Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd.
Sindri, Jharkhand
May, 2021
5
Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd.
Barauni, Bihar
May, 2021
Subsequent to commissioning/ start of the above plants, the indigenous urea production will be enhanced by 63.5 Lakh Metric Tonne per year leading to corresponding reduction in import of urea.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister for Chemicals & fertilizers, Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda in Rajya Sabha today.