The revival of closed fertilizer plants
By PIB Delhi
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.
