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PM Modi’s constant efforts to make India Aatmanirbhar in Urea

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New Delhi, Nov 09: In yet another step to boost fertiliser production in India, Prime Minister will inaugurate the Fertilizer plant at Ramagundam in Telangana on 12th November. Foundation stone for Ramagundam Project was also laid by Prime Minister on 7th August 2016.

Since 2014, Prime Minister has taken special efforts for the revival of fertiliser plants lying closed for many years. The driving force behind the revival of the Fertilizer Plants across the country is the vision of the Prime Minister to achieve self-sufficiency in production of urea.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

In December 2021, Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the Gorakhpur Fertilizer Plant, whose foundation stone was also laid by him on 22nd July, 2016. This plant was lying shut for more than 30 years, it was revived and built at a cost of around Rs. 8600 crore.

Last month in October, Barauni Plant of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) had also commenced urea production. Government had mandated HURL to revive the Barauni plant with an estimated investment of more than Rs. 8,300 crores with urea production capacity of 12.7 LMTPA.

PM Modi to visit Karnataka, AP, TN, Telangana: Will dedicate projects worth over Rs 25k crorePM Modi to visit Karnataka, AP, TN, Telangana: Will dedicate projects worth over Rs 25k crore

PM Modi had laid the foundation stone for the revival of the Sindri Fertilizer project of HURL on 25th May, 2018. It is also expected to be commissioned shortly. Similarly, he had also laid the foundation stone for revival of Talcher fertiliser project on 22nd September, 2018. This plant is based on coal gasification technology and is expected to be commissioned in 2024. After operationalization of all these urea plants at Ramagundam, Gorakhpur, Sindri, Barauni and Talcher, they will add to 63.5 LMT per annum of urea leading to reduction in the import of urea. They will help significantly in moving closer to the goal of achieving Aatmanirbharta in Urea production.

Right since assuming office in 2014, PM Modi has always put special focus on increasing indigenous fertiliser production and timely supply of fertilizer to the farmers. Government notified the New Urea Policy, 2015 for existing 25 gas based urea units with the objective of maximising indigenous urea production; promoting energy efficiency in urea production; and rationalising subsidy burden on the Government. The implementation of NUP-2015 has led to additional production from the existing gas based urea units due to which the actual production of urea has increased significantly.

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