7th March, 2003
Ministry of Chemicals & fertilizers  


CHEMICAL FERTILIZER PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SECTOR


Rajya Sabha

The annual installed capacity and percentage of production capacity utilization in nutrient terms in fertilizer manufacturing units of PSUs, under the administrative control of Department of Fertilizers are as given below:

Unit-wise annual installed capacity in nutrient terms and percentage capacity utilization of public sector undertakings in the country during 2001-02 and 2002-03 (estimated):

Name of the PSUs

Installed Capacity

(‘000’ MT)

%age capacity utilization

   

2001-2002

2002-2003 (Est.)

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Nitrogen

Phosphate

NFL:Nangal-I

80.0

0.0

13.0

0.0

9.6

0.0

NFL:Nangal-II

220.1

0.0

95.9

0.0

96.4

0.0

NFL:Bhatinda

235.3

0.0

100.5

0.0

100.0

0.0

NFL:Panipat

235.3

0.0

100.0

0.0

99.4

0.0

NFL:Vijaipur-I

397.7

0.0

100.0

0.0

101.1

0.0

NFL:Vijaipur-II

397.7

0.0

100.0

0.0

101.2

0.0

BVFC:Namrup-I

21.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

BVFCL:Namrup-II

87.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

BVFCL-Namrup-III

144.9

0.0

19.5

0.0

65.3

0.0

FACT:Udyogamandal

77.0

29.7

114.1

139.4

107.3

126.3

FACT:Cochin-I

151.8

0.0

6.7

0.0

33.9

0.0

FACT:Cochin-II

97.0

97.0

127.7

127.7

125.7

125.7

RCF:Trombay

45.0

45.0

117.1

117.1

112.2

112.2

RCF:Trombay-IV

75.1

75.1

74.4

74.4

70.8

70.8

RCF:Trombay-V

151.8

0.0

11.9

0.0

12.8

0.0

RCF:Thal

785.1

0.0

97.7

0.0

84.8

0.0

MFLChennai

366.7

142.8

62.9

69.5

88.7

86.6

PPL: Paradeep*

129.6

331.2

31.8

30.9

-

-

*Disinvested on 28-02-2002.

The fertilizer plants closed during 2002 alongwith their production capacity are given below:

Name and location of the fertilizer plants in Public Sector Undertakings

Installed Capacity

(‘000’ MT)

Nitrogen

Phosphate

FCI: Sindri

151.8

0.0

FCI: Gorakhpur

131.0

0.0

FCI: Ramagundam

152.0

0.0

FCI: Talcher

152.0

0.0

HFC: Durgapur

80.0

0.0

HFC: Barauni

85.0

0.0

PPCL: Saladipura

0.0

15.8

This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals & fertilizers, Dr. Chhattra Pal Singh, in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.