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Urea self-sufficiency by FY21: Govt

The central government, with cash-rich coal, power and oil public sector units, will jointly invest around Rs 50,000 crore to revive closed fertiliser plants and set up new gas pipelines. All of which would make India self-sufficient in urea by 2020-21. Production was 24.5 mt in 2016-17.Briefing reporters after a mid-course assessment on revival of closed fertiliser plants, Union minister Ananth Kumar said as and when all five closed units start full-fledged operation, annual domestic urea production would rise to 7.3 million tonnes, thereby meeting the demand of 31-32 mt.Beside investing in rebuilding the shut urea plants at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Sindri in Jharkhand, Talcher in Odisha and Barauni in Bihar, about Rs 13,000 crore is being invested in laying a gas pipeline to connect the eastern region with the rest of the country.Another Rs 6,000-8,000 crore is being invested in setting up a terminal to import liquefied natural gas at Dhamra in Odisha, taking the total ...

After arhar, government plans to expand area under new moong variant

The moong variety has cleared all the field trials and has been circulated among farmers, gives an average yield of 10-12 quintals per hectare

Controls reason for thriving black market in urea

Good quantities of both domestic and imported urea find their way into neighbouring countries

Govt eases norms for import of industrial grade urea

The move is aimed at checking diversion, besides improving ease of doing business

Govt not to revise urea price for three years

Junior chemicals and fertilizer minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir says era of fertiliser shortage, including urea is over; farmers can now get their required quantity

Highest ever urea output of 24.5 mt in FY16

This could lead to reduction of import by two mt, the government said