The Minister of
State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir informed the
Rajya Sabha today in reply to an Unstarred Question that there are 10
fertilizer units which are lying closed at present. PSU wise details about
these closed units is as under:
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S. No.
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Name
of the PSU
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Name
of the closed units
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1
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The Fertilizer
Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)
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Sindri (Jharkhand), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Talcher (Odisha),
Ramagundam (Telangana), Korba (Chhattisgarh)
|
|
2
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Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL)
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Haldia (West Bengal),Durgapur(West Bengal), Barauni (Bihar)
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3
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The Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT)
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Cochin
(Urea) Plant, (Kerala)
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4
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Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Ltd. (BVFCL)
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Namrup-I
(Assam)
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The status of revival of
revival of Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni is as under:
Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur unit is to be
revived through bidding route. Bid for Request for Qualification (RFQ) was
opened on 16.11.2015. Only one application was received. The applicant did
not meet the eligibility criteria, therefore it has been decided to reject the
application. A proposal has been initiated for making the bidding attractive
to ensure wider participation of investor and also for gainful utilization of
surplus land before reinitiating of bidding process.
Sindri: The Empowered Committee in
its meeting held on 25.01.2016 recommended that revival of Sindri unit may
taken up through a joint venture set up with one or more Public Sector
Undertakings. Accordingly, a proposal has been initiated for the same.
Barauni: Cabinet has approved on 31.3.2015
revival of Barauni Unit through bidding route by demerger of Barauni unit from
HFCL. At present HFCL is before Board for Industrial and Financial
Reconstruction (BIFR). The EC recommended for taking a fresh proposal to
Cabinet for bringing out HFCL from the purview of BIFR and revive the unit by
HFCL itself through bidding route, which will be a faster route. Accordingly, a
proposal has been initiated for approval of the Cabinet.
The production at
Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni units will commence in 36 months from zero date
i.e. the date from which effective start of the project begin after completion
of pre-project activities. The estimated investment per Unit for setting up a
Gas-based plant is around Rs.6,000 crore
These three revived units will
generate about 1200 direct and 4500 indirect jobs from urea plants and many
more from other activities which cannot be quantified now.
The
pipeline connectivity to the fertilizer factories in question will be done from
Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipeline in synchronization with the revival of these
fertilizer factories.
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