PM Modi’s Vision to make Self Sufficeant in Urea Production & Supply to Indian Farmers

Table of Contain

1. Atmanirbhar on Urea Production
2. New Urea Policy (NUP) 2015:
3. 100% Neem coating of Urea:
4. Revival and expansion of existing plants:
5. Nano Urea push:
6. Single Pan-India brand ‘Bharat Brand’:

In 2014, PM Modi was sad that Indian farmers had to stand in long queues to get Urea

So, he set out to make India self-sufficient in Urea

The best part? India won’t need to import Urea by 2025!

Here’s how he’s making India ATMANIRBHAR in Urea:

With 46% Nitrogen content, Urea is the most favored form of solid nitrogen fertilizer in the developing world.

According to a report by S&P Global, more than 40% of all food grown in the world is fertilized by urea!

Nitrogen is a vital macronutrient for a plant as it enables plants to capture sunlight by photosynthesis and helps them grow.

Now let’s turn our focus on India’s agricultural landscape.

Our country is the most populated on this planet, and our economy is highly dependent on agriculture.

We’re one of the largest producers of crops such as rice, wheat, and sugarcane, which require a lot of nitrogen for optimal growth.

However, according to a CSE report, soil samples of 27 states and UTs had nitrogen deficiency which limits their crop yields.

So that’s why Indian farmers are highly dependent on nitrogen fertilizers.

There are many nitrogen-rich fertilizers available in the market, but they are quite expensive and less readily available than urea.

Our current demand for urea is 350 lakh tons. At present, we’re producing 260 lakh tons of conventional Urea

— and we’re importing the rest 30% from the rest of the world.

Govt. of India addressed this substantial need as well as the utility of Urea.

And to become Atma-nirbhar, it took various steps.

1️⃣ New Urea Policy (NUP) 2015:

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers announced NUP to

• maximize the indigenous urea production,
• promote energy efficiency in urea production and
• rationalize subsidy burden on the govt.

This was an essential policy to make the domestic urea sector globally competitive.

2️⃣100% Neem coating of Urea:

Urea is highly soluble in water which reduces its efficiency and contaminates the groundwater.

But coating of urea with neem makes it a slow release of fertilizers and keeps the contamination under control.

Govt. made it mandatory for all domestic manufacturers- claiming subsidies on production- to produce Neem Coated Urea (NCU).

NCU is no good for non-agricultural purposes, so this decision also restrained the illegal diversion of subsidized urea.

3️⃣ Revival and expansion of existing plants:

The govt. laid an extensive plan to revive and re-modernize 5 closed fertilizer plants in Barauni, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur, Sindri, and Talchar.

The combined production capacity of these 5 mega plants is 65 lakh tons of conventional urea.

4 of these plants are now operational, while the Talchar unit is expected to be up & running by 2024.

This upcoming unit will be the first and the largest coal gasification-based urea plant.

It means that this unit will rely on domestic coal with non-volatile prices rather than imported natural gas, which will bring down our import bills.

4️⃣ Nano Urea push:

Nano Urea, developed and patented by IFFCO, is an innovative nano fertilizer — developed domestically.

This urea fertilizer comes in liquid state and it’s highly effective.

Application of 500ml bottle of Nano Urea can effectively replace at least 50kg bag of urea.

PM Modi inaugurated the world’s first Nano urea plant in Kalol, Gujurat.

We will have 8 such plants by 2025.

This additional investment in nano urea will help us export fertilizers to other countries as well.

5️⃣ Single Pan-India brand ‘Bharat Brand’:

In Oct 2022, a new scheme was launched- ‘One Nation, One Fertilizer’.

Under this scheme, all types of fertilizers will be sold under the brand name of “BHARAT”.

It won’t matter which co. is manufacturing the fertilizer.

Everything will be standardized to ensure the availability of affordable quality fertilizer to the farmers.

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