(JUNE 12, 2024) The Fertilizer production witnessed an increase of 16.6 percent to 7,171 thousand tones during the first nine months of the fiscal year 2024 as compared to the production of last year.
According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, there are ten urea manufacturing plants, one DAP, two Nitro Phos, four SSP (out of which one plant is idle), two CAN, two plants of blended NPKs, and one plant of SOP, having a total production capacity of 9,417 thousand product tones per annum.
Similarly, fertilizer production in nutrient terms was 3,253 thousand tones, 17.3 percent higher than last year. Urea, the main fertilizer, has a 71.7 percent share in total production capacity. Domestic demand for urea can be met through local production.
