Fertilizer

• Urea
• Raw Material for industry
  • Natural Gas
  • Naphtha (previously, uptil 2016)

Locations

1. Hazira, Vijaipur & Jagdishpur

   • newly set-up for Urea manufacturing

   • Bathinda, Nangal and Panipat

     • gas supply from Gujarat for Urea manufacturing
     • market locations
       • Green Revolution areas

2. Namrup, Assam

   • first oil fields and gas fields established by Brits.
   • closer to refinery ➡️ Digboi (first refinery)
   • easily get by products due to refinery
   • market location as well
     • ⬆️rice cultivation ➡️ fertilizer required
       • paddy in brahmaputra valley region

Locate yourself

Discuss the scope of decentralization for fertiliser plants in India

• Decentralization depends on:
  • presence of raw materials
    • natural gas not at pan India level
    • limited raw potash and rock phosphate
  • market extent
    • presence at pan India level
  • Natural gas availability to be connected via pipeline as N is 4 in the ratio