Fertiliser Minister DV Sadananda Gowda launches logo & brand ‘APNA UREA – Sona Ugle’ of HURL
- The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, DV Sadananda Gowda unveiled the logo and brand ‘Apna Urea Sona Ugle’ of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) on 17 January 2020.
- HURL is a joint venture company promoted by the three Maharatna companies namely Coal India (CIL), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) as the lead promoters and Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation (HFCL) as other two partners.
- In 2016, Government had directed for the revival of five major sick fertiliser plants of which, the task of the revival of three units has been undertaken by HURL.
- The sick urea units are located at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Barauni (Bihar) and Sindri (Jharkhand).
- The other two plants at Ramagundam and Talcher will also commence production soon.
- India imports 70-80 LMT fertiliser every year. After the commissioning of these five units, the total production of urea will increase by 63.5 Lakh Metric Tonne Per Annum (LMTPA) and will reduce dependence on imports.