Write a short note on the main features of the fertiliser industry in India.
Main features are : It produces nitrogenous fertilisers (mainly urea), phosphatic fertilisers and ammonium phosphate (DAP) and complex fertilisers i.e., combination of nitrogen (N), phosphate (P) | and potash (K). India is the third largest producer of nitrogenous fertilisers. Number of fertiliser units in the country are as follows : Nitrogenous and complex nitrogenous fertiliser — 57 Urea – 29 Ammonium sulphate – 09 Single superphosphate – 68 There are 10 public sector undertakings and one in cooperative sector at Hazira in Gujarat under the Fertiliser Corporation of India. Main fertiliser producing states are Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala where half of the fertiliser is produced. Other states are Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Goa, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.
