The APNA UREA-SonaUgle brand of HURL (Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited) was launched by the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers D V Sadananda Gowda.
In order to make India self-sufficient in Urea, the Union Government approved revival of three Urea plants located in Sindri, Gorakhpur and Barauni.
The other two major fertilizer plants at Talcher and Ramagundam are also to be reopened.
The government plans to increase the annual production of Urea by 63.5 lakh metric tonnes per annum.
HURL is a joint venture of Indian Maharatna companies namely IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Limited), NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) and Coal India Limited.
The objective of HURL is to make India self-reliant in Urea.
According to National Urea Policy 2015, there are totally 31 Urea producing plants in India.