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- 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.
- Out of these, 28 units Natural Gas as feedstock.
- The rest of the units use Naphtha as feedstock.
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