The Centre will establish a new urea plant at Namrup in Assam at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore and will be built in three-and-half years creating as many as 1,950 direct and indirect employment opportunities, Rajat Kumar Mishra, Secretary, Department of Fertilizers said on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the setting up of Namrup urea plant in the Budget for 2025-2026. Addressing media on the Budget announcements made for the fertiliser sector, Mishra said, “this is the most awaited project in the North East and it will take 3.5 years to build and will cost around Rs 10,000 crore.”
