Parliament Question: Uninterrupted availability of Fertilizers

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3322 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 07.08.2026 Uninterrupted availability of Fertilizers ✝3322. Shri Sanatan Pandey:

Will the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that farmers of Uttar Pradesh are facing problems related to availability, price rise and timely supply of fertilizers, if so, the details thereof, district-wise, particularly Ballia Lok Sabha Constituency;

(b) the details of fertilizer subsidy provided to farmers in respect of Uttar Pradesh, particularly in said Constituency during the last three years along with the current policy of pricing of fertilizers in the said district;

(c) whether any special monitoring mechanism has been put in place by the Government in the said region to ensure uninterrupted availability of fertilizers, to prevent black marketing and to provide fertilizers to farmers at reasonable prices in the said district, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether any new project/scheme has been approved by the Government for expansion of chemical and fertilizer industry, investment promotion and employment generation in Uttar Pradesh; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the current status of the same? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL) ____________________________________________________________________________

(a) to (e) Following steps are taken by the Government every season for ensuring timely and adequate availability of fertilizers in the country, including the State of Uttar

Pradesh:

(i) Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the State-wise & month-wise requirement of fertilizers. On the basis of requirement projected by DA&FW, Department of Fertilizers (DoF) allocatesadequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors the availability.

(ii) The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is monitored throughout the country by an on-line web-based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS).

(iii) The gap between demand (requirement) and production for Urea & other fertilizers is met through imports. The import for the season is also finalized well in advance to ensure timely availability.

(iv) The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents.

(v) Regular coordination is done with the Ministry of Railways for giving sufficient rakes, priority to fertilizers and for timely evacuation of rakes for States.

(vi) The distribution of fertilizers within the State at district/block level is done by the concerned State government.

Accordingly, the availability of fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS has remained adequate in Uttar Pradesh during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season. The district-wise information regarding availability position of these fertilizers during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season, as informed by the State, is placed at Annexure.

Further, under 'DBT in Fertilizers' system, 100% subsidy on various fertilizer grades is released to the fertilizer companies, on actual sales to the beneficiaries based on Aadhar authentication through PoS devices installed at each retail shop. Accordingly, all farmers including those in the state of Uttar Pradesh are being supplied fertilizers at the subsidized rates on no-denial basis. The details of total fertilizer subsidy disbursed during the last three years i.e. 2023-24 to 2025-26 by the Government are given below:

Figures in Rs. Crore Financial Year 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Amount disbursed 195420.51 177129.50 217175.73 Further, under the Urea Subsidy Scheme, Urea is provided to the farmers at a statutorily notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The MRP of 45 kg bag of urea is Rs.242 per bag (exclusive of charges towards neem coating and taxes as applicable). The difference between the delivered cost of urea at farm gate and net market realization by the urea units is given as subsidy to the urea manufacturer/importer by the Government of India. Accordingly, all farmers are being supplied urea at the subsidized rate.

Further, the Government has implemented Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme w.e.f.

01.04.2010 for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers. Under NBS Scheme, MRP of P&K fertilizers are decontrolled and companies are free to fix MRP as per their business dynamics at a reasonable level. The NBS subsidy is provided to manufacturer/importer on notified P&K fertilizers on its PoS sale during the season, depending on their nutrient content to ensure availability of fertilizers to farmers. The volatility in international pricesof key fertilizers and raw materials is considered while fixing NBS rates for P&K fertilizers so that fertilizers remain affordable to the farmers.

However, to make DAP being a key fertilizer, available at affordable price of Rs. 1350 per 50 kg bag, special provisions like Rs. 3500 per MT to cover 'Other Costs' which includes costs incurred from factory gate to farm gate, advantage / disadvantage due to increase / decrease in international prices, provision for GST component included in the MRP and provision for reasonable return @ 4% of net MRP (MRP-GST) have been extended to both imported and domestic DAP and imported TSP over and above NBS subsidy for Kharif 2026 season to keep the prices of fertilizers stable.

Further, in order to address the issues of black-marketing and other malpractices, fertilizers are declared as an essential commodity under the Essential Commodities Act- 1955 and notified under Fertilizer Control Order- 1985. State Governments are adequately empowered to take action against persons involved in such malpractices, as per provisions of EC Act. The complaints received at D/o Fertilizers level regarding these malpractices are sent to concerned State Government to take appropriate action under Essential Commodities Act-1955 and Fertilizer Control Order-1985.

As informed by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, 9,896 inspections are conducted and 36 FIRs have been registered against defaulters to curb black-marketing in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season.

Furthermore, the Union Cabinet on 24.07.2026 approved the BHAVYA- Rasayan (Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana-Rasayan) Scheme for establishing three dedicated Chemical Parks in the country, with a total budget outlay of Rs. 3,030 Crore under the Challenge Route. Under the Challenge Route, all States and Union Territories, including Uttar Pradesh, are eligible to apply for the establishment of a Chemical Park in accordance with the Scheme guidelines. Under the Scheme, the Central Government will provide financial assistance of up to Rs. 1,000 Crore for each Chemical Park, subject to a minimum contribution of Rs. 500 Crore by the respective State Government.

*******Annexure Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 3322 for answering on 07.08.2026 FERTILIZER AVAILABILITY POSITION IN UTTAR PRADESH DURING KHARIF 2026 SEASON (as on 05.08.2026) S NO. DISTRICT CLOSING CLOSING CLOSING CLOSING AVAILABILTY SALE AVAILABILTY SALE AVAILABILTY SALE AVAILABILTY SALE BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE 1 Agra 42,435 21,968 20,466 15,530 5,584 9,946 14,697 1,825 12,872 8,435 1,166 7,270 2 Aligarh 70,342 49,173 21,169 19,782 11,305 8,477 9,799 1,329 8,470 5,130 380 4,751 3 Ambedkar Nagar 43,160 29,465 13,695 7,366 4,922 2,445 3,943 950 2,993 183 62 121 4 Amethi 33,286 22,528 10,758 8,114 4,353 3,760 2,858 984 1,873 112 25 87 5 Amroha 53,761 42,578 11,184 9,157 4,667 4,490 8,873 4,632 4,241 520 173 347 6 Auraiya 36,354 18,465 17,889 13,285 5,520 7,765 4,272 526 3,746 1,996 1,284 713 7 Ayodhya 49,576 34,955 14,621 8,685 4,214 4,471 7,755 1,434 6,321 1,071 278 793 8 Azamgarh 55,785 27,039 28,746 13,686 5,947 7,738 10,636 2,189 8,447 545 74 472 9 Baghpat 28,527 21,511 7,016 8,729 4,813 3,916 2,641 914 1,727 1,223 657 566 10 Bahraich 56,956 41,118 15,838 12,842 8,920 3,922 8,505 2,468 6,036 763 326 437 11 Ballia 35,324 13,759 21,565 9,578 2,914 6,664 6,717 1,006 5,711 1,303 101 1,203 12 Balrampur 43,260 29,872 13,387 5,563 1,377 4,186 2,034 472 1,562 85 35 50 13 Banda 19,956 3,922 16,035 5,717 2,219 3,498 3,464 649 2,815 90 23 68 14 Barabanki 97,430 83,607 13,823 22,863 12,794 10,069 38,327 11,908 26,419 7,756 1,832 5,924 15 Bareilly 84,151 59,557 24,594 17,145 8,434 8,712 19,221 5,144 14,077 3,036 674 2,362 16 Basti 55,109 41,044 14,065 10,279 4,023 6,256 10,286 1,271 9,015 1,294 193 1,101 17 Bhadohi 11,127 5,925 5,202 4,242 1,635 2,607 1,389 231 1,158 100 10 90 18 Bijnor 90,521 76,174 14,347 16,383 12,534 3,849 3,215 1,545 1,670 680 376 303 19 Budaun 95,616 63,394 32,222 19,380 8,836 10,544 12,516 2,842 9,674 3,792 560 3,232 20 Bulandshahr 99,760 76,491 23,269 28,282 13,898 14,384 7,196 1,694 5,502 3,840 945 2,895 21 Chandauli 27,512 7,852 19,659 9,785 6,025 3,760 5,458 1,411 4,047 444 63 382 22 Chitrakoot 15,278 3,654 11,624 4,948 2,703 2,246 2,007 458 1,550 69 5 64 23 Deoria 47,909 25,592 22,317 12,452 4,645 7,807 11,480 2,809 8,671 2,534 146 2,389 24 Etah 56,097 30,430 25,668 17,334 6,199 11,135 4,864 930 3,934 15,455 1,085 14,371 25 Etawah 37,971 16,163 21,808 11,424 3,578 7,846 2,335 288 2,047 283 50 232 26 Farrukhabad 55,333 33,985 21,349 11,566 4,128 7,438 21,949 3,314 18,635 5,799 433 5,365 27 Fatehpur 53,896 28,230 25,666 14,077 5,379 8,699 14,854 2,095 12,759 1,363 222 1,141 28 Firozabad 38,601 21,403 17,198 12,131 6,002 6,129 3,919 505 3,414 6,200 915 5,285 29 Gautam Buddha Nagar 15,544 9,661 5,883 4,664 1,473 3,191 759 464 295 161 74 88 30 Ghaziabad 16,286 9,421 6,865 4,369 1,633 2,736 632 175 457 223 14 208 31 Ghazipur 51,755 19,935 31,819 14,384 5,969 8,414 12,901 4,345 8,556 2,571 121 2,450 32 Gonda 68,520 52,107 16,413 14,611 7,639 6,971 8,466 1,759 6,707 1,068 407 661 33 Gorakhpur 54,157 29,310 24,848 15,198 5,739 9,458 11,852 1,589 10,263 2,418 189 2,229 34 Hamirpur 18,298 4,948 13,349 6,212 1,950 4,262 2,780 577 2,202 30 16 14 35 Hapur 28,898 21,037 7,861 8,975 3,992 4,983 2,231 694 1,537 641 224 417 36 Hardoi 97,618 65,575 32,043 17,178 10,742 6,436 12,119 2,614 9,505 675 230 445 37 Hathras 43,553 27,101 16,452 14,038 8,812 5,226 4,194 909 3,285 6,413 1,309 5,104 38 Jalaun 21,105 6,509 14,595 12,693 4,776 7,918 1,775 160 1,615 356 19 337 39 Jaunpur 56,306 23,692 32,614 12,687 5,347 7,340 8,563 1,470 7,093 2,619 128 2,491 40 Jhansi 24,840 6,628 18,212 14,227 6,455 7,772 2,659 455 2,204 31 - 3141 Kannauj 43,926 25,019 18,906 13,049 5,534 7,515 19,034 3,879 15,155 4,529 929 3,600 42 Kanpur Dehat 41,569 16,704 24,865 10,878 3,190 7,687 8,361 1,067 7,294 314 11 303 43 Kanpur Nagar 45,499 18,584 26,915 15,074 5,067 10,007 20,900 2,636 18,265 2,057 72 1,985 44 Kasganj 42,282 30,972 11,310 10,976 6,131 4,845 3,622 969 2,653 1,214 151 1,064 45 Kaushambi 36,322 8,943 17,379 8,762 3,762 5,000 11,051 2,236 8,815 1,785 315 1,470 46 Kheri 135,572 118,215 17,357 14,678 10,189 4,489 23,797 10,760 13,037 2,637 1,624 1,013 47 Kushi Nagar 62,136 44,634 17,503 12,983 6,369 6,615 11,340 3,684 7,656 1,768 734 1,034 48 Lalitpur 16,620 2,646 13,974 12,928 1,977 10,952 7,163 381 6,782 71 6 65 49 Lucknow 26,967 14,787 12,180 9,318 4,177 5,141 4,775 703 4,072 666 42 624 50 Maharajganj 63,181 41,943 21,239 18,365 12,334 6,032 9,588 2,261 7,327 1,641 241 1,400 51 Mahoba 10,805 619 10,186 5,625 290 5,334 1,433 37 1,396 - - - 52 Mainpuri 61,985 37,327 24,658 13,599 4,876 8,723 6,029 1,076 4,953 4,302 1,032 3,270 53 Mathura 46,556 26,014 20,542 13,962 7,098 6,864 3,000 564 2,436 609 177 432 54 Mau 29,541 14,849 14,692 8,662 3,050 5,612 5,919 1,353 4,566 482 40 442 55 Meerut 62,717 48,420 14,297 15,319 7,992 7,327 8,378 1,347 7,030 2,366 618 1,748 56 Mirzapur 28,421 13,826 14,595 13,881 8,852 5,028 7,643 2,851 4,792 169 46 123 57 Moradabad 68,241 50,050 18,192 7,247 3,208 4,038 16,374 4,609 11,765 2,825 378 2,447 58 Muzaffarnagar 65,627 54,770 10,857 14,207 8,101 6,107 2,188 1,449 739 945 530 416 59 Pilibhit 80,665 59,861 20,804 13,081 7,372 5,709 6,813 2,578 4,235 1,167 776 391 60 Pratapgarh 38,135 20,570 17,565 8,742 3,877 4,865 8,866 2,016 6,849 335 91 245 61 Prayagraj 70,735 36,642 34,093 19,441 10,035 9,406 25,567 4,255 21,312 4,545 508 4,037 62 Rae Bareli 53,899 30,712 23,187 14,044 7,925 6,119 14,016 2,621 11,395 351 40 311 63 Rampur 56,314 45,641 10,674 10,058 4,724 5,334 10,222 4,792 5,429 1,060 238 821 64 Saharanpur 64,943 46,412 18,531 20,533 12,811 7,722 4,479 2,095 2,384 1,165 595 570 65 Sambhal 85,428 61,579 23,849 12,955 5,482 7,472 25,360 7,233 18,127 1,727 597 1,130 66 Sant Kabeer Nagar 31,155 16,644 14,510 7,223 2,289 4,934 3,531 506 3,026 467 71 396 67 Shahjahanpur 121,995 92,353 29,642 18,317 9,005 9,312 10,625 4,059 6,566 2,494 1,248 1,247 68 Shamli 36,945 27,617 9,328 5,679 3,950 1,729 781 433 347 369 235 134 69 Shravasti 25,966 16,976 8,990 5,548 2,954 2,594 3,512 1,412 2,100 63 9 54 70 Siddharth Nagar 51,968 34,599 17,368 11,846 7,074 4,773 9,110 3,034 6,076 667 166 500 71 Sitapur 85,702 73,313 12,389 22,416 15,643 6,773 19,788 5,251 14,538 1,783 700 1,083 72 Sonbhadra 24,491 12,437 12,055 12,897 9,382 3,515 5,501 1,979 3,522 194 65 129 73 Sultanpur 41,412 25,551 15,861 7,473 3,592 3,881 5,528 868 4,661 279 52 227 74 Unnao 46,017 21,918 24,099 12,771 5,211 7,560 7,576 1,019 6,557 640 59 581 75 Varanasi 23,186 9,502 13,684 8,232 4,276 3,956 8,779 1,677 7,102 1,699 111 1,588 TOTAL 3,758,834 2,416,425 1,342,409 920,327 449,892 470,436 654,789 158,725 496,064 138,695 27,327 111,368