Lok Sabha Question No. 4198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Fixation of Fertilizer Subsidy
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.    4198

TO BE ANSWERED

ON.: 28.03.2017

## Fixation of Fertilizer subsidy

## 4198  SHRI BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of subsidy given for Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers during each of the last three years and the current year,
- (b) whether it is true that CCEA has fixed subsidy on P & K fertilizers at 21,274 crore for 2016-17,
- (c)  If so, the reasons therefor: and ;
- (d)  The total overall fertilizer subsidy fixed during the said period, variety-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTKRY Of  ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS, SHIPPING  AND   CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a):    The details of subsidy given for Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers during each of the last three years  and the current year is in Annexure -I .
- (b)  to  (d):  CCEA  approved  per  Kg  subsidy  on  nutrients  namely,  Nitrogen  (N), Phosphorus (P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S) under the NBS Scheme during the year 2016-17 as under:

|   Sl. No. | Nutrients   |   NBS (Rs. Per Kg of Nutrient) |
|-----------|-------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | N           |                         15.854 |
|         2 | P           |                         13.241 |
|         3 | K           |                         15.47  |
|         4 | S           |                          2.044 |

Accordingly, per MT subsidy on various grads of P&K fertilizers covered under the NBS Scheme are shown in Annexure-II.

## Annexure -I

## Subsidy given for Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers

## (Rupees in Crores)

| Particulars               |   Indigenous P&K Fertilizers |   Imported P&K Fertilizers | City Compost #   |   Total |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|---------|
| 2013-14                   |                      15500   |                   13926.9  |                  | 29426.9 |
| 2014-15                   |                      12000   |                    8667.3  |                  | 20667.3 |
| 2015-16                   |                      11969   |                    9968.56 |                  | 21937.6 |
| 2016-17 as on 23.03.2017. |                      11822.6 |                    6825.75 | 0.47             | 18648.8 |

#-City compost is the new Scheme in 2016-17 on which Govt. has decided to pay Marketing Development Assistant @Rs.1500/- per MT.

Annexure-II.

## The overall fertilizer subsidy fixed during the said period, variety-wise

|   Sl. No. | Fertilizer Grades (FG) (N P K S nutrient)   | Fertilizer Grades (FG) (N P K S nutrient)   |   NBS Rates (Rs. Per MT) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | DAP                                         | (18-46-0-0)                                 |                     8945 |
|         2 | MAP                                         | (11-52-0-0)                                 |                     8629 |
|         3 | TSP                                         | (0-46-0-0)                                  |                     6091 |
|         4 | MOP                                         | (0-0-60-0)                                  |                     9282 |
|         5 | SSP                                         | (0-16-0-11)                                 |                     2343 |
|         6 | 16-20-0-13                                  | 16-20-0-13                                  |                     5451 |
|         7 | 20-20-0-13                                  | 20-20-0-13                                  |                     6085 |
|         8 | 20-20-0-0                                   | 20-20-0-0                                   |                     5819 |
|         9 | 28-28-0-0                                   | 28-28-0-0                                   |                     8147 |
|        10 | 10-26-26-0                                  | 10-26-26-0                                  |                     9050 |
|        11 | 12-32-16-0                                  | 12-32-16-0                                  |                     8615 |
|        12 | 14-28-14-0                                  | 14-28-14-0                                  |                     8093 |
|        13 | 14-35-14-0                                  | 14-35-14-0                                  |                     9020 |
|        14 | 15-15-15-0                                  | 15-15-15-0                                  |                     6685 |
|        15 | 17-17-17-0                                  | 17-17-17-0                                  |                     7576 |
|        16 | 19-19-19-0                                  | 19-19-19-0                                  |                     8467 |
|        17 | Ammonium Sulphate (20.6-0-0-23)             | Ammonium Sulphate (20.6-0-0-23)             |                     3736 |
|        18 | 16-16-16-0                                  | 16-16-16-0                                  |                     7130 |
|        19 | 15-15-15-9                                  | 15-15-15-9                                  |                     6869 |
|        20 | 24-24-0-0                                   | 24-24-0-0                                   |                     6983 |
|        21 | 24-24-0-8                                   | 24-24-0-8                                   |                     6983 |