Lok Sabha Question No. 4204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Black Marketing of Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: INNOCENT

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4204

TO BE ANSWERED ON:

28.03.2017

## Black marketing of fertilizers

## 4204. SHRI  INNOCENT:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  discontentment  amongst farmers on account of large scale black-marketing and unprecedented rise in the price of fertilizers;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the details of the demand and supply and availability/distribution of different fertilizers to farmers during the current crop season, State-wise; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  corrective  action  taken  by  the  Government  to  contain  the rise in price of fertilizers and stem out black-marketing?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) (b)& (d): There has been no report of discontentment amongst farmers on account of  large  scale  black-marketing  and  unprecedented  rise  in  the  price  of  fertilizers. Fertilizer has been declared as an essential commodity under Essential Commodities Act,  1955.    Government  of  India  has  notified  Fertilizer  Control  Order,  1985  under Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  which  prohibits  sale  of  any  fertilizer  at  a  price exceeding  the  maximum  price.  Under  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  State Governments have been empowered to take appropriate punitive actions against the violators of this Act. However, it is also informed that fertilizers at subsidized rates are provided to the farmers.

(c) : A statement indicating state-wise requirement(demand), availability and sales of  different  fertilizers  (Urea,  DAP,  MOP  and  NPK)  during  Rabi  2016-17  is  at Annexure-1.

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## ANNEXURE-1.

State-wise Requirement(demand), Availability(supply) and Sales of Urea and P& K fertilizers during Rabi 2016-17 (upto February, 2017)

<Figures in LMT>

|                   | UREA   | UREA   | UREA   | P&K Fertilizers   | P&K Fertilizers   | P&K Fertilizers   |
|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| State             | Req.   | Avl.   | Sales  | Req.              | Avl.              | Sales             |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 14.37  | 14.67  | 13.61  | 18.16             | 17.84             | 16.31             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00   | 0.00   | 0.00   | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| Assam             | 2.88   | 2.81   | 2.66   | 1.52              | 1.42              | 1.26              |
| Bihar             | 18.70  | 18.41  | 17.73  | 11.58             | 10.31             | 8.78              |
| Chhattisgarh      | 5.89   | 5.88   | 5.27   | 6.32              | 4.45              | 3.52              |
| Delhi             | 0.09   | 0.13   | 0.13   | 0.09              | 0.01              | 0.01              |
| GOA               | 0.04   | 0.03   | 0.03   | 0.07              | 0.04              | 0.05              |
| Gujarat           | 18.00  | 19.46  | 18.71  | 11.71             | 11.38             | 9.84              |
| Haryana           | 17.50  | 19.32  | 18.56  | 7.16              | 6.67              | 6.00              |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 0.57   | 0.56   | 0.56   | 0.39              | 0.41              | 0.41              |
| J&K               | 1.10   | 0.99   | 0.92   | 0.81              | 0.89              | 0.81              |
| Jharkhand         | 2.37   | 2.13   | 2.00   | 1.63              | 0.79              | 0.66              |
| Karnataka         | 11.80  | 13.04  | 12.03  | 18.23             | 19.88             | 17.13             |
| Kerala            | 0.82   | 1.12   | 1.06   | 1.71              | 2.39              | 2.10              |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 21.50  | 23.40  | 21.67  | 17.12             | 14.09             | 11.12             |
| Maharashtra       | 23.39  | 23.20  | 21.78  | 32.20             | 25.86             | 22.82             |
| Manipur           | 0.20   | 0.17   | 0.17   | 0.12              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| Mizoram           | 0.05   | 0.05   | 0.05   | 0.06              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| Nagaland          | 0.02   | 0.00   | 0.00   | 0.03              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| Orissa            | 5.88   | 4.74   | 4.53   | 7.07              | 4.60              | 4.02              |
| Pondicherry       | 0.16   | 0.09   | 0.09   | 0.12              | 0.09              | 0.09              |
| Punjab            | 24.50  | 25.00  | 24.00  | 10.06             | 8.27              | 7.95              |
| Rajasthan         | 17.29  | 19.51  | 18.92  | 5.51              | 7.28              | 6.52              |
| Tamil Nadu        | 8.08   | 7.56   | 7.07   | 12.92             | 10.35             | 9.13              |
| Telangana         | 12.70  | 15.52  | 14.49  | 13.00             | 13.43             | 12.64             |
| Tripura           | 0.25   | 0.28   | 0.26   | 0.24              | 0.09              | 0.09              |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 55.00  | 53.83  | 50.51  | 29.90             | 28.72             | 23.55             |
| Uttaranchal       | 2.30   | 3.47   | 3.38   | 0.76              | 0.76              | 0.64              |
| West Bengal       | 11.45  | 11.29  | 10.78  | 15.81             | 14.99             | 13.56             |
| All India         | 276.91 | 286.69 | 271.01 | 224.32            | 205.09            | 179.01            |