Lok Sabha Question No. 59 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Demand of Fertilizers by Farmers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Vinod Chavda

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

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 59* TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.12.2022

## Demand of Fertilizers by Farmers

59*=

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: SHRI VINOD L. CHAVDA:

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

- (a) whether   fertilizers   produced by the private and State-owned   companies are inadequate to cater agricultural activities in the country;
- (b) the details thereof; State/UTIdistrict wise including Rajasthan along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) the efforts made by the Government to meet the demand of fertilizers by the farmers in the country including Rajasthan;
- (d) whether the Government is dependent on imports to meet the demand of fertilizers and if so, the details thereof and the efforts made by the Government to reduce dependency on imports; and
- (e) the steps takenlproposed to be taken by the Government to promote the use of nano urea by the farmers in place of normal urea?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE AND CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (DR: MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House:

STATEMENT REFERRED PART (a) (e) OF LoK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 59* FOR 09.12.2022 REGARDING DEMAND OF FERTILIZERS BY FARMERS" TABLED BY SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI AND SHRI VINOD L. CHAVDA:

(a): Amongst the major fertilizers, against the total requirement around 75% of Urea, 40% of DAP, and 85% of NPKS are produced in the country by PSUs and private companies. The rest is imported on account of Government of India (as in case of Urea) & by the companies in case of P&K (under General Licenses) to bridge the gap between requirement & production of fertilizers. Open

The details of fertilizer Production and Imports during last three years is as below -

## <Figures in LMT>

| FY 2019-20   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2019-20   |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| FERTILIZER   | PRODUCTION   | IMPORT       |
| UREA         | 244.55       | 91.23        |
| DAP          | 45.50        | 48.70        |
| NPKS         | 93.34        | 7.46         |
| MOP          | NIL          | 36.70        |
| FY 2020-21   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2020-21   |
| FERTILIZER   | PRODUCTION   | IMPORT       |
| UREA         | 246.03       | 98.28        |
| DAP          | 37.74        | 48.82        |
| NPKS         | 100.54       | 13.90        |
| MOP          | NIL          | 42.27        |
| FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   |
| FERTILIZER   | PRODUCTION   | IMPORT       |
| UREA         | 250.72       | 91.36        |
| DAP          | 42.22        | 54.62        |
| NPKS         | 89.67        | 11.70        |
| MOP          | NIL          | 24.60        |

- (b): Government of India allocates fertilizer at the state level to meet the requirement of  fertilizers   though indigenous and imported sources\_ Further,  fertilizer  availability scenario for the FY 2022-23 (upto November 2022) is annexed at Annexure-A

(c): The following steps are taken by the Government every season to meet the adequate and timely requirement of fertilizers in all the States including Rajasthan:

- Before the commencement of each cropping season; Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments including Rajasthan, assesses the state-wise & month-wise requirement of fertilizers.
- ii. On the basis of  requirement   projected, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficientl adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors the availability.
- iii The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is monitored throughout the country by an on-line web based monitoring   system called   integrated Fertilizer Monitoring System (FMS);
- iv. The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers of fertilizers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents for railway rakes through their state institutional agencies like Markfed etc.
- V Regular Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly by DA&FW and DoF with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments.
- (d): Government of India imports fertilizer to bridge the gap between requirement and production of fertilizers in the country. Government of India has mandated the revival of Ramagundam (Telangana) , Gorakhpur (UP), Sindri (Jharkhand) , Talcher (Odisha) unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL) and Barauni (Bihar) Unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd (HFCL) with a total capacity of 63.5 LMT to increase the indigenous production capacity of Urea.

Department of Fertilizers   granted  permission for setting up of DAPINPK plants by Madhya Bharat RCF-Thal, FACT-Kochi and Paradeep Phosphates Ltd with installed capacity 1.2 LMT, 5 LMT , 5.5 LMT and 8 LMT per annum respectively to meet the demand of phosphatic fertilizers. Exploration of minerals for raw materials for DAP & other   fertilizers in India have been given   priority in consultation with Ministry of Mines , GSI, MECL & PDIL. Further, indigenous PDM (Potash Derived from Molasses) is included under NBS scheme. Agro

- (e): Use of Nano Urea is   being   promoted   through different activities such as awareness camps, webinars, nukkad nataks, field demonstrations, kisan sammelans and films in regional languages etc.

Further , Nano Urea has been added in the monthly supply plans issued to the states. In  addition, the companies have been requested to encourage farmers to purchase nano urea along with conventional urea.

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