Lok Sabha Question No. 1695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Fertilizer Subsidy for Farmers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Dharambir Singh, Sunil Kumar Mondal, Ramya  Haridas

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1695 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 16.12.2022

## Fertilizer Subsidy for Farmers

+1695:

SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL: MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

- (b) whether the poor and marginal farmers are not getting subsidy benefit provided for fertilizers;
- (a) the details of   subsidy provided by the Government for various fertilizers including Urea   during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and fertilizer-wise;
- if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken by the Government in this regard;
- whether the Government proposes to  provide fertilizer   subsidy to farmers directly through Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme;
- the number of farmers benefitted under the "Urea Subsidy Scheme" during the last two years and the current year;
- (h) if SO , the details thereof and the action   takenlproposed to be taken by Government in this regard; and
- (g) whether some companies have manipulated data to show lesser production capacity and huge amount of subsidy on the basis of percentage production; get
- the steps takenlproposed to be taken by the Government to ensure that the maximum benefits of subsidies go to the poor and marginal farmers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a) The details of subsidy disbursed on fertilizers for last three years and current year is as under:

(Rs. in Cr:)

| Year                   | Urea        | Urea     | NPKS     | NPKS     | City    |
|------------------------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
|                        | Indigenous_ | Imported | (Ind:)   | (Imp:)   | Compost |
| 2019-20                | 43050       | 14049    | 15906    | 10429    | 33.85   |
| 2020-21                | 68807.41    | 25049.62 | 22288.37 | 15015.37 | 68.74   |
| 2021-22                | 54619.72    | 20250.40 | 31931.46 | 20794.79 | 43.71   |
| 2022-23 (up to Nov-22) | 75078       | 24527    | 31908    | 22350    | 0       |

This Department does not make state-wise payment of subsidy.

(b) & (c): No no such complaints have been received in this Department: Sir,

(d) to (e): The matter of transfer of subsidy directly to farmers is very sensitive issue Government of India is to take any concrete decision on this. Hence, at this stage, no such proposal is under active consideration in the Department of Fertilizers & no action is pending on the part of this Department. yet

The count of all buyers including (Aadhaar and non Aadhaar) who have purchased Urea from the (including buyers who have purchased Imported Urea and visited Mixture Manufacturers) is as under: system

|   No_ | Financial Year                   |   The number of farmers benefitted under the "Urea subsidy Scheme" |
|-------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | 2020-2021                        |                                                           50182443 |
|     2 | 2021-2022                        |                                                           59855486 |
|     3 | 2022-2023 (Up to 11th Dec. 2022) |                                                           49711841 |

(g) & (h): No Sir. No such incident has come to the notice of this Department:

Urea is provided to the farmers at a statutorily notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP): The MRP of 45 kg of urea is Rs.242 per (exclusive of charges towards neem coating and taxes as applicable). The difference between the delivered cost of urea at farm and net market realization by the urea units is given as subsidy to the urea manufacturerlimporter by the Government of India: Government has been implementing Nutrient Based Subsidy W.e.f: 01.04.2010 for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers. Under the policy, a fixed amount of subsidy, decided on annuallsemi-annual basis, is provided on subsidized P&K fertilizers depending on their nutrient content: Under this policy, MRP is fixed by fertilizer companies as per market dynamics at reasonable level which is monitored by the Government: Accordingly, any farmer including poor and marginal farmers who are buying these fertilizers is getting benefits of subsidy. Government assess the requirement of major fertilizers, namely, Urea, DAP , MOP Complex Fertilizers and SSP before the start of each cropping i.e. Rabi and Kharif. The availability of fertilizers is monitored through weekly Video Conference with State Governments and Union Territories. bag bag gate Policy