Lok Sabha Question No. 629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Rules for Providing Fertilizers to States
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 629 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.12.2022

## Rules for providing Fertilizers to States

## 629: SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R:

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

- (a) the details of the ruleslprocedures laid down for providing fertilizers namely Urea, DAP ,
- (b) the demand raised in the year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 so far for Urea, DAP and Potash by Tamil Nadu and the quantity of the said fertilizers made available by the Union Government and
- (c) the steps takenlproposed to be taken by the Government to contain black marketing of fertilizers keeping in view the nonavailability of Fertilizers in Government shops which resulted in people buying fertilizers from private shops at higher prices?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a) Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare   (DA&FW)\_ in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the requirement of fertilizers. After assessment of requirement; DA&FW projects season-wise, month-wise requirement of fertilizers.

On the basis of month-wise & State-wise projection given   by DA&FW , Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficientl adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing supply plan in consultation with the manufacturers and importers of finished fertilizers and convey the supply plan, agreed upon by manufacturers and importers of fertilizers and Department of fertilizers , to the respective State Governments on month to month basis as per the Fertilizer (Movement Control) Order, 1973 Section 3. In addition to fifty percent of indigenous production of Urea, twenty percent of phosphatic and potassic fertilizers produced or imported in India is regulated under the clause 6 of the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, the  fertilizer (Movement Control) Order; 1973 and Essential Commodities Act; 1955.

are also taken to ensure adequate and   timely availability of fertilizers: steps

- the movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is   being monitored throughout the country by an on-line web based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Monitoring System (iFMS);
- iii\_ Regular Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare   (DA&FW) and  Department of Fertilizers (DoF) with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments.
- ii\_ 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.

(b): The requirement of fertilizer; availability & sales for the FY 2020-21 & 202122 is enclosed as Annexure-A

(c): There is adequate availability of fertilizers in the country. Further; Fertilizers are declared as essential commodity under Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (EC Act) and a strong enforcement mechanism is in place under Fertilizer Control and Movement orders (FCO&FMO) to stop any possible diversion of fertilizers. State Governments are adequately empowered under the act to take punitive action against any person violating its  provisions and involved in hoarding,  diversion, black-marketing etc.

Primary Indicator of comfortable availability: Availability Requirement

## ANNEXURE-A

| TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   | TAMIL NADU                                                   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP | REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY AND DBT SALES OF UREA, DAP AND MOP |
|                                                              |                                                              | UREA                                                         | UREA                                                         | UREA                                                         |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              | Fig: in LMT                                                  | Fig: in LMT                                                  | Fig: in LMT                                                  |
| No                                                           | YEAR                                                         | Require- ment                                                | Availa bi- lity                                              | DBT Sales                                                    | Require- ment                                                | Availabi- lity                                               | DBT Sales                                                    | Require-| ment                                          | Availabi- lity                                               | DBT Sales                                                    |
|                                                              | 2020- 21                                                     | 10.00                                                        | 11.58                                                        | 9.88                                                         | 3.25                                                         | 3.07                                                         | 2.72                                                         | 3.10                                                         | 3.88                                                         | 3.07                                                         |
| 2                                                            | 22                                                           | 10.10                                                        | 10.85                                                        | 10.40                                                        | 2.90                                                         | 2.56                                                         | 2.39                                                         | 3.00                                                         | 2.80                                                         | 2.53                                                         |