Lok Sabha Question No. 576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Fertilizers required for Rabi Season
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Rodmal Nagar, Mala Roy, Anil Firojiya, Dharambir Singh, Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 576 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.12.2022

## Fertilizers required for rabi season

576:

SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

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

- (a) the details of the availability of UREA DAP , MOP , NPK and SSP fertilizers to meet the requirements of Rabi season in the country;
- the total estimated quantity of fertilizer required for the current Rabi season;
- (b) the scheme formulated to provide sufficient quantity of such fertilizers to meet the requirements for Rabi season in the country along with the details thereof;
- d stock of the Government is sufficient for the estimated quantity of fertilizer for Rabi season, if so, the details thereof;
- the steps takenlproposed to be taken by the Government to supply sufficient quantities of fertilizers in Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh?
- (e if not; the measures takenllikely to be taken by the Government to meet the demand of fertilizers during the said season; and;

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f) The details of fertilizer requirement and availability for the ongoing Rabi 2022-23 season are as follows:

## <Figures in LMT>

|   S.No | Product   |   Seasonal Requirement for RABI 2022-23 |   Pro rata Requirement From 01/10/2022 to 05/12/2022 |   Availability From 01/10/2022 to 05/12/2022 |   Cumulative DBT Sales From 01/10/2022 to 05/12/2022 |   Closing Stock as on 05/12/2022 |
|--------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|      1 | UREA      |                                  180.18 |                                                82.79 |                                       114.4  |                                                67.44 |                            46.96 |
|      2 | DAP       |                                   55.38 |                                                35.92 |                                        44.14 |                                                33.74 |                            10.39 |
|      3 | MOP       |                                   14.35 |                                                 7.05 |                                         8.67 |                                                 4.4  |                             4.26 |
|      4 | NPKS      |                                   56.97 |                                                27.19 |                                        47.67 |                                                23.93 |                            23.74 |
|      5 | SSP       |                                   33.64 |                                                18.75 |                                        27.6  |                                                13.16 |                            14.44 |

As evident from the above table, adequate closing stock is already available in the states to meet the urgent demand of fertilizers.

Further; following steps are taken by thse Government every season to meet the adequate and timely requirement of fertilizers in all the States including the state of Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

- Before the commencement of each cropping season; Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the state-wise and month-wise requirement of fertilizers.
- ii\_ On the basis of requirement projected, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficient/ adequate quantities of fertilizers to the 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 (iFMS);
- iv. The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers of   fertilizers for streamlining the supplies 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 fertilizers as indicated by the State Governments.
- vi. The gap between demand (requirement) and production for Urea and other fertilizers is met through imports. The import for the season is also finalised well in advance to ensure timely availability.