Lok Sabha Question No. 1085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Assistance under NBS Scheme
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1085 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.12.2021

## Assistance under NBS Scheme

## 1085. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the salient features and objective of the Nutrient Subsidy Scheme(NBS);
- (b) the details of assistance provided under the NBS the current financial year StatelUT-wise; during
- the details of the mechanism in place to assess the requirement offertilizers; ()
- (e) whether the Government proposes to devise a policy to ensure adequatesupply of fertilizers to the farmers as per their requirement; and
- the details of the quantity of DAP and P&K fertilizers  allocated tothe States including Rajasthan the last two years, State/UT-wise; during
- the quantity of DAP supplied and subsidy provided to Ajmer district inRajasthan last two years? during

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS, HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) Sir,  Government of India introduced Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Policy for decontrolled P&k fertilizers w.e.f: Ist  April,2010. The   subsidy on Pek fertilizers is announced by the Government on annuall bi-annual basis before the beginning of each financial yearl cropping season: Under NBS scheme, subsidy is announced nutrient i.e. Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S) on per kg: basis which is converted into subsidy per MT depending upon the nutrient content in each grade In order to overcome the   deficiency of secondary and micronutrients in soil and to encourage their application along with primary nutrients, provision of additional subsidy on secondary and micro-nutrients has been made

Presently, the NBS is applicable on 25 Grades of P&K fertilizers including, DiAmmonium Phosphate (DAP), Mono Ammonium Phosphate (MAP), Muriate of Potash Phosphate (SSP); Ammonium Sulphate produced by FACT and GSFC, Potash Derived from Molasses and other 18 grades of NPKS Complex fertilizers The imports of these P&k fertilizers are under Open General License except imports of Ammonium Sulphate and SSP. AII P&K fertilizers are decontrolled, the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) is fixed by Companies as per market dynamics at reasonable level: Government of India completes the process of examination of reasonableness of MRP and the profits earned above 12% treated as Super unreasonable and such from the companies. The reasonableness of MRP of P&K fertilizers are determined on the basis of Audited Cost data collected from Companies. The main objectives of NBS Scheme are as under:

- To promote balanced use of fertilizers.
- To improve availability of fertilizers to farmers.
- To reduce subsidy burden on the Government
- iv To encourage competition among fertilizer companies
- (b): The details of state-wise assistance provided under the NBS during the current financial year are at Annexure-1.
- (c): The  requirement  of major  fertilizers, namely DAP , MOP and complex fertilizer, is assessed before each cropping season (viz. Rabi and Kharif) to ensure adequate availability of fertilizers to farmers. This assessment is made through Zonal Conferences for Agricultural Inputs" organized by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare(DA&FW); Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with participation from the representatives of the Department of Fertilizers, Directorate of Agriculture of the State Governments , ICAR, the Fertilizer Association of India: At these conferences, the State Governments/UTs present their projected   requirements for major Fertilizers. After detailed discussions and taking into account cropping pattern, cropped area irrigatedlunirrigated area, requirement of nutrients in soil as per soil health status & crop wise recommended dose of fertilizers , consumption pattern the state-wise assessment of requirement of major fertilizers is finalized by DA&FW:
- (d): The details on quantity of Fertilizers made available to all the states/UTs (including Rajasthan) during last two i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21 are at Annexure '2' and Annexure '3' respectively. years
- Under NBS,20% of the decontrolled fertilizers oroducedlimported in India in the (e): movement control under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955(ECA): Government of India regulates  regulate the movement of these fertilizers to bridge the supplies in underserved areas. Currently, there is no other proposal or policy is under consideration regarding supply of Fertilizers.
- (f): The quantity of DAP to Ajmer district of Rajasthan during 2019-20 and 2020-21 was 0.14 Lakh MT and 0.12 Lakh MT respectively: However , the subsidy specific to a district is not available. supplied

| State Wise DBT Expenditure for Financial Year 2021-22   | State Wise DBT Expenditure for Financial Year 2021-22   | State Wise DBT Expenditure for Financial Year 2021-22   | State Wise DBT Expenditure for Financial Year 2021-22   | State Wise DBT Expenditure for Financial Year 2021-22   | State Wise DBT Expenditure for Financial Year 2021-22   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                    | State                                                   | Figures in Rs: Crores) NPKS(Ind:)                       | NPKS(Imp:)                                              | SSP                                                     | Total                                                   |
| 1                                                       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                             | 0                                                       | 1.45                                                    | 0                                                       | 1.45                                                    |
| 2                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                          | 948.88                                                  | 465                                                     | 72.1                                                    | 1485.98                                                 |
| 3                                                       | Assam                                                   | 57.83                                                   | 56.12                                                   | 25.38                                                   | 139.33                                                  |
| 4                                                       | Bihar                                                   | 340.38                                                  | 365.7                                                   | 31.49                                                   | 737.57                                                  |
| 5                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                            | 383.19                                                  | 539.69                                                  | 132.7                                                   | 1055.55                                                 |
| 6                                                       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                  | 0.53                                                    | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0.53                                                    |
| 7                                                       | Delhi                                                   | 1.08                                                    | 2.46                                                    | 0                                                       | 3.54                                                    |
| 8                                                       | Goa                                                     | 3.54                                                    | 0.22                                                    | 0                                                       | 3.76                                                    |
| 9                                                       | Gujarat                                                 | 662.92                                                  | 279.13                                                  | 59.54                                                   | 1001.59                                                 |
| 10                                                      | Haryana                                                 | 107.39                                                  | 624.45                                                  | 70.51                                                   | 802.35                                                  |
| 11                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                        | 22.56                                                   | 2.06                                                    | 0.51                                                    | 25.13                                                   |
| 12                                                      | Jammu and kashmir                                       | 21.12                                                   | 49.98                                                   | 0                                                       | 71.1                                                    |
| 13                                                      | Jharkhand                                               | 106.02                                                  | 94.31                                                   | 2.94                                                    | 203.27                                                  |
| 14                                                      | Karnataka                                               | 1869.77                                                 | 739.27                                                  | 27.1                                                    | 2636.14                                                 |
| 15                                                      | Kerala                                                  | 89.58                                                   | 61.95                                                   | 1.5                                                     | 153.03                                                  |
| 16                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                          | 663.35                                                  | 1466.62                                                 | 412.6                                                   | 2542.61                                                 |
| 17                                                      | Maharashtra                                             | 2041.14                                                 | 1132.64                                                 | 493.5                                                   | 3667.23                                                 |
| 18                                                      | Manipur                                                 | 4.04                                                    | 1.84                                                    | 3.63                                                    |                                                         |
| 19                                                      | Mizoram                                                 | 0.04                                                    | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0.04                                                    |
| 20                                                      | Nagaland                                                | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 21                                                      | Odisha                                                  | 583                                                     | 163.09                                                  | 11.68                                                   | 757.77                                                  |
| 22                                                      | Puducherry                                              | 4.89                                                    | 1.15                                                    | 0.19                                                    | 6.23                                                    |
| 23                                                      | Punjab                                                  | 208.12                                                  | 648.6                                                   | 87.71                                                   | 944.43                                                  |
| 24                                                      | Rajasthan                                               | 181.11                                                  | 859.55                                                  | 180.2                                                   | 1220.83                                                 |
| 25                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                              | 536.65                                                  | 327.31                                                  | 26.72                                                   | 890.68                                                  |
| 26                                                      | Telangana                                               | 1101.25                                                 | 539.77                                                  | 24                                                      | 1665.02                                                 |
| 27                                                      | Tripura_                                                | 5.39                                                    | 3.77                                                    | 4.87                                                    | 14.03                                                   |
| 28                                                      | Uttarakhand                                             | 36.01                                                   | 14.11                                                   | 5.6                                                     | 55.72                                                   |
| 29                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                           | 919.62                                                  | 1169.71                                                 | 202.4                                                   | 2291.76                                                 |
| 30                                                      | West Bengal                                             | 662.18                                                  | 213.19                                                  | 86.34                                                   | 961.71                                                  |
| Total                                                   |                                                         | 11561.58                                                | 9823.14                                                 | 1963                                                    | 23347.9                                                 |

| P&K FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2019-20 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | P&K FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2019-20 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | P&K FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2019-20 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | P&K FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2019-20 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | P&K FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2019-20 <Figures in Lakh MT>   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                        | YEAR 2019-20                                                           | DAP                                                                    | MOP                                                                    | NPKS                                                                   |
| S.NO                                                                   | State Name                                                             | AVAILABILITY                                                           | AVAILABILITY                                                           | AVAILABILITY                                                           |
| 1                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 4                                                                      | 5                                                                      |
| 1                                                                      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                            | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 2                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                         | 4.72                                                                   | 3.18                                                                   | 17.83                                                                  |
| 3                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                      | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 4                                                                      | Assam                                                                  | 0.93                                                                   | 1.06                                                                   | 0.24                                                                   |
| 5                                                                      | Bihar                                                                  | 9.49                                                                   | 3.20                                                                   | 4.97                                                                   |
| 6                                                                      | CHANDIGARH                                                             | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 7                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                           | 5.27                                                                   |                                                                        | 1.60                                                                   |
| 8                                                                      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli_                                                | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 9                                                                      | Daman and Diu                                                          | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 10                                                                     | Delhi                                                                  | 0.05                                                                   | 0.01                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 11                                                                     | Goa                                                                    | 0.00                                                                   | 0.01                                                                   | 0.04                                                                   |
| 12                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                | 6.98                                                                   | 1.72                                                                   | 9.03                                                                   |
| 13                                                                     | Haryana                                                                | 7,.44                                                                  | 1.06                                                                   | 0.40                                                                   |
| 14                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                       | 0.02                                                                   | 0.12                                                                   | 0.47                                                                   |
| 15                                                                     | Jammu and kashmir                                                      | 0.94                                                                   | 0.54                                                                   | 0.02                                                                   |
| 16                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                              | 1.14                                                                   | 0.06                                                                   | 0.51                                                                   |
| 17                                                                     | Karnataka                                                              | 7.91                                                                   | 3.63                                                                   | 20.28                                                                  |
| 18                                                                     | Kerala                                                                 | 0.20                                                                   | 1.07                                                                   | 1.64                                                                   |
| 19                                                                     | lakshadweep                                                            | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 20                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 18.62                                                                  | 1.71                                                                   | 5.35                                                                   |
| 21                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                            | 8.55                                                                   | 4.62                                                                   | 30.54                                                                  |
| 22                                                                     | Manipur                                                                | 0.07                                                                   | 0.02                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 23                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                              | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 24                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                | 0.01                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 25                                                                     | Nagaland                                                               | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 26                                                                     | Odisha                                                                 | 2.62                                                                   | 1.69                                                                   | 3.58                                                                   |
| 27                                                                     | Puducherry_                                                            | 0.01                                                                   | 0.02                                                                   | 0.09                                                                   |
| 28                                                                     | Punjab                                                                 | 9.29                                                                   | 1.10                                                                   | 0.56                                                                   |
| 29                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                              | 10.54                                                                  | 0.46                                                                   | 1.01                                                                   |
| 30                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                 | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 31                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                             | 3.37                                                                   | 3.21                                                                   | 8.35                                                                   |
| 32                                                                     | Telangana                                                              | 3.34                                                                   | 2.26                                                                   | 16.26                                                                  |
| 33                                                                     | Tripura                                                                | 0.07                                                                   | 0.12                                                                   | 0.02                                                                   |
| 34                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                            | 0.58                                                                   | 0.12                                                                   | 0.36                                                                   |
| 35                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 30.10                                                                  | 3.59                                                                   | 8.40                                                                   |
| 36                                                                     | West Bengal                                                            | 4.47                                                                   | 3.56                                                                   |                                                                        |

| PeK FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2020-21 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | PeK FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2020-21 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | PeK FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2020-21 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | PeK FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2020-21 <Figures in Lakh MT>   | PeK FERTILIZERS AVAILABILITY FOR THE FY 2020-21 <Figures in Lakh MT>   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.NO                                                                   | YEAR 2020-21 State Name                                                | DAP                                                                    | MOP                                                                    | NPKS                                                                   |
| 1                                                                      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                            | AVAILABILITY 0.00                                                      | AVAILABILITY 0.00                                                      | AVAILABILITY 0.00                                                      |
| 2                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                         | 4.66                                                                   | 3.60                                                                   | 19.78                                                                  |
| 3                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                      |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |
|                                                                        |                                                                        | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 4                                                                      | Assam                                                                  | 0.92                                                                   | 0.99 3.44                                                              | 0.17                                                                   |
| 5                                                                      | Bihar                                                                  | 8.93                                                                   |                                                                        | 4.58                                                                   |
| 6                                                                      | CHANDIGARH                                                             | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 7                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                           | 5.42                                                                   | 1.52                                                                   | 1.72                                                                   |
| 8                                                                      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                 | 0.01                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 9                                                                      | Daman and Diu                                                          | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 10                                                                     | Delhi                                                                  | 0.04                                                                   | 0.01                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 11                                                                     | Goa                                                                    | 0.00                                                                   | 0.01                                                                   | 0.04                                                                   |
| 12                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                | 7.02                                                                   | 1.70                                                                   | 9.48                                                                   |
| 13                                                                     | Haryana                                                                | 6.86                                                                   | 0.98                                                                   | 0.35                                                                   |
| 14                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                       | 0.02                                                                   | 0.12                                                                   | 0.45                                                                   |
| 15                                                                     | Jammu and Kashmir                                                      | 0.93                                                                   | 0.60                                                                   | 0.04                                                                   |
| 16                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                              | 1.27                                                                   | 0.07                                                                   |                                                                        |
| 17                                                                     | Karnataka                                                              | 7.97                                                                   | 4.57                                                                   | 23.28                                                                  |
| 18                                                                     | Kerala                                                                 | 0.22                                                                   | 1.28                                                                   | 1.72                                                                   |
| 19                                                                     | Jakshadweep                                                            | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 20                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 18.04                                                                  | 2.03                                                                   | 4.85                                                                   |
| 21                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                            | 9.44                                                                   | 5.43                                                                   | 35.89                                                                  |
| 22                                                                     | Manipur                                                                | 0.06                                                                   | 0.03                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 23                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                              | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 24 25                                                                  | Mizoram Nagaland                                                       | 0.00 0.00                                                              | 0.00 0.00                                                              | 0.00 0.00                                                              |
| 26                                                                     | Odisha                                                                 | 2.82                                                                   |                                                                        |                                                                        |
|                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        | 3.26                                                                   |
| 27                                                                     | Puducherry_                                                            | 0.01                                                                   | 0.03                                                                   | 0.11                                                                   |
| 28                                                                     | Punjab                                                                 | 8.87                                                                   | 1.21                                                                   | 0.47                                                                   |
| 29                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                              | 9.72                                                                   | 0.46                                                                   | 0.76                                                                   |
| 30                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                 | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                   |
| 31                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                             | 3.07                                                                   | 3.88                                                                   | 9.08                                                                   |
| 32                                                                     | Telangana                                                              | 3.62                                                                   | 3.00                                                                   | 18.38                                                                  |
| 33                                                                     | Tripura                                                                | 0.07                                                                   | 0.07                                                                   | 0.02                                                                   |
| 34                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                            | 0.46                                                                   | 0.11                                                                   | 0.34                                                                   |
| 35                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 29.02                                                                  | 3.74                                                                   | 8.20                                                                   |
| 36                                                                     | West Bengal                                                            | 4.48                                                                   | 3.89                                                                   | 13.16                                                                  |
|                                                                        | Total                                                                  | 133.98                                                                 | 44.56                                                                  | 156.55                                                                 |

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