Lok Sabha Question No. 2118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Rise in Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Tapir Gao

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2118 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.12.2023

## Rise in Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers

## 2118:  SHRI TAPIR GAO:

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

- (a) whether the consumption of chemical fertilizers is on the rise every year in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  consumption  level  of  various  chemical fertilizers  in  the  country  during  each of the last five years and the current year, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take steps to create awareness among farmers for the balanced use of fertilizer in the country; and;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a) & (b):  The details of the consumption of various chemical fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MoP and NPKS in the country during the last five financial years and the current year, State-wise & Year-wise is enclosed at Annexure-A and Annexure B respectively.

(c) & (d):  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting held on 28th  June,  2023  has  approved  the  'PM  Programme  for  Restoration,  Awareness Generation,  Nourishment,  and  Amelioration  of  Mother-Earth  (PM-PRANAM)'.  The initiative aims to support the mass movement started by States/UTs to save the health of  Mother  Earth  by  promoting  sustainable  and  balanced  use  of  fertilizers,  adopting alternate fertilizers, promoting organic farming and implementing resource conservation technologies.

Further, CCEA in its meeting held on 28th June, 2023 has approved the Market Development  Assistance  (MDA)  @  Rs.  1500/MT  to  promote  organic  fertilizers,  i.e. manure produced at plants under GOBARdhan initiative covering different Biogas/CBG support schemes/programmes of stakeholder Ministries/Departments such as Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) scheme of MoPNG, 'Waste to  Energy'  programme  of  MNRE,  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Rural)  of DDWS, etc. with total outlay of Rs. 1451.84 crore (FY 2023-24 to 2025-26).

Besides, for reducing the use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture, Government of India (GoI) is also promoting the balanced and judicious use of fertilizers based on soil test  based  recommendations  in  conjunction  with  organic  fertilizer  and  bio-fertilizers. Further, under organic schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Namami Gange,  Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP), Mission Organic Value Chain Development  for  North-  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER),  National  Project  on  Organic Farming  (NPOF)  etc.,  farmers  are  provided  assistance  for  use  of  organic  and  biofertilizers. Further, National Centre for Organic Farming  (NCOF)  is  involved in awareness generation & training activities for promotion of organic farming.

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## Annexure-A

| PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION   | PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION   | PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION   | PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION   | PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION   | PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         | fig. in LMT                             |
| S.No                                    | State                                   | UREA                                    | DAP                                     | MOP                                     | NPKS                                    |
| 1                                       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands             | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 2                                       | Andhra Pradesh                          | 8.65                                    | 3.10                                    | 0.82                                    | 9.02                                    |
| 3                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 0.01                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 4                                       | Assam                                   | 2.50                                    | 0.55                                    | 0.28                                    | 0.11                                    |
| 5                                       | Bihar                                   | 13.83                                   | 4.79                                    | 0.93                                    | 2.97                                    |
| 6                                       | Chandigarh                              | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 7                                       | Chhattisgarh                            | 6.99                                    | 3.61                                    | 0.51                                    | 1.01                                    |
| 8                                       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                  | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 9                                       | Daman and Diu                           | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 10                                      | Delhi                                   | 0.23                                    | 0.04                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 11                                      | Goa                                     | 0.01                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.02                                    |
| 12                                      | Gujarat                                 | 16.96                                   | 5.47                                    | 0.57                                    | 5.52                                    |
| 13                                      | Haryana                                 | 16.97                                   | 5.54                                    | 0.29                                    | 0.41                                    |
| 14                                      | Himachal Pradesh                        | 0.47                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.21                                    |
| 15                                      | Jammu and Kashmir                       | 0.91                                    | 0.30                                    | 0.06                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 16                                      | Jharkhand                               | 2.15                                    | 0.79                                    | 0.03                                    | 0.27                                    |
| 17                                      | Karnataka                               | 12.83                                   | 5.72                                    | 1.26                                    | 13.50                                   |
| 18                                      | Kerala                                  | 0.72                                    | 0.12                                    | 0.53                                    | 0.99                                    |
| 19                                      | Lakshadweep                             | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 20                                      | Madhya Pradesh                          | 27.36                                   | 14.33                                   | 0.54                                    | 4.67                                    |
| 21                                      | Maharashtra                             | 17.78                                   | 6.22                                    | 1.01                                    | 18.41                                   |
| 22                                      | Manipur                                 | 0.18                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 23                                      | Meghalaya                               | 0.03                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 24                                      | Mizoram                                 | 0.11                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 25                                      | Nagaland                                | 0.01                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 26                                      | Odisha                                  | 4.72                                    | 2.26                                    | 0.56                                    | 2.05                                    |
| 27                                      | Puducherry                              | 0.09                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.05                                    |
| 28                                      | Punjab                                  | 23.46                                   | 6.55                                    | 0.41                                    | 0.62                                    |
| 29                                      | Rajasthan                               | 19.45                                   | 8.84                                    | 0.12                                    | 0.98                                    |
| 30                                      | Sikkim                                  | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    |
| 31                                      | Tamil Nadu                              | 6.92                                    | 2.04                                    | 1.06                                    | 5.45                                    |
| 32                                      | Telangana                               | 11.77                                   | 2.71                                    | 0.56                                    | 9.77                                    |
| 33                                      | Tripura                                 | 0.08                                    | 0.03                                    | 0.01                                    | 0.01                                    |
| 34                                      | Uttarakhand                             | 1.65                                    | 0.30                                    | 0.04                                    | 0.15                                    |
| 35                                      | Uttar Pradesh                           | 49.48                                   | 18.32                                   | 0.97                                    | 6.54                                    |
| 36                                      | West Bengal                             | 7.40                                    | 2.10                                    | 1.09                                    | 6.64                                    |
|                                         | All India                               | 253.71                                  | 93.74                                   | 11.68                                   | 89.37                                   |

## Annexure-B

| PRODCUT WISE & STATE WISE CONSUMPTION FROM   |
|----------------------------------------------|

| 22   | Manipur       | 0.24        | 0.26          | 0.22        |   0.14 0.31 | 0.00 0.05    |   0.04 |   0.01 |   0.04 |   0.00 | 0.01      | 0.03        |   0.00 |   0.04 | 0.00      |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.01 0.03 |
|------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|--------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|-------------|
| 23   | Meghalaya     | 0.00 0.00   | 0.00          | 0.00        |        0    | 0.00 0.00    |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00      | 0.00        |   0    |   0    | 0.00 0.00 |   0    |   0    |        0    |
| 24   | Mizoram       | 0.07 0.08   | 0.02          | 0.01        |        0.1  | 0.00 0.00    |   0    |   0    |   0.01 |   0    | 0.00      | 0.00 0.00   |   0    |   0    | 0.00      |   0    |   0    |        0    |
| 25   | Nagaland      | 0.00 0.01   | 0.01          | 0.01        |        0.01 | 0.00 0.00    |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00 0.00 | 0.00        |   0    |   0    | 0.00      |   0    |   0    |        0    |
| 26   | Odisha        | 4.96 5.56   | 5.27          | 5.53        |        5.6  | 1.69 1.99    |   2.52 |   2.37 |   1.94 |   1.08 | 1.21      | 1.38 1.07   |   0.61 |   2.23 | 2.53      |   2.65 |   2.49 |        2.63 |
| 27   | Puducherry    | 0.13 0.11   | 0.14          | 0.15        |        0.17 | 0.01 0.01    |   0.01 |   0.01 |   0.02 |   0.02 | 0.01      | 0.02 0.02   |   0.01 |   0.04 | 0.07      |   0.09 |   0.07 |        0.06 |
| 28   | Punjab        | 29.17 29.64 | 29.37         | 31.34       |       29.45 | 7.02 7.29    |   7.73 |   6.27 |   7.17 |   0.56 | 0.64      | 0.85 0.64   |   0.41 |   0.55 | 0.38      |   0.36 |   1.21 |        0.58 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     | 20.92       | 22.97         | 23.21 22.59 |       25.17 | 6.71 8.38    |   9.17 |   6.1  |   8.47 |   0.29 | 0.26      | 0.32 0.24   |   0.14 |   0.91 | 0.62      |   0.64 |   1.2  |        0.72 |
| 30   | Sikkim        | 0.00        | 0.00 0.00     | 0.00        |        0    | 0.00 0.00    |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00      | 0.00 0.00   |   0    |   0    | 0.00      |   0    |   0    |        0    |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    | 9.11        | 9.13          | 9.88 10.40  |       10.05 | 2.31 2.46    |   2.72 |   2.39 |   2.76 |   2.67 | 2.52      | 3.07 2.53   |   1.65 |   5.53 | 6.17      |   7.38 |   8.17 |        7.38 |
| 32   | Telangana     | 13.83       | 15.20         | 17.54 17.12 |       18.83 | 2.23 2.32    |   3.14 |   2.98 |   3.71 |   1.41 | 1.71 2.47 | 1.39        |   0.74 |  10.51 | 12.21     |  15.18 |  13.24 |       12.9  |
| 33   | Tripura       | 0.11        | 0.17          | 0.14 0.18   |        0.19 | 0.00 0.02    |   0.05 |   0.01 |   0.02 |   0    | 0.07      | 0.04 0.01   |   0.02 |   0    | 0.01      |   0.01 |   0.01 |        0.02 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand   | 2.75        | 2.45          | 2.40 2.09   |        2.05 | 0.22 0.44    |   0.38 |   0.31 |   0.52 |   0.03 | 0.07      | 0.06 0.04   |   0.03 |   0.32 | 0.24      |   0.31 |   0.22 |        0.11 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh | 62.86       | 70.95         | 74.13 71.12 |       74.72 | 17.17 21.94  |  25.76 |  21.2  |  22.38 |   1.82 | 2.40      | 2.78 1.91   |   1.22 |   6.13 | 5.56      |   6.26 |   6.36 |        4.79 |
| 36   | West Bengal   | 13.23       | 13.11 12.78   | 13.30       |       14.05 | 2.75 3.43    |   3.94 |   2.7  |   3.77 |   2.42 | 2.42      | 3.06 1.89   |   2.36 |   8.79 | 9.98      |  11.39 |  10.34 |        9.61 |
|      | All India     | 320.04      | 336.96 350.51 | 341.73      |      357.26 | 87.35 101.01 | 119.18 |  92.64 | 105.31 |  26.98 | 27.80     | 34.32 23.93 |  16.32 |  95.66 | 105.01    | 125.82 | 121.37 |      107.31 |

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