Lok Sabha Question No. 4766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Fertilizer Subsidy to Farmers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2025

## Fertilizer Subsidy to Farmers

## 4766:  SHRI  SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE :

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

- (a) the total amount of fertilizer subsidy provided to farmers and the number of farmers  benefited  therefrom,  State-wise  including  Maharashtra  during  the last five years;
- (b) the details of the outstanding amount of subsidy payable to farmers during the last five years and the current financial year especially in Maharashtra, year-wise and district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that delay in payment of subsidy amount to  farmers  causes  economic  burden  due  to  which  farmers  are  not  able  to fully utilize their potential and farming productivity suffers; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  farmers  get  fertilizer  in time?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a):    The Government provides subsidy to ensure adequate availability of fertilizers at affordable prices to the farmers. Under 'DBT in Fertilizers' system, 100% subsidy on various fertilizer grades is released to the fertilizer companies, on actual sales to the beneficiaries based on Aadhar authentication through POS devices installed at each retail shop. The Government releases subsidy to fertilizer manufacturing/importing companies for providing fertilizers at subsidized prices to the farmers.

Further,  the  number of  beneficiaries  of the  fertilizer  subsidy  in  the  last  five years,  State-wise including Maharashtra are as under:

| Financial Year Wise Number of Unique Buyer Count   | Financial Year Wise Number of Unique Buyer Count   | Financial Year Wise Number of Unique Buyer Count   | Financial Year Wise Number of Unique Buyer Count   | Financial Year Wise Number of Unique Buyer Count   | Financial Year Wise Number of Unique Buyer Count   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| State Name                                         | 2020-21                                            | 2021-22                                            | 2022-23                                            | 2023-24                                            | 2024-2025                                          |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands                          | 3371                                               | 6595                                               | 3911                                               | 1182                                               | 531                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                     | 1946250                                            | 2420757                                            | 2576865                                            | 2519432                                            | 1853875                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 419                                                | 385                                                | 413                                                |
| Assam                                              | 442794                                             | 981755                                             | 1156454                                            | 949449                                             | 519503                                             |
| Bihar                                              | 5792419                                            | 8629982                                            | 8968398                                            | 7827186                                            | 5096724                                            |
| Chandigarh                                         | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                       | 1114916                                            | 1538559                                            | 1819901                                            | 1863191                                            | 1673487                                            |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                               | 1116                                               | 3392                                               | 4748                                               | 3070                                               | 1841                                               |

| Daman and Diu     |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
|-------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Delhi             |    17895 |    16909 |    14966 |    14819 |    11346 |
| Goa               |    28400 |    38170 |    29747 |    24536 |    17395 |
| Gujarat           |  3130956 |  3326198 |  3589418 |  3588487 |  2598304 |
| Haryana           |  1304665 |  1703443 |  1490200 |  1394586 |  1107848 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |   183489 |   231379 |   223054 |   193130 |   117147 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |   294941 |   408990 |   429671 |   431806 |   206856 |
| Jharkhand         |  1184235 |  1099683 |   874493 |   848994 |   711035 |
| Karnataka         |  1809679 |  2516869 |  2624907 |  2264358 |  1973427 |
| Kerala            |   282405 |   344075 |   303346 |   305886 |   208177 |
| Lakshadweep       |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |  4284080 |  5287332 |  5498528 |  5319774 |  4374186 |
| Maharashtra       |  5005805 |  5063207 |  4856921 |  4575532 |  3694095 |
| Manipur           |     2029 |     8676 |     7558 |     1870 |     1167 |
| Meghalaya         |        0 |        0 |        0 |     7884 |     7370 |
| Mizoram           |      628 |     1062 |     4430 |     4306 |     2178 |
| Nagaland          |       54 |      127 |      564 |      570 |      682 |
| Odisha            |  1918350 |  2116922 |  1917542 |  1710766 |  1535331 |
| Puducherry        |     9954 |    14858 |    16824 |    12767 |     9854 |
| Punjab            |  1085844 |  1284385 |  1184946 |  1157442 |   946907 |
| Rajasthan         |  2877048 |  3812781 |  4200972 |  3486488 |  2616082 |
| Sikkim            |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| Tamil Nadu        |  1561365 |  2441637 |  2735187 |  2506239 |  1629339 |
| Telangana         |  2141275 |  2125211 |  2075730 |  2161339 |  1804276 |
| Tripura           |     7027 |    35013 |    82206 |    43694 |    26180 |
| Uttarakhand       |   262508 |   292177 |   273367 |   246165 |   175114 |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 18443006 | 19181088 | 19233466 | 18372915 | 14723538 |
| West Bengal       |  3125183 |  2685787 |  2612368 |  2054038 |  1512752 |

(b) & (c):  Question does not arise.

(d):    The following steps are taken by the Government every season for ensuring timely and adequate supply of fertilizers in the country:

- i. 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 & month-wise requirement of fertilizers.
- ii. On the basis of requirement projected, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficient/adequate  quantities  of  fertilizers  to  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. Regular Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly  by DA&FW and D/o Fertilizers  with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizers as indicated by the State Governments.

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