Lok Sabha Question No. 248 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Adulterated Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

ANNEXURE STATEWISE NUMBER OF FERTILISER SAMPLES ANALYSED AND FOUND NON-STANDARD

| S.No.   | Name of State    |   No. of Labs. |   No. of samples analyzed |   No. of Non standard samples |   %Samples Non- standard |
|---------|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Assam            |              1 |                       334 |                             0 |                      0   |
| 2       | Mizoram          |              1 |                         2 |                             0 |                      0   |
| 3       | Jharkhand        |              1 |                       842 |                            13 |                      1.5 |
| 4       | Bihar            |              1 |                      2632 |                           101 |                      3.8 |
| 5       | Odisha           |              4 |                      4533 |                           241 |                      5.3 |
| 6       | West Bengal      |              3 |                      2672 |                           283 |                     10.6 |
|         | Total East & NER |             11 |                     11015 |                           638 |                      5.8 |
| 7       | Gujarat          |              3 |                     11812 |                           106 |                      0.9 |
| 8       | M.P.             |              4 |                      6098 |                           771 |                     12.6 |
| 9       | Chhatisgarh      |              1 |                      2085 |                           171 |                      8.2 |
| 10      | Maharashtra      |              5 |                     17117 |                          2257 |                     13.2 |
| 11      | Rajasthan        |              4 |                     13477 |                           128 |                      0.9 |
|         | Total West Zone  |             17 |                     50589 |                          3433 |                      6.8 |
| 12      | Haryana          |              3 |                      3733 |                            66 |                      1.8 |
| 13      | H.P.             |              3 |                      1817 |                            13 |                      0.7 |
| 14      | J&K              |              2 |                      1432 |                             0 |                      0   |
| 15      | Punjab           |              2 |                      3610 |                            94 |                      2.6 |
| 16      | U.P.             |              5 |                     13186 |                           919 |                      7   |
| 17      | Uttarakhand      |              2 |                       311 |                            25 |                      8   |
|         | Total North Zone |             18 |                     24089 |                          1117 |                      4.6 |
| 18      | A.P.             |              3 |                      9621 |                           169 |                      1.8 |
| 19      | Telangana        |              2 |                      6423 |                           145 |                      2.3 |
| 20      | Karnataka        |              7 |                      9159 |                           245 |                      2.7 |
| 21      | Kerala           |              2 |                      2692 |                           132 |                      4.9 |
| 22      | Puducherry       |              1 |                       546 |                             6 |                      1.1 |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu       |             14 |                     18551 |                           755 |                      4.1 |
|         | Total South Zone |             29 |                     46992 |                          1452 |                      3.1 |
| 24      | Govt. Of India   |              4 |                      2837 |                           210 |                      7.4 |
|         | Total All India  |             78 |                    135522 |                          6850 |                      5   |

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