Lok Sabha Question No. 979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Complaints Against Black Marketing of DAP
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal, Shri Babu Singh Kushwaha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. ✝ 979 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 05.12.2025

## COMPLAINTS AGAINST BLACK MARKETING OF DAP

## ✝ 979:  SHRI BABU SINGH KUSHWAHA: SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  the  number  of  complaints pertaining to black marketing, irregularities in supply of fertilizers and artificial shortage of  DAP  and  Urea  have  increased  in  recent  months  causing  serious  problems  for farmers in the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise and month-wise particularly in the State of Rajasthan;
- (b) the  administrative  or  punitive  action  taken  thereon  against  erring  officials, dealers, or sellers in the States from where complaints have been received during the last one month, State- wise and month-wise;
- (c) whether the Union Government has been implementing any special campaign, monitoring mechanism and chalked out any joint action plan to prevent black marketing and hoarding of fertilizers;
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure timely and adequate supply of  fertilizers  at  reasonable  price  to  farmers  during  the  upcoming  Rabi  and  Kharif seasons; and
- (e) whether the fertilizer distribution system are being linked with digital tracking or portal-based monitoring, if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (c) The availability of fertilizers has remained adequate in the States, including the State of Rajasthan, during the ongoing Rabi 2025-26 season. Further, fertilizers are declared as an essential commodity under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and notified under Fertilizer Control Order, 1985. State  Governments  are empowered to  take  action  against  persons  involved  in  black-marketing,  as  per provisions  of  EC  Act.  Any  complaints  received  at  Department  of  Fertilizers  level regarding black-marketing of fertilizers is sent to concerned State Government to take appropriate  action  under  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  and  Fertilizer  Control Order, 1985. Accordingly, as per the information received from the States

regarding enforcement measures taken by them against black-marketing and other malpractices for the period 01.04.2025 to 28.11.2025 is placed at Annexure .

- (d) & (e) Following steps are taken by the Government every season for ensuring timely  and  adequate  availability  of  fertilizers  in  the  country,  including  the  State  of Rajasthan:
- (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  by  DA&FW,  D/o  Fertilizers  allocates 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) The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents.
- (v) 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 fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments.
- (vi) Distribution of fertilizers within the State at district level is done by the concerned State Government.

Further,  under  the  Urea  Subsidy  Scheme,  Urea  is  provided  to  the  farmers  at  a statutorily notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The MRP of 45 kg bag of urea is Rs. 242 per bag (exclusive of charges towards neem coating and taxes as applicable). The  difference  between  the  delivered  cost  of  urea  at  farm  gate  and  net  market realization by the urea units is given as subsidy to the urea manufacturer/importer by the  Government  of  India.  Accordingly,  all  farmers  are  being  supplied  urea  at  the subsidized rate.

Government has implemented Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Policy w.e.f. 01.04.2010 for  Phosphatic  and  Potassic  (P&K) Fertilizers.  Under the  policy,  a  fixed  amount  of subsidy, decided on annual/bi-annual basis, is provided on notified P&K fertilizers is fixed  by  fertilizer  companies  as  per  market  dynamics  at  reasonable  level  which  is monitored by the Government, NBS policy is uniformly applicable across the country.

However, to make DAP available at affordable price of Rs. 1,350 per 50 kg bag, special provisions like Rs. 3,500 per MT to cover 'Other Costs' which includes costs incurred from factory gate to farm gate, advantage/disadvantage due to increase/decrease in international prices, provision for GST component included in the MRP and provision for  reasonable  return  @4%  of  net  MRP  (MRP-GST)  have  been  extended  to  both imported and domestic DAP and imported TSP over and above NBS subsidy for Rabi 2025-26 season to keep the prices of fertilizers stable.

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| States            | No. of Inspecti   | Black Show No. of   | Black Show No. of   | Black Show No. of   | Marketing   | Marketing                | Marketing      | Hoarding Sub   | Hoarding Sub             | Hoarding Sub   | Standard Quality Diversion No. of   | Standard Quality Diversion No. of   | Standard Quality Diversion No. of   | Convicti on with details*   | Toatal     | Toatal                   | Toatal         |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------|--------------------------|----------------|
| States            | No. of Inspecti   | cause               | licenses cancelle   | FIR registered      | Show cause  | No. of licenses cancelle | FIR registered | Show cause     | No. of licenses cancelle | FIR registered | Show cause                          | licenses cancelle                   | FIR registered                      | Convicti on with details*   | Sho w caus | No. of licenses cancelle | FIR registered |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 11181             | 5                   | 3                   | 9                   | 10          | 6                        | 3              | 83             | 0                        | 0              | 7                                   | 2                                   | 3                                   | NIL                         | 105        | 11                       | 15             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 0          | 0                        | 0              |
| Assam             | 3820              | 12                  | 4                   | 1                   | 59          | 0                        | 0              | 36             | 0                        | 0              | 27                                  | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 134        | 4                        | 1              |
| Bihar             | 15499             | 1035                | 607                 | 77                  | 7           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 1042       | 607                      | 77             |
| Chhattisgarh      | 6172              | 294                 | 13                  | 4                   | 29          | 1                        | 0              | 136            | 5                        | 0              | 24                                  | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 483        | 19                       | 4              |
| Dadar & Nagar     | 0                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 0          | 0                        | 0              |
| Delhi             | 255               | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 3              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 3                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 3          | 3                        | 1              |
| Goa               | 614               | 544                 | 180                 | 6                   | 10          | 0                        | 0              | 32             | 1                        | 0              | 16                                  | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 602        | 181                      | 6              |
| Gujarat           | 12210             | 33                  | 3                   | 1                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 83             | 2                        | 0              | 7                                   | 3                                   | 11                                  | NIL                         | 123        | 8                        | 12             |
| Haryana           | 4693              | 49                  | 5                   | 7                   | 18          | 18                       | 4              | 48             | 10                       | 5              | 13                                  | 5                                   | 6                                   | NIL                         | 128        | 38                       | 22             |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 0                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 0          | 0                        | 0              |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 3694              | 142                 | 44                  | 2                   | 31          | 2                        | 0              | 55             | 0                        | 0              | 8                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 236        | 46                       | 2              |
| Jharkhand         | 759               | 57                  | 20                  | 11                  | 32          | 4                        | 0              | 2              | 0                        | 0              | 1                                   | 1                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 92         | 25                       | 11             |
| Karnataka         | 7093              | 365                 | 22                  | 0                   | 243         | 5                        | 0              | 221            | 14                       | 2              | 84                                  | 6                                   | 6                                   | NIL                         | 913        | 47                       | 8              |
| Kerala            | 1299              | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 48             | 0                        | 0              | 4                                   | 0                                   | 3                                   | NIL                         | 52         | 0                        | 3              |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 5581              | 0                   | 0                   | 72                  | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 606            | 44                       | 4              | 631                                 | 160                                 | 15                                  | NIL                         | 1237       | 204                      | 91             |
| Maharashtra       | 44059             | 16                  | 0                   | 16                  | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 1155           | 1139                     | 37             | 1                                   | 73                                  | 1                                   | NIL                         | 1172       | 1212                     | 54             |
| Manipur           | 3                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 1                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 1          | 0                        | 0              |
| Meghalaya         | 579               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 0          | 0                        | 0              |
| Mizoram           | 21                | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 4                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 5          | 0                        | 0              |
| Nagaland          | 72                | 14                  | 0                   | 14                  | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 101            | 0                        | 0              | 2                                   | 64                                  | 1                                   | NIL                         | 117        | 64                       | 15             |
| Odisha            | 7031              | 4                   | 3                   | 2                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 47             | 1                        | 0              | 1966                                | 107                                 | 3                                   | NIL                         | 2017       | 111                      | 5              |
| Puducherry        | 39                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 0          | 0                        | 0              |
| Punjab            | 5617              | 37                  | 1                   | 1                   | 20          | 0                        | 1              | 192            | 65                       | 3              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 4                                   | NIL 249                     |            | 66                       | 9              |
| Rajasthan         | 11505             | 589                 | 76                  | 46                  | 45          | 17                       | 30             | 451            | 1                        | 2              | 15                                  | 16                                  | 25                                  | NIL                         | 1100       | 110                      | 103            |
| Tamilnadu         | 18805             | 13                  | 0                   | 4                   | 6           | 8                        | 0              | 33             | 25                       | 0              | 112                                 | 17                                  | 1                                   | NIL                         | 164        | 50                       | 5              |
| Telangana         | 115321            | 5                   | 9                   | 3                   | 4           | 2                        | 0              | 79             | 0                        | 0              | 4                                   | 0                                   | 5                                   | NIL                         | 92         | 11                       | 8              |
| Tripura           | 694               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 9           | 0                        | 0              | 0              | 0                        | 0              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | NIL                         | 9          | 0                        | 0              |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 29401             | 2043                | 2742                | 165                 | 164         | 139                      | 8              | 141            | 130                      | 12             | 88                                  | 7                                   | 12                                  | 3                           | 2436       | 3018                     | 197            |
| Uttarakhand       | 282               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0           | 0 0                      | 0              | 0              | 0 0                      | 0 0            | 43 0                                | 0                                   | 0 0                                 | NIL NIL                     | 43         | 0 0                      | 0 0            |
| West Bengal Total | 33777 340076      | 0 5258              | 0 3732              | 0 442               | 0 687       | 202                      | 0 46           | 259 3811       | 1437                     | 65             | 3058                                | 0 464                               | 96                                  | 3                           | 259 12814  | 5835                     | 649            |