Lok Sabha Question No. 2142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Black Marketing of Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2142 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.12.2025 BLACK MARKETING OF FERTILIZERS

## 2142:  SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

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

- (a)        whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  stern  action  against  the  black marketeers, hoarders and for diversion of stocks of fertilizers across the country, if so, the details thereof State-wise;
- (b)   the number of registration/licences of fertilizer distribution cancelled during the last three years State and district-wise; and
- (c)   the steps being taken by the Government to ensure timely availability of fertilizers distribution across all regions of the country, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) In  order  to  address  the  issues  of  diversion,  hoarding,  black-marketing  and over-pricing, 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  said malpractices, as per provisions of EC Act. Any complaints received at Department of Fertilizers level regarding these malpractices is sent to concerned State Government to  take  appropriate  action  under  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  and  Fertilizer Control Order, 1985. Accordingly, the details regarding enforcement measures taken by the States, as informed by them, from 01.04.2025 to 28.11.2025, to curb these malpractices is placed at Annexure-A .
- (b) The  information  received  from  the  States  regarding  number  of  licenses cancelled is placed at Annexure-B.

(c) Following steps are taken by the Government every season for ensuring timely and adequate availability 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 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 Management System (iFMS).

(iv) The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents.

However, the assessment and distribution of fertilizers within the State at district level is done by the concerned State government.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)  of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question No 2142 for answering on 12.12.2025

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| Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality | Action taken by the State Governments to check black marketing, hoarding, quality |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                   | Black Marketing                                                                   | Black Marketing                                                                   | Black Marketing                                                                   | Hoarding                                                                          | Hoarding                                                                          | Hoarding                                                                          | Sub Standard                                                                      | Sub Standard                                                                      | Sub Standard                                                                      | Diversion                                                                         | Diversion                                                                         | Diversion                                                                         | Conviction with details*                                                          | Toatal                                                                            | Toatal                                                                            | Toatal                                                                            |
| States                                                                            | No. of Inspections /raids                                                         | Show cause notice issued                                                          | No. of licenses cancelled/su spended                                              | FIR registered                                                                    | Show cause notice issued                                                          | No. of licenses cancelled/su spended                                              | FIR registered                                                                    | Show cause notice issued                                                          | No. of licenses cancelled/su spended                                              | FIR registered                                                                    | Show cause notice issued                                                          | No. of licenses cancelled/su spended                                              | FIR registered                                                                    |                                                                                   | Show cause notice issued                                                          | No. of licenses cancelled/su spended                                              | FIR registered                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                    | 11181                                                                             | 5                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 9                                                                                 | 10                                                                                | 6                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 83                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | NIL                                                                               | 105                                                                               | 11                                                                                | 15                                                                                |
| ArunachalPradesh                                                                  | 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                                                                                 |
| MadhyaPradesh                                                                     | 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                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | NIL                                                                               | 9                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                     | 29401                                                                             | 2043                                                                              |                                                                                   | 165                                                                               | 9                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 141                                                                               |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 3018                                                                              | 197                                                                               |
| Uttarakhand                                                                       | 282                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 2742 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 164 0                                                                             | 139 0                                                                             | 8 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 130 0                                                                             | 12 0                                                                              | 88 43                                                                             | 7 0                                                                               | 12 0                                                                              | 3 NIL                                                                             | 2436 43                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b)  of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question No 2142 for answering on 12.12.2025

ANNEXURE-B

|   S.No | State             | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2025-26 (Till Date)   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3         | 2         | 1         | 4                     |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |           | 0         |           |                       |
|      3 | Assam             |           | 14        |           |                       |
|      4 | Bihar             | NA        | 92        | 394       | 326                   |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      | 1         | 3         | 2         | 7                     |
|      6 | Delhi             |           | 9         |           |                       |
|      7 | Goa               |           | 0         |           |                       |
|      8 | Gujarat           | 3         | 1         | 7         | 5                     |
|      9 | Haryana           |           | 46        |           |                       |
|     10 | Himachal Pradesh  |           | 0         |           |                       |
|     11 | Jammu and kashmir |           | 0         |           |                       |
|     12 | Jharkhand 0       |           | 0         | 0         | 24                    |
|     13 | Karnataka         |           |           | 28        |                       |
|     14 | Kerala            | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0                     |
|     15 | Madhya Pradesh    | 70        | 45        | 48        | 101                   |
|     16 | Maharashtra       | 46        | 76        | 114       | 446                   |
|     17 | Manipur           |           |           | 0         |                       |
|     18 | Meghalaya         |           |           | 0         |                       |
|     19 | Mizoram           |           |           | 0         |                       |
|     20 | Nagaland          |           |           | NA        |                       |
|     21 | Odisha 26         |           | 54        | 56        | 78                    |
|     22 | Puducherry        |           |           | 0         |                       |
|     23 | Punjab            | 0         | 0         | 2         | 3                     |
|     24 | Rajasthan         |           | 4         | 7         | 11                    |
|     25 | Tamil Nadu        |           | 7 FIRs    |           |                       |
|     26 | Telangana         |           | 15        |           | 36                    |
|     27 | Tripura           |           |           | NA        |                       |
|     28 | Uttarakhand       |           | 0         |           |                       |
|     29 | Uttar Pradesh     |           | 346       | 343       | 1314                  |
|     30 | West Bengal       |           |           | NA        |                       |