Lok Sabha Question No. 2473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Curb on Black Marketing of Fertilisers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Sasikanth Senthil

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2473 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2026

## Curb on Black Marketing of Fertilisers

## 2473: SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to curb black marketing, hoarding and smuggling of chemical fertilisers during the Rabi season of 2025-26, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  raids  have  been  conducted  by  the  Government  against  fertiliser dealers for sale irregularities, particularly in border districts (such as near Nepal); and
- (c) if so, the details of FIRs registered and licences cancelled/suspended?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (c) In  order to  address the issues such as black-marketing, hoarding and smuggling,  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 are sent to concerned State Government to  take  appropriate  action  under  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  and  Fertilizer Control Order, 1985.

Accordingly,  the  Government  of  India  in  consultation  with  the  State  Government  is regularly monitoring the enforcement action taken by State Government against the cases of Black marketing, Hoarding, Sub-standard and Diversion. The States having border  districts  with  neighbouring  countries  have  reported  that,  to  prevent  such malpractices, joint inspections with State Agriculture Officers, surprise raids, and stock verification  of  dealers  were  conducted,  and  action  was  taken  under  the  Essential Commodities Act and the Fertilizer Control Order (FCO), 1985. Further, enforcement was strengthened through regular inspections of manufacturers,

wholesalers, and retailers; special drives against overpricing and diversion; monitoring of  stocks  and  movement;  quality  testing  of  samples;  and  implementation  of  Urea Diversion Prevention Campaigns.

Further, across the States, Since April 2025, 4,30,541 raids have been conducted with 15,544 show cause notices issued, 6,620 licenses suspended/cancelled and 794 FIRs registered against defaulters. The statement indicating the number of cases of Black marketing, Hoarding, Sub-standard and Diversion of fertilizers reported by the State Government is placed at Annexure.

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|                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | Hoarding                                                                                              | Hoarding                                                                                              | Hoarding                                                                                              | Standard Quality                                                                                      | Standard Quality                                                                                      | Standard Quality                                                                                      | Diversion                                                                                             |                                                                                                       | Total                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                                 |
| States                                                                                                | No. of Inspectio ns /raids                                                                            | Show cause notice issued                                                                              | Black Marketing No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended                                                 | FIR registered                                                                                        | Show cause notice issued                                                                              | No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended                                                                 | FIR registered                                                                                        | Show cause notice issued                                                                              | Sub No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended                                                             | FIR registe red                                                                                       | Show cause notice issued                                                                              | No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended                                                                 | FIR registe red                                                                                       | Convicti on with details*                                                                             | Show cause notice issued                                                                              | No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended                                                                 | FIR registe red                                                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                        | 21631                                                                                                 | 80                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                    | 9                                                                                                     | 196                                                                                                   | 11                                                                                                    | 19                                                                                                    | 354                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 19                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                     | 12                                                                                                    | NIL                                                                                                   | 649                                                                                                   | 25                                                                                                    | 40                                                                                                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL 0                                                                                                 |                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Assam                                                                                                 | 4864                                                                                                  | 12                                                                                                    | 6                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 59                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 46                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 27                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 144                                                                                                   | 7                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     |
| Bihar                                                                                                 | 23443                                                                                                 | 1264                                                                                                  | 797                                                                                                   | 117                                                                                                   | 7                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 1277                                                                                                  | 797                                                                                                   | 117                                                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                          | 6975                                                                                                  | 295                                                                                                   | 13                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                     | 29                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 145                                                                                                   | 5                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 24                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 493                                                                                                   | 19                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                     |
| Dadar & Nagar                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Delhi                                                                                                 | 355                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     |
| Goa                                                                                                   | 619                                                                                                   | 544                                                                                                   | 180                                                                                                   | 6                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 32                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 16                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 602                                                                                                   | 181                                                                                                   | 6                                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                               | 16480                                                                                                 | 56                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 25                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 131                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 19                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                     | 11                                                                                                    | NIL                                                                                                   | 231                                                                                                   | 9                                                                                                     | 12                                                                                                    |
| Haryana                                                                                               | 5139                                                                                                  | 65                                                                                                    | 15                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                    | 24                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                     | 51                                                                                                    | 12                                                                                                    | 6                                                                                                     | 13                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 153                                                                                                   | 52                                                                                                    | 27                                                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                      | 15                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                       | 4855                                                                                                  | 143                                                                                                   | 44                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                     | 34                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 67                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 8                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 252                                                                                                   | 49                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                     |
| Jharkhand                                                                                             | 759                                                                                                   | 57                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                    | 11                                                                                                    | 32                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 92                                                                                                    | 25                                                                                                    | 11                                                                                                    |
| Karnataka                                                                                             | 8824                                                                                                  | 368                                                                                                   | 25                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 243                                                                                                   | 5                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 246                                                                                                   | 14                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                     | 96                                                                                                    | 6                                                                                                     | 8                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 953                                                                                                   | 50                                                                                                    | 11                                                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                                                                | 1608                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 50                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 54                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                        | 6110                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 92                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 744                                                                                                   | 44                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                     | 729                                                                                                   | 160                                                                                                   | 15                                                                                                    | NIL                                                                                                   | 1473                                                                                                  | 204                                                                                                   | 111                                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra                                                                                           | 49007                                                                                                 | 16                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 16                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 1704                                                                                                  | 1354                                                                                                  | 44                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 73                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 1721                                                                                                  | 1427                                                                                                  | 62                                                                                                    |
| Manipur                                                                                               | 3                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                                                                             | 707                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Mizoram                                                                                               | 37                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 6                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Nagaland                                                                                              | 78                                                                                                    | 14                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 14                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 101                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                     | 64                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 117                                                                                                   | 64                                                                                                    | 15                                                                                                    |
| Odisha                                                                                                | 7640                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 55                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 2084                                                                                                  | 110                                                                                                   | 4                                                                                                     | NIL 2143                                                                                              |                                                                                                       | 114                                                                                                   | 7                                                                                                     |
| Puducherry                                                                                            | 52                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Punjab                                                                                                | 6513                                                                                                  | 37                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 20                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 307                                                                                                   | 93                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 369                                                                                                   | 94                                                                                                    | 11                                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                                                             | 11938                                                                                                 | 652                                                                                                   | 118                                                                                                   | 48                                                                                                    | 74                                                                                                    | 40                                                                                                    | 34                                                                                                    | 512                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                     | 27                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                    | 27                                                                                                    | NIL                                                                                                   | 1265                                                                                                  | 181                                                                                                   | 111                                                                                                   |
| Tamilnadu                                                                                             | 21342                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                     | 8                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       | 25                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     | 112                                                                                                   | 17                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 165                                                                                                   | 50                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | 33                                                                                                    |                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | NIL                                                                                                   |                                                                                                       | 11                                                                                                    |                                                                                                       |
| Telangana Tripura                                                                                     | 135052                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                     | 9 0                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 128                                                                                                   | 0 0                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       | 141                                                                                                   |                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                       | 803                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | NIL                                                                                                   | 9                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                         | 42548 510                                                                                             | 2480 0                                                                                                | 2951 0                                                                                                | 183 0                                                                                                 | 164 0                                                                                                 | 139 0                                                                                                 | 11 0                                                                                                  | 167 0                                                                                                 | 161 0                                                                                                 | 20 0                                                                                                  | 88 43                                                                                                 | 7 0                                                                                                   | 14 0                                                                                                  | 3 NIL                                                                                                 | 2899 43                                                                                               | 3258 0                                                                                                | 228 0                                                                                                 |
| Total                                                                                                 | 430541                                                                                                | 6108                                                                                                  | 4195                                                                                                  | 526                                                                                                   | 936                                                                                                   | 233                                                                                                   | 70                                                                                                    | 5173                                                                                                  | 1716                                                                                                  | 82                                                                                                    | 3327                                                                                                  | 476                                                                                                   | 116                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                     | 15544                                                                                                 | 6620                                                                                                  | 794                                                                                                   |