Lok Sabha Question No. 2434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Action against Fake Fertilizers Companies
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2434 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2026

## Action against Fake Fertilizers Companies

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2434: Shri Amra Ram:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  action  against  persons  involved  in manufacturing fake chemical fertilizers in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  factories  engaged  in  manufacturing  fake  fertilizers/chemical fertilizers detected in the country during the last five years along with the action taken against them so far; and
- (c) the  action  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  vendors  and  companies  for forcibly  selling  unnecessary  medicines  or  other  items  along  with  fertilizers  to farmers till date?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) In order to ensure supply of quality fertilizers, the  DA&FW  is administering the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) Control Order (FCO),1985 under  the  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955.  FCO,  1985  strictly  prohibits  the manufacture/sale of fertilizer which are not of prescribed standards. Under FCO, State Governments  are  the  enforcement  authority  empowered  to  take  action  against violation. It is the responsibility of the States to ensure quality fertilizers are available to farmers. Accordingly, State authorities take necessary action as per the Essential Commodities Act as the case may be. Any violation of the provision of the Fertilizer (Control) Order invokes both administrative action such as Cancellation & Suspension of  Authorization  letter  and  Penal  action  under  the  Essential  Commodities  Act  of punishment for a period of three months to seven years. The Government of

India in consultation with the State Government monitors the enforcement action taken by State Government against the cases of Black marketing, Hoarding, Sub-standard and Diversion on weekly basis. In the country, 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 reported by the State Government is placed at Annexure.

Further, as per the information received from the State Governments, most States have reported that no factories and companies are found involved in the manufacturing of fake chemical fertilizers during the last five years. However, a few States have reported such  cases  against  person/vendors  and  actions  taken  by  them.  The  State  of Chhattisgarh registered two FIRs; Haryana registered four FIRs; Karnataka registered 15 FIRs; Madhya Pradesh reported 16 cases of fake fertilizers and registered 14 FIRs; Maharashtra  registered  cases  against  19  manufacturers involved  in  fake  fertilizers; Odisha  reported  three  cases;  Rajasthan  took  action  against  42  manufacturers  of suspicious fertilizers; and Uttar Pradesh reported 36 cases during the last five years.

Furthermore, Government of India has declared fertilizers as an Essential Commodity under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and has adequately empowered State Governments to prevent any form of tagging/forceful selling. However, DoF has issued instructions  on  regular  basis  to  fertilizer  companies  and  State  Governments  to discourage tagging of other products with subsidized fertilizers.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 2434 to be answered on 13/02/2026

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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Action taken by the         | Action taken by the         | Black Marketing             | Black Marketing                       | Black Marketing             |                             |                                          |                             | Sub Standard                | Sub Standard                          | Sub Standard                | Quality Diversi             | Quality Diversi                          | Quality Diversi             | Convicti on with details*   | Toat                        | Toat                                     | Toat                        |
| States                      | No. of Inspectio ns /raids  | Show cause notice issued    | No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended | FIR registe red             | Show cause notice issued    | ng No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended | FIR registe red             | Show cause notice issued    | No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended | FIR registe red             | Show cause notice issued    | on No. of licenses cancelle d/su spended | FIR registe red             | Convicti on with details*   | Show cause notice issued    | al 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                           | 33                          | 25                                    | 0                           | 112                         | 17                                       | 1                           | NIL                         | 165                         | 50                                       | 5                           |
| Telangana                   | 135052                      | 5                           | 9                                     | 3                           | 4                           |                                          | 0                           | 128                         | 0                                     | 0                           | 4                           | 0                                        | 5                           | NIL                         | 141                         | 11                                       | 8                           |
| Tripura                     | 803                         | 0                           |                                       | 0                           | 9                           | 2                                        | 0                           | 0                           | 0                                     | 0                           | 0                           | 0                                        |                             | NIL                         | 9                           | 0                                        | 0                           |
|                             |                             |                             | 0                                     |                             |                             | 0                                        |                             |                             |                                       |                             |                             |                                          | 0                           |                             |                             |                                          |                             |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 42548                       | 2480                        | 2951                                  | 183                         | 164                         | 139                                      | 11                          | 167                         | 161                                   | 20                          | 88                          | 7                                        | 14                          | 3                           | 2899                        | 3258                                     | 228                         |
| Uttarakhand West Bengal     | 510 52634                   | 0 0                         | 0 0                                   | 0 0                         | 0 0                         | 0                                        | 0 0                         | 0                           | 0                                     | 0 0                         | 43 0                        | 0 0                                      | 0 0                         | NIL NIL                     | 43 289                      | 0 0                                      | 0                           |
| Total                       |                             | 6108                        | 4195                                  | 526                         | 936                         | 0                                        | 70                          | 289                         | 0                                     | 82                          | 3327                        | 476                                      | 116                         | 3                           | 15544                       | 6620                                     | 0 794                       |
|                             | 430541                      |                             |                                       |                             |                             | 233                                      |                             | 5173                        | 1716                                  |                             |                             |                                          |                             |                             |                             |                                          |                             |