Lok Sabha Question No. 2465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Shortage of Urea
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2465 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2026

## Shortage of Urea

## 2465 SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) the total quantum of urea (in metric tonnes) allocated and distributed during the last three years in the State of Odisha district-wise, year-wise and month-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the reports regarding an acute shortage of urea fertiliser used by farmers during the ongoing Kharif season in the Koraput district of Odisha;
- (c)    if so, the reasons for the said shortage, including any supply chain disruptions or logistical constraints; and
- (d)  the measures being undertaken to ensure the timely availability of urea to farmers and safeguard agricultural operations during the critical cropping season in the said district?

## ANSWER

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

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) The availability of Urea has remained adequate in the State of Odisha, during the last three years. The district-wise/month-wise information regarding the allocation and supply of Urea during the said period is placed at Annexure. (A,B,C)
- (b) to (d) The  mandate  of  Department  of  Fertilizers  is  to  ensure  adequate availability of fertilizers at the State level. However, the distribution of fertilizers within the State at district level is done by the concerned State government.

Accordingly, as per the information received from the State Government of Odisha, the State  Government  has  taken  adequate  steps  to  make  various  chemical  fertilisers available to the farmers in the right quantity & at right prices as under:

-  State  level  committee  under  joint  chairmanship  of  Secretary  Agriculture  and Farmers Empowerment, Cooperation has been formed to monitor availability of fertilizers in different parts of the State.

-  District level committee has been formed under the chairmanship of collector and District Magistrate for micro planning to make fertilizer available in different parts  of  the  district.  All  the  fertilizer  manufacturing  companies  have  been directed to supply adequate quantities of all kinds of fertilisers to the MARKFED & the MARKFED also has been advised to ensure availability of fertilizers in all PACS/ LAMPCS as per their requirement.
-  Efforts  made  to  channelize  sixty  percent  of  all  kinds  of  fertilizers  will  be channelized through MARKFED for further supply and sale by PACS/LAMPCS.
-  For prepositioning of fertilizers during the lean period of requirement a corpus fund of Rs 150.00 crore has been formed and given to MARKFED for purchase and store enough quantity of fertilizers.
-  Transportation and handling charges of Rs 375/- per MT is given to MARKFED on Urea supply during Kharif.
-  To prevent black marketing/ illegal hoardings/ sell of spurious & non-standard fertilizers  regular  inspections  of  fertilizer  retail  &  wholesale  points  are  being carried  out  by  agriculture/  revenue  &  police  personnel  under  the  direct supervision of the Collector v& District magistrate in the districts for any kind of illegal activities.

Further, an adequate quantity of Urea was supplied to Koraput district during the Kharif 2025 season. As on 30.09.2025, against the seasonal requirement of 18,000 MT of Urea, 21,355 MT was supplied. With an opening stock of 6,729 MT, to make total availability 28,084 MT. However, the sales of Urea during the said season were 26,665 MT and the closing stock stood at 1,375 MT in Koraput district of Odisha.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2465 for answering on 13.02.2026 Annexure-A

| DISTRICT-WISE ,YEAR-WISE,MONTH-WISE LAST   |
|--------------------------------------------|

| DISTRICT-WISE   |
|-----------------|

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2465 for answering on 13.02.2026 Annexure-C

| Distict                      | DISTRICT-WISE   |              |              |             |              |        |              |           |              | ,YEAR-WISE,MONTH-WISE   |              | ALLOCATION   | AND    | OF UREA in LAST THREE YEARS   | DISTRIBUTION   |              |         |              |       |              |           |              |             |              |       |           |            |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
|------------------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------|-------------------------------|----------------|--------------|---------|--------------|-------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------|-----------|------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-----|-------|---------------|
|                              | April           |              | May          |             | June         |        |              |           | July         |                         | August       |              | Sept.  | Oct.                          |                | Nov.         |         |              |       | Rabi 2024-25 |           | Dec.         |             |              |       | Feb.      |            |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
|                              | Alloc- catin    | Supply       | Alloc- catin | Supply      | Alloc- catin | Supply | Alloc- catin | Supply    | Alloc- catin | Supply                  | Alloc- catin | Supply       |        | Alloc- catin                  | Supply         | Alloc- catin | Suppl y | Alloc- catin |       | Supply       |           | Alloc- catin | Jan. Supply | Alloc- catin |       | Supply    | Allocation |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       | March. Supply |
| 1 Anugul                     | 534             | -            | 808          | 556         | 1,037        | 800    | 1,364        | 724       | 1,190        | 2,127                   | 1,067        |              | 594    | 360                           | 334            | 380          |         | -            | 340   |              | 340       | 340          | 355 280     |              |       | 300       | 367        |       |       | 237     |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 2 Balangir                   | 1,516           | 9,504        | 3,229        | 5,147       | 5,184        | 913    | 8,503        | 3,033     | 4,626        |                         | 2,278 2,942  |              | 3,805  | 940                           | 1,446          | 430          | 350     |              | 350   | 23           | 750       | 86           | 850         | 2,199        |       | 1,180     | 1,516      |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 3 Baleshwar                  | 1,758           | 462          | 2,099        | 3,679       | 2,552        | 228    | 1,507        | 2,184     | 3,030        | 3,594                   | 3,554        | 5,036        | 1,330  |                               | 693            | 960          | -       | 980          |       | 980          | 2,130     |              | 2,811       | 3,800        | 6,756 | 3,300     | 7,248      |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 4 Bargarh                    | 3,147           | 6,796        | 4,607        | 1,488       | 6,447        | 4,568  | 7,549        | 5,384     | 6,902        | 3,188                   | 3,848        | 6,017        | 1,300  |                               | 3,304          | 1,210        | 4,276   | 1,940        | 1,940 |              | 7,400     | 5,795        |             | 9,910        | 9,841 | 7,240     | 9,546      |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 5 Bhadrak                    | 1,073           | 618          | 2,100        | 6,702       | 2,674        | 146    | 1,490        | 4,717     | 3,168        | 1,665                   | 3,495        | 4,082        | 1,560  | 2,166                         |                | 870 56       |         | 540          | 540   | 940          |           | 610          |             | 700          | 1,645 | 390       | 2,080      |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 6 Boudh                      | 494             | 263          | 826          | 242         | 867          | 812    | 1,125        | 1,528     | 1,693        | 1,107                   | 995          | 608          | 530    | 368                           | 210            | 34           | 130     |              | 130   | 260          |           | 171          |             | 230          | 351   | 140       | 628        |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 7 Cuttack                    | 1,095           | -10          | 1,800        | 2,332       | 2,012        | 1,753  | 2,144        | 1,255     | 2,275        | 4,049                   | 2,174        | 1,728        |        | 1,150                         | 1,229          | 1,020        | 28      | 940          | 940   | 1,220        |           | 586          | 950         | 1,417        | 1,220 | 1,909     |            |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 8 Debagarh                   | 372             | 764          | 400          | 621         | 751          | 657    | 1,389        | 1,033     | 657          | 631                     |              | 431          | 984    | 280                           | 326            | 140          | 131     |              | 160   | 160          |           | 270          | 270         | 320          | 250   | 330       | 333        |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 9 Dhenkanal                  | 390             | 10           | 720          | 1,404       | 785          | 1,049  | 985          | 1,258     | 1,052        | 2,369                   |              | 1,068        | 1,109  | 470                           | 1,043          | 680          |         | 30           | 240   | 240          | 400       | 210          | 360         |              | 350   |           | 540        |       |       | 467     |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 10 Gajapati                  | 390             | 145          | 771          | 901         | 1,048        | 508    | 1,242        | 1,739     | 1,133        | 207                     | 916          | 1,083        |        | 560                           | 545            | 150          |         | 110          |       |              | 110       | 260          |             | 260          | 290   | 160       | 866        |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 11 Ganjam                    | 2,927           | 2,397        | 4,732        | 5,724       | 5,920        | 5,355  | 6,776        | 7,973     | 6,470        | 1,128                   | 7,175        |              | 10,307 | 4,850                         | 7,966          | 1,440        |         | 1,060        |       | 1,060        | 2,610     |              | -           | 1,800        | 1,240 |           | 1,927      |       |       | 1,009   |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 12 J. singhapur              | 451             | -            | 986          | 699         | 875          | 643    | 922          | 1,293     | 1,102        | 2,251                   |              | 1,164        | 759    | 690                           | 744            | 310          |         | 260          |       | 260          | 520       | 160          | 380         | 380          | 340   | 310       |            |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 13 Jajapur                   | 715             | 844          | 1,252        | 1,513       | 1,444        | 615    | 1,206        | 963       | 1,766        | 1,984                   |              | 1,617        | 1,058  | 930                           | 3,127          | 870          | -       | 640          |       | 640          | 870       |              | 1,349       | 610          |       | 1,043 580 | 1,032      |       |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 14 Jharsuguda                | 371             | 1,256        | 786          | 638         | 1,326        | 264    | 1,495        | 1,154     | 1,194        | 1,019                   | 828          | 681          | 180    |                               | 220            |              | 150     | 50           | 130   |              |           | 130          | 360         | 223          | 460   |           |            |       |       |         | 437   |       | 220    |       |     |       | 291           |
| 15 Kalahandi                 | 2,566           | 3,817        | 3,990        | 8,031       | 7,566        | 6,857  | 7,540        | 5,174     | 6,871        | 3,672                   | 3,467        | 8,355        | 1,490  |                               | 1,529          | 440          | -       | 360          |       | 360          | 1,260     | 1,259        | 4,324       | 3,230        |       |           | 4,520      | 6,252 |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 17 Kendrapara                | 496             | -            | 875          | 961         | 880          | 400    | 947          | 1,316     | 1,119        | 2,070                   | 1,183        | 874          |        | 710                           | 1,090          | 450          |         | 430          |       | 430          |           | 570          | 626         |              | 470   |           |            |       | 322   |         | 370   |       |        |       | 567 |       |               |
| 18 Kendujhar                 | 788             | 1,985        | 1,695        | 2,046       | 2,512        | 2,337  |              |           | 1,229        |                         | 1,691        | 3,158        |        | 590                           | 704            | 470          |         | -            |       |              | 440       |              | 650         | 1,047        | 430   |           |            | 233   |       |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 19 Khordha                   | 943             | -            | 1,191        | 1,249       | 1,154        | 1,363  | 3,396 1,078  | 132       | 2,918 1,319  | 4,888 1,956             | 1,315        |              | 983    | 730                           |                | 817          | 490     | -            |       | 340          | 440 340   | 780          | 789         |              | 610   | 79        |            |       |       | 420 496 |       |       |        | 550   |     |       | 604           |
| 20 Koraput                   | 1,944           | 4,086        | 2,383        | 2,876       | 4,541        | 2,136  | 4,248        | 1,492     | 3,193        | 5,392                   |              | 1,691        | 2,068  | 310                           | 795            | 230          |         | 2,737        | 280   |              | 280       |              | 960         | -774         |       | 4,490     | 2,580      | 1,640 |       |         |       |       |        | 2,676 |     |       |               |
| 21 Malkangiri                | 476             |              |              | 2,219       | 3,011        | 1,763  | 2,207        |           | 2,037        |                         |              | 1,357        | 310    |                               | 234            | 100 245      |         | 80           |       | 80           |           | 250          | 170         | 767          | 380   |           |            | 380   |       |         | 868   |       |        |       |     |       |               |
|                              | 1,181           | 1,151        | 1,148        |             |              | 2,787  | 3,158        | 979       |              | 2,432                   | 1,121        |              |        | 930                           |                |              |         |              |       |              |           |              | 850         | 893          | 910   | 467       |            | 710   | 1,258 |         |       |       |        |       |     |       |               |
| 22 Mayurbhanj 23 Nabarangpur | 8,132           | 1,835 11,061 | 2,323 9,026  | 2,434 7,622 | 3,403 15,498 | 13,710 | 9,220        | 282 8,857 | 4,991        | 4,265 5,393 7,369       | 3,170 2,133  | 1,878        | 7,292  |                               | 404 602        | 570 490      | 490     | 29           | 530   | 3,672 1,580  | 530 1,580 | 2,550        | 629         |              | 6,590 |           |            |       | 5,545 |         |       |       | 13,300 |       |     |       | 10,728        |
| 24 Nayagarh                  | 605             | -            | 1,112        | 1,207       | 1,404        | 1,235  | 1,386        | 1,518     | 1,734        | 2,035                   | 1,259        |              | 1,071  | 620                           | 1,129          |              | 630     |              |       | 410          | 410       |              | 520         |              | 389   |           |            | 410   |       | 618     |       | 410   |        |       |     |       |               |
| 25 Nuapada                   | 860             | -            | 1,309        | 1,208       | 2,636        | 3,122  | 3,606        | 2,426     | 1,844        | 3,349                   | 1,245        | 1,830        |        | 170                           | 180            | 60           | 310     |              | 310   |              |           |              | 830         | 1,315        |       |           |            | 800   |       |         | 1,834 |       | 830    | 918   |     | -18   |               |
| 26 Puri                      | 1,535           | -            | 1,702        | 2,050       | 1,572        | 240    | 1,200        | 1,561     |              | 1,820 1,959             | 1,671        | 974          |        | 880                           | 2,295          | 650          | -       | 760          | 760   |              |           | 1,670        | 1,500       | 1,430        |       |           |            |       | 2,083 |         | 1,610 | 2,050 |        |       |     |       |               |
| 27 Rayagada                  | 855             | 1,330        | 1,722        | 3,631       | 2,703        | 3,198  | 3,180        | 836       | 2,988        | 2,227                   | 2,552        |              | 2,209  | 690                           | 1,958          | 330          | -       |              |       |              | 250       | 250          | 450         |              | - 400 |           |            |       |       | -       | 380   |       |        | -     |     |       |               |
| 28 Sambalpur                 | 2,185           | 2,562        | 3,442        | 2,137       | 5,300        | 2,207  | 5,935        | 6,285     | 4,073        | 5,119                   | 3,065        | 3,195        |        | 790                           | 1,304          | 590          | 2,404   | 780          |       |              |           |              |             | 780          | 3,190 |           |            | 2,502 |       |         | 3,840 |       | 4,434  |       |     | 4,131 |               |
| 29 Subarnapur                | 1,514           | 3,188        | 1,572        | 680         | 1,876        | 1,482  | 2,558        | 1,040     | 2,606        | 2,104                   | 1,874        | 1,919        | 690    |                               | 943            | 270 715      |         | 220          |       |              | 220       | 1,460        |             | 792 2,320    | 3,071 |           |            |       |       |         |       | 2,540 | 3,810  |       |     |       | 2,660         |
| 30 Sundargarh STATE TOTAL    | 558             | 1,428        | 1,176        | 1,075       | 2,784        | 1,202  | 2,331        | 2,028     |              | 1,652                   | 999          |              | 1,300  |                               | 320 406        | 270 323      | 1,466   | 310          |       |              | 310       | 540          | 600         |              | 530   |           |            |       |       | 503     |       |       |        | 530   |     | 538   |               |