Availability of Urea more than sales, there is no shortage of urea in any part of the country: Shri Rao Inderjit Singh

Minister of State for Planning (IC) and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, on shortage of urea in the country and steps taken by Government to redress the hardships faced by the poor farmers, informed that there is no shortage of urea in any part of the country.

The Minister provided State-wise, requirement (demand), availability and sales of urea in the country. It can be seen from the statements that availability of urea was more than the sales and therefore there is no shortage, Shri Singh added.

Figures in '000 MT

State-wise Requirement, Availability & Sales of urea during 2017-18 (As on 20.03.2018)State UreaRequirement projected Availability SalesAndhra Pradesh 1550.00 1438.55 1390.97Assam 295.00 356.81 347.04Bihar 2100.00 2009.03 1961.69Chhattisgarh 670.00 635.76 567.62Goa 2.88 2.23 2.23Gujarat 2000.00 2239.80 2188.28Haryana 1800.00 2075.95 1997.44Himachal Pradesh 66.00 69.16 67.69Jammu and kashmir 128.01 134.70 123.09Jharkhand 240.00 213.26 205.43Karnataka 1350.00 1338.04 1283.34Kerala 110.00 134.95 130.02Madhya Pradesh 2200.00 2417.43 2279.65Maharashtra 2700.00 2302.87 2246.75Manipur 22.00 20.77 20.77Odisha 525.00 512.30 505.75Puducherry 14.00 10.46 10.19Punjab 2550.00 2799.80 2713.03Rajasthan 1850.00 1687.90 1647.70Tamil Nadu 900.00 850.67 847.75Telangana 1380.00 1420.09 1377.83Tripura 43.00 17.68 17.68Uttarakhand 235.00 314.02 304.24Uttar Pradesh 5850.00 6105.61 5758.27West Bengal 1250.00 1207.91 1171.69TOTAL 29852.29 30334.96 29185.30

Further, Shri Singh informed that before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the requirement of fertilizers. After assessment of requirement, DAC&FW projects month-wise requirement of fertilizers.

On the basis of month-wise & state-wise projection given by DAC&FW, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficient/ adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors the availability through following system:

The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is being monitored throughout the country by an on-line web based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Monitoring System (iFMS); The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers of fertilizers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents for railway rakes through their state institutional agencies like Markfed etc. Regular Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Department of Fertilizers (DoF), and Ministry of Railways with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments. The gap between demand (requirement) and production is met through imports. The import for the season is also finalised well in advance to ensure timely availability.

Thus, with the steps as indicated above, Department of Fertilizers ensures adequate availability of fertilizers to the farmers. The availability of fertilizers is adequate in the country, the Minister informed.

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