**Policy Summary: Campaign for Ensuring Quality of Fertilizers**
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has directed states and union territories to implement a campaign focused on ensuring the quality of fertilizers available to farmers. This initiative aims to provide farmers with adequate quantities of quality inputs at the right time and location. The government is responsible for supplying adequate quantities of fertilizer to the States/UTs based on assessments conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. State governments are responsible for ensuring the availability of fertilizers to farmers at the right place and time.
The Fertilizers Control Order (FCO), 1985, prohibits the manufacture, import, and sale of substandard fertilizers. State governments are empowered under the FCO to take legal action against offenders and are responsible for monitoring fertilizer manufacture and sales through inspections and sample collection.
From April 2025 to July 25, 2025, enforcement actions included 5,302 show cause notices issued, 2,172 licenses suspended/cancelled, and 170 FIRs registered against defaulters. This information was provided by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare, initiating the fertilizer quality campaign.
Fertilizers Control Order FCO, 1985: A regulatory order that prohibits the manufacture, import, and sale of fertilizers that do not meet prescribed standards.
States/UTs: Refers to all the States and Union Territories in India. Government supplies fertilizers to States/UTs based on assessment.
State Governments: The governing bodies of individual states within India, responsible for monitoring fertilizer quality and taking action against offenders under the FCO.
Shri Ramnath Thakur: Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare who provided information regarding enforcement actions.
Rajya Sabha: The upper house of the Parliament of India, where information regarding the fertilizer quality campaign was presented.
Delhi: Location of Press Information Bureau (PIB) which posted the notification
April, 2025 to 25th July, 2025: The time period during which raids were conducted to check spurious fertilizers and subsequent legal action was taken.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
CAMPAIGN FOR ENSURING QUALITY OF
FERTILIZERS
Posted On: 01 AUG 2025 4:32PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India has issued instructions/directives to States to launch a campaign to ensure the quality of
fertilizers. The objective of the campaign is to ensure available quality inputs to the farmers in adequate
quantity.The Government supplies adequate quantities of fertilizer to the States/UTs based on the assessment
conducted by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.It is the responsibility of the States to ensure that
adequate fertilizers are available to farmers at the right place and at the location where it is required.
The Fertilizers Control Order (FCO),1985 strictly prohibits the manufacture /import/sale of any fertiliser
which are not of the prescribed standards. State Governments are empowered under FCO to take strict legal
action against the offenders. State Governments are regularly monitoring the manufacture and sale of
fertilizers, through inspections and sample collection, to check spurious and substandard products.
The Government is regularly monitoring the enforcement action taken by State Governments. During the
period April, 2025 to 25th July, 2025, numerous raids have been conducted across the country with 5,302
show cause notices issued, 2,172 licenses suspended/cancelled and 170 FIRs registered against defaulters.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur
in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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RC/ KSR/AR
(Release ID: 2151348)