**Executive Summary**
This document confirms the adequate availability of chemical fertilizers for the Kharif 2025 and Rabi 2025-26 seasons, with no reported shortages. It highlights the significant increase in indigenous urea production capacity and outlines government policies and measures aimed at ensuring fertilizer availability. Key actions include assessing state-wise requirements and coordinating distribution through various systems.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Fertilizer Availability:**
* No shortage of chemical fertilizers, including Urea, DAP, MOP, and NPKS, is reported for the Kharif 2025 and Rabi 2025-26 seasons across all states.
* **Indigenous Urea Capacity Enhancement:**
* Indigenous urea production capacity has increased from 207.54 LMTPA (2014-15) to 283.74 LMTPA (2023-24).
* Government has approved new greenfield and brownfield projects to boost urea production.
* Six new urea units have been commissioned under the New Investment Policy (NIP) 2012, including joint ventures and private sector units.
* Approval has been granted for the revival of the Talcher unit through a new greenfield urea plant and a new brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex in Assam.
* Record urea production of 314.07 LMT was achieved in 2023-24, with 306.67 LMT produced in 2024-25.
* **Government Policies and Measures:**
* The New Urea Policy (NUP) 2015 has contributed to an annual increase in domestic urea production.
* The Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme, implemented since April 2010, allows companies to manufacture or import phosphatic and potassic fertilizers based on market dynamics.
* The number of fertilizer grades under the NBS scheme has increased, and freight subsidy on Single Super Phosphate (SSP) has been introduced.
* Measures to ensure timely availability include state-wise requirement assessment, monthly allocation, monitoring via the Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS), coordination with manufacturers/importers, and distribution by State Governments.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Farmers**
* **Impact:** Ensured timely availability of essential fertilizers for agricultural seasons, supporting crop production and food security.
* **Action Required:** No specific action required, as the document focuses on government and industry initiatives.
* **Fertilizer Manufacturers and Importers**
* **Impact:** Benefit from government policies encouraging increased domestic production and market-based approaches for certain fertilizer types. Opportunities to contribute to national self-sufficiency goals.
* **Action Required:** Continue to align production and import strategies with market dynamics and government initiatives, including those under the NBS scheme.
* **State Governments**
* **Impact:** Involved in assessing fertilizer requirements, coordinating monthly allocations, and managing distribution to ensure availability at the ground level.
* **Action Required:** Continue to collaborate with the central government in assessing needs, monitoring movement, and managing distribution networks.
Key Entities Referenced
New Investment Policy (NIP) 2012: Policy aimed at facilitating fresh investment in the urea sector and promoting self-sufficiency in urea production.
Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme: Scheme implemented for phosphatic and potassic fertilizers allowing companies to manufacture or import based on market dynamics.
Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS): System used for monitoring fertilizer movement.
Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL): Joint Venture company established for reviving a urea plant using coal gasification.
Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Ltd. (AVFCCL): New Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex established at Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers :
Department of Fertilizers
No Shortage of Chemical Fertilizers; Adequate
Availability Ensured During Kharif 2025 and Rabi
2025–26
Indigenous Urea Capacity Increases from 207.54 LMTPA
(2014–15) to 283.74 LMTPA (2023–24); Government Approves
New Greenfield and Brownfield Projects
Posted On: 13 MAR 2026 4:25PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, while replying to Lok Sabha
Starred Question No. *218, informed that no shortage of chemical fertilizers has been reported across
States, including Uttar Pradesh, during the Kharif 2025 and the ongoing Rabi 2025–26 seasons.
The Minister stated that the availability of major fertilizers such as Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS has
remained adequate across the country. State-wise details regarding requirement, availability and sales of
these fertilizers during the said seasons have been placed at Annexure.
The details of the quantity of fertilizers produced by the different plants of IFFCO during the last two
years are as under:
Further, 41,24,000 Metric Tonnes of Urea was produced by IFFCO units during April–January of FY
2025–26, compared to 40,66,000 Metric Tonnes during the corresponding period of FY 2024–25,
indicating steady production levels.
With regard to urea, the Government had announced the New Investment Policy (NIP) – 2012 on 2
January 2013 and its amendment on 7 October 2014 to facilitate fresh investment in the urea sector and to
make India self-sufficient in urea production. Under NIP-2012, a total of six new urea units have been
commissioned, including four units set up through Joint Venture Companies (JVCs) of nominated
PSUs and two units established by private companies.The units set up through JVCs include the Ramagundam urea unit of Ramagundam Fertilizers and
Chemicals Ltd. (RFCL) in Telangana, and three units of HURL located at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh),
Sindri (Jharkhand), and Barauni (Bihar). The private sector units include the Panagarh urea unit of
Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (Matix) in West Bengal and the Gadepan-III urea unit of
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (CFCL) in Rajasthan. Each of these units has an installed
capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonne per annum (LMTPA) and is based on the latest energy-efficient
technology. Together, they have added 76.2 LMTPA of urea production capacity.
As a result, the indigenous urea production capacity (Reassessed Capacity, RAC) has increased from
207.54 LMTPA (2014–15) to 283.74 LMTPA (2023–24). Further, an exclusive policy has been approved
for the revival of the Talcher unit of FCIL through a JVC of nominated PSUs, namely Talcher
Fertilizers Limited (TFL), by setting up a new Greenfield urea plant of 12.7 LMTPA using the coal
gasification route. Additionally, the Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of a new Brownfield
Ammonia–Urea Complex of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) annual capacity at the existing premises
of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL), Namrup, Assam, namely Assam Valley
Fertilizer and Chemical Company Ltd. (AVFCCL).
As a result, the country’s indigenous urea production capacity has increased from 207.54 LMTPA
in 2014–15 to 283.74 LMTPA in 2023–24. India also achieved a record urea production of 314.07 LMT in
2023–24, while 306.67 LMT was produced during 2024–25.
The Government has also implemented the New Urea Policy (NUP) – 2015, which has helped increase
domestic urea production by 20–25 LMT annually compared to production levels in 2014–15.
For Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers, the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme, implemented since
April 2010, allows companies to manufacture or import fertilizers based on market dynamics. The number
of fertilizer grades covered under the NBS scheme has increased from 22 in 2021 to 28 grades, and freight
subsidy on Single Super Phosphate (SSP) has been provided since Kharif 2022 to promote its usage.
The Minister further informed that the Government undertakes several measures each cropping season to
ensure timely availability of fertilizers. These include assessment of State-wise fertilizer requirements in
consultation with State Governments, monthly allocation of fertilizers, monitoring fertilizer movement
through the Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS), coordination with manufacturers and
importers, and distribution management by State Governments.
Through these coordinated efforts, adequate availability of fertilizers has been ensured across the country,
including in Uttar Pradesh, during the Kharif 2025 and the ongoing Rabi 2025–26 seasons.
******
Neeraj Kumar Bhatt/Shatrughna Prasad/Amit
cmc.fertilizers[at]gmail[dot]com
(Release ID: 2239624) Visitor Counter : 175
Read this release in: Urdu , ही