Parliament Question: Availability of Fertilizers in Telangana

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 963 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 24.07.2026 Availability of Fertilizers in Telangana 963. Shri Arvind Dharmapuri: Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (a) the quantity of Urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilizers supplied to Telangana during the last ten years, district-wise and year-wise; (b) the number of fertilizer retail outlets equipped with PoS devices under the fertilizer Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system in Telangana; (c) whether the Government has received reports of shortage, delay, diversion or black- marketing of fertilizers in Telangana, particularly during peak agricultural seasons, if so, the details thereof; and (d) the steps taken to ensure timely supply of Bharat brand fertilizers to farmers in the said State including Nizamabad, Jagtial and other major agricultural districts, district- wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SH. JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA) (a) The quantity of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex fertilizers supplied to Telangana during the last ten years, year-wise and district-wise, is given at Annexure. (b) As on 21.07.2026, there are total 11529 retailers outlet equipped with PoS devices for sale of subsidized fertilizers under the fertilizer Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system in Telangana. (c) The availability of fertilizers has remained adequate in the State of Telangana during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season.-2- Further, in order to address the issues such as black-marketing and diversion, fertilizers are declared as an essential commodity under the Essential Commodities (EC) Act, 1955 and notified under Fertilizer Control Order, 1985. State Governments are empowered to take action against persons involved in said malpractices, as per provisions of EC Act. Accordingly, as per the information received from Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), during the period from April to July 2026 (as on 17.07.2026), in cases related to the black-marketing of fertilizers in the State of Telangana, 28 show-cause notices were issued, 9 licences were cancelled/suspended, and 3 FIRs were registered. In cases related to the diversion of fertilizers, 3 show-cause notices were issued, 2 licences were cancelled/suspended, and 1 FIR was registered. (d) As per the information received from the State Government of Telangana, the following steps have been taken by the State Government to ensure the timely supply of Bharat brand fertilizers to farmers across the State, including Nizamabad, Jagtial and other major agricultural districts: I. Fertilizers are allocated by the Department of Fertilizers to the State based on seasonal demand assessed by the State Government. II. Regular review meetings are held with fertilizer companies, Railways and other stakeholders to monitor production, availability and movement of fertilizers. III. Daily monitoring of fertilizer stocks, dispatches and sales is carried out through the by the State Government. IV. Bharat brand fertilizers are supplied through fertilizer companies and made available through the existing retail distribution network based on demand and availability. V. Additional supplies are arranged, wherever required, to meet any localized increase in demand, including in major agricultural districts such as Nizamabad, Jagtial and other districts of Telangana. *******Annexure District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2016–17 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). Complex Sl. No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 112182 16317 55955 10962 195417 2 Warangal 217227 29426 115483 31118 393253 3 Karimnagar 240121 26283 119653 28826 414883 4 Khammam 134481 24480 120821 21687 301470 5 Mahbubnagar 105356 29200 108631 4753 247941 6 Medak 89612 9908 37940 4780 142240 7 Nalgonda 218652 25708 144999 20693 410053 8 Nizamabad 165705 15432 80381 10241 271758 9 Rangareddy 87578 29953 81843 36537 235911 TOTAL 1370914 206707 865707 169597 2612925 District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2017-18 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). Complex Sl. No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 107039 26343 57607 14162 205151 2 Bhadradri 22637 3772 30741 5494 62644 3 Hanamkonda 171446 19725 112389 26461 330021 4 Rangareddy 47124 11613 30993 20480 110210 5 Jagitial 10289 1404 6228 721 18642 6 Jangoan 6678 1782 5733 846 15038 7 Jayashankar 9353 1329 4013 824 15518 8 Jogulamba 14562 3847 26915 1726 47050 9 Kamareddy 22873 1659 17547 1527 43606 10 Karimnagar 160793 24065 124274 25433 334565 11 Khammam 117403 22371 112185 20238 272197 12 Komaram Bheem 756 244 576 112 1689 13 Mahabubabad 9351 836 3231 643 14061 14 Mahbubnagar 78007 30172 107798 10099 226075 15 Mancherial 12810 3302 13388 2312 31812 16 Medak 85137 13136 63717 8886 170876 17 Medchal 38752 15108 42473 11603 107936 18 Nagarkurnool 5349 1397 3405 265 10416 19 Nalgonda 129870 20561 119699 17928 288058 20 Nirmal 16394 615 4693 386 22087 21 Nizamabad 138314 14964 87462 10865 251605 22 Peddapalli 20092 4011 17756 3638 45497 23 Rajanna 1556 173 1688 103 3520 24 Rangareddy 31577 5714 13361 321 50973 25 Sangareddy 8246 2480 5933 1353 18012 26 Siddipet 16510 3324 16700 1452 37986 27 Suryapet 50274 5761 37180 6143 99358 28 Vikarabad 10320 10238 9984 6499 37041 29 Wanaparthy 9907 1201 6211 1030 18349 30 Warangal 12667 1490 6713 745 21615 31 Yadadri 9025 2732 6204 730 18691 TOTAL 1375112 255368 1096795 203024 2930298District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2018-19 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 43702 13680 37042 4736 99159 2 Bhadradri 27538 6424 44221 3726 81909 3 Hanamkonda 115943 11289 59336 11353 197922 4 Hyderabad 25022 7888 22225 19035 74170 5 Jagitial 43078 2682 17032 1314 64106 6 Jangoan 19877 4516 19484 2746 46623 7 Jayashankar 23204 4352 14085 2477 44119 8 Jogulamba 21260 5308 50059 2124 78751 9 Kamareddy 34686 2121 28126 1799 66731 10 Karimnagar 120052 18597 104541 19775 262965 11 Khammam 88277 20129 86906 12587 207899 Komaram Bheem Asifabad 12 19421 4188 7570 641 31821 13 Mahabubabad 24621 3340 19383 1543 48887 14 Mahbubnagar 58329 26011 93690 6002 184033 15 Mancherial 29732 8436 35234 4385 77788 16 Medak 31722 1864 18427 1342 53354 17 Medchal 42190 17376 59231 14075 132872 18 Nagarkurnool 14162 4711 19840 1998 40711 19 Nalgonda 117705 17593 112195 14368 261861 20 Nirmal 41479 3563 22944 1121 69106 21 Nizamabad 136161 12634 108271 9676 266741 22 Peddapalli 51201 7080 37296 5553 101129 23 Rajanna 6394 435 7727 386 14942 24 Rangareddy 19941 10466 20920 921 52248 25 Sangareddy 21479 5772 10269 1677 39197 26 Siddipet 46128 3614 34880 3073 87695 27 Suryapet 70097 9427 63819 4104 147447 28 Vikarabad 13307 8186 5375 721 27590 29 Wanaparthy 14458 2803 16704 1867 35832 30 Warangal 44047 5618 27623 3748 81036 31 Yadadri 17586 3747 14629 2120 38082 TOTAL 1382797 253851 1219084 160993 3016725District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2019-20 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 40553 14223 38161 5959 98896 2 Bhadradri 29699 6608 54232 4353 94892 3 Hanamkonda 88608 11314 60487 11038 171447 4 Hyderabad 31022 12229 31157 20964 95372 5 Jagitial 56187 4042 21889 1686 83804 6 Jangoan 28394 4404 23151 3357 59307 7 Jayashankar 43853 5123 19480 5552 74008 8 Jogulamba 27554 6199 64128 3520 101401 9 Kamareddy 57317 4082 36408 3739 101546 10 Karimnagar 119476 20197 116386 22460 278520 11 Khammam 110370 19542 100784 15303 246000 12 Komaram Bheem 18777 2105 7405 676 28963 13 Mahabubabad 40669 3247 23887 1300 69102 14 Mahbubnagar 81984 23862 70655 7318 183820 15 Mancherial 44789 9791 38844 5821 99246 16 Medak 34351 1413 19702 1162 56628 17 Medchal 50242 18226 80988 23112 172567 18 Nagarkurnool 17260 7850 22403 2485 49997 19 Nalgonda 117582 15390 118029 13952 264953 20 Nirmal 46968 3581 21270 1499 73318 21 Nizamabad 144695 18249 113431 10115 286490 22 Peddapalli 55050 9504 39140 6736 110430 23 Rajanna 22390 691 9747 731 33559 24 Rangareddy 28352 9369 26715 2714 67151 25 Sangareddy 24795 5717 13379 893 44784 26 Siddipet 58438 5333 42380 3637 109788 27 Suryapet 78841 9106 75393 6222 169562 28 Vikarabad 18475 6179 6248 1099 32001 29 Wanaparthy 19919 3649 18492 3007 45068 30 Warangal 62731 5457 32900 4247 105335 31 Yadadri 24050 4237 17481 2411 48179 TOTAL 1623390 270919 1364753 197069 3456131District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2020-21 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 41452 14469 40996 7146 104064 2 Bhadradri 33257 6076 60433 6537 106304 3 Hanamkonda 81910 8042 54393 13169 157514 4 Hyderabad 70945 11792 44180 24591 151508 5 Jagitial 61500 3888 26059 3306 94753 6 Jangoan 40955 6664 31169 6010 84797 7 Jayashankar 52381 6530 27051 5081 91043 8 Jogulamba 33433 10084 76386 5547 125450 9 Kamareddy 68448 3863 44725 7544 124581 10 Karimnagar 122017 18178 102276 25370 267841 11 Khammam 102653 17584 101659 20207 242103 Komaram Bheem Asifabad 12 23413 2945 10792 1137 38287 13 Mahabubabad 45723 4513 34015 3076 87328 14 Mahbubnagar 90043 30144 93364 11768 225320 15 Mancherial 50140 9141 42324 6831 108436 16 Medak 36297 958 27042 2320 66617 17 Medchal 67314 18337 94782 26944 207377 18 Nagarkurnool 30334 6846 29461 3294 69934 19 Nalgonda 120200 15748 127612 16689 280249 20 Nirmal 50139 3567 21963 1936 77605 21 Nizamabad 134406 12427 109687 12724 269243 22 Peddapalli 58083 8082 40470 7783 114418 23 Rajanna 27244 1022 13776 1547 43589 24 Rangareddy 40808 9476 26236 1942 78462 25 Sangareddy 38503 6132 22658 1793 69086 26 Siddipet 69036 5721 64048 6973 145778 27 Suryapet 85642 10849 86637 8759 191887 28 Vikarabad 27281 7375 7749 1426 43831 29 Wanaparthy 33789 5407 23425 3619 66240 30 Warangal 65235 6319 36092 5410 113056 31 Yadadri 29574 5412 23713 3738 62436 TOTAL 1832155 277592 1545173 254216 3909135District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2021-22 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 30835 10987 36032 2671 80525 2 Bhadradri 39140 6126 46343 1396 93004 3 Hanamkonda 50260 7682 35889 5310 99140 4 Hyderabad 51650 14839 42182 13969 122640 5 Jagitial 45062 4210 21539 819 71630 6 Jangoan 37073 7241 24977 3180 72470 7 Jayashankar 32345 5189 21912 969 60415 8 Jogulamba 24847 6462 63114 874 95297 9 Kamareddy 56814 4814 34569 2937 99133 10 Karimnagar 96234 17685 99727 13402 227048 11 Khammam 74311 16350 80678 6801 178140 12 Komaram Bheem 19990 2102 6477 303 28871 13 Mahabubabad 41079 4136 25477 756 71448 14 Mahbubnagar 63929 21522 80427 5029 170906 15 Mancherial 29100 7864 32751 1980 71694 16 Medak 31892 2956 20747 166 55761 17 Medchal 53082 19951 88965 10053 172051 18 MULUGU 4662 446 2249 71 7428 19 Nagarkurnool 21977 7358 21358 682 51376 20 Nalgonda 105707 23872 102707 7034 239319 21 Narayanpet 3398 1283 3573 122 8376 22 Nirmal 36331 3374 18777 286 58768 23 Nizamabad 118304 19136 97271 6278 240988 24 Peddapalli 42388 6388 34770 1812 85357 25 Rajanna 27499 1452 9495 355 38801 26 Rangareddy 24710 6927 25355 211 57202 27 Sangareddy 25963 7661 17691 493 51808 28 Siddipet 69544 8010 48742 4495 130790 29 Suryapet 78509 15400 67226 1955 163089 30 Vikarabad 17591 8282 9769 145 35786 31 Wanaparthy 24781 4578 17977 718 48054 32 Warangal 58202 7114 28794 2029 96140 33 Yadadri 26730 4401 19564 825 51520 TOTAL 1463936 285794 1287124 98122 3134976District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2022-23 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 49890 13059 39550 1248 103746 2 Bhadradri 48522 10016 55325 1201 115064 3 Hanamkonda 49295 13912 31882 1815 96904 4 Hyderabad 41409 19830 47050 11763 120053 5 Jagitial 69556 9820 25872 215 105463 6 Jangoan 45143 9348 28598 3434 86523 7 Jayashankar 34302 4992 10696 452 50442 8 Jogulamba 42479 11240 85637 1410 140765 9 Kamareddy 85365 12284 37291 1460 136401 10 Karimnagar 121102 30212 111797 8400 271511 11 Khammam 100138 25570 99297 6135 231139 12 Komaram Bheem 29064 2676 7385 173 39297 13 Mahabubabad 56230 7892 23558 189 87868 14 Mahbubnagar 72325 26258 77754 3976 180313 15 Mancherial 39299 8737 36324 2343 86703 16 Medak 41801 4814 21189 100 67903 17 Medchal 57479 29199 95378 7900 189957 18 MULUGU 18358 5827 13310 1011 38506 19 Nagarkurnool 35429 11277 27775 1124 75605 20 Nalgonda 146668 25429 122127 5439 299663 21 Narayanpet 18837 7839 21995 389 49060 22 Nirmal 44282 9657 15040 366 69345 23 Nizamabad 154604 40846 114724 3035 313209 24 Peddapalli 63055 8308 35211 322 106895 25 Rajanna 34490 3357 11383 287 49517 26 Rangareddy 35423 14810 39240 433 89905 27 Sangareddy 40627 15132 19161 277 75196 28 Siddipet 91438 12242 55704 1708 161092 29 Suryapet 104311 20143 86039 2108 212600 30 Vikarabad 27592 10294 9441 181 47508 31 Wanaparthy 34749 7227 26410 908 69294 32 Warangal 91915 16859 53723 5357 167854 33 Yadadri 34277 6015 23935 449 64676 TOTAL 1959453 455121 1509798 75605 3999978District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2023-24 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 55678 16060 47574 1933 121246 2 Bhadradri 57555 9456 53022 2376 122410 3 Hanamkonda 52403 8330 19312 2346 82392 4 Hyderabad 22304 19856 66702 8988 117851 5 Jagitial 73604 8037 23540 1061 106242 6 Jangoan 52709 7314 30794 3631 94449 7 Jayashankar 35540 2442 6892 490 45364 8 Jogulamba 36342 10259 80546 1752 128899 9 Kamareddy 86086 8022 43123 2327 139558 10 Karimnagar 118749 26156 133835 14954 293694 11 Khammam 110679 21660 104421 7979 244739 12 Komaram Bheem 35410 3482 9700 248 48840 13 Mahabubabad 72363 5246 23963 858 102429 14 Mahbubnagar 74475 23407 72105 3731 173719 15 Mancherial 47224 10087 47613 2740 107665 16 Medak 42338 3159 16077 823 62397 17 Medchal 44824 24319 122028 9325 200497 18 MULUGU 24290 4669 13515 1557 44030 19 Nagarkurnool 39551 8820 25245 1673 75289 20 Nalgonda 157901 22821 123734 8956 313413 21 Narayanpet 23322 7978 23140 946 55386 22 Nirmal 65970 8597 13069 467 88103 23 Nizamabad 167723 37369 124503 6306 335901 24 Peddapalli 71879 6292 39424 1473 119068 25 Rajanna 32825 1525 7282 573 42205 26 Rangareddy 43816 7717 32658 1734 85926 27 Sangareddy 45970 7771 16109 1055 70905 28 Siddipet 95678 10209 64256 3313 173456 29 Suryapet 106724 12396 74636 3158 196915 30 Vikarabad 29518 6993 6566 462 43539 31 Wanaparthy 36130 4263 18303 1798 60494 32 Warangal 108979 14706 70744 8119 202548 33 Yadadri 41245 4860 20406 1056 67567 TOTAL 2109806 374278 1574840 108207 4167132District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2024-25 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 49737 15769 44422 1892 111820 2 Bhadradri 49556 9953 51559 2658 113726 3 Hanamkonda 32855 7184 16651 2050 58739 4 Hyderabad 20339 9567 42200 9687 81791 5 Jagitial 60996 8497 23921 1501 94915 6 Jangoan 34722 7115 24417 3698 69952 7 Jayashankar 22729 2487 8375 535 34127 8 Jogulamba 43289 8705 78290 3834 134118 9 Kamareddy 79935 8952 43445 3435 135767 10 Karimnagar 117218 23608 113717 21638 276181 11 Khammam 76384 24777 96916 8609 206687 Komaram Bheem Asifabad 12 34445 2700 10933 151 48229 13 Mahabubabad 49495 4793 28239 1329 83857 14 Mahbubnagar 49575 20602 66023 6153 142353 15 Mancherial 48262 8628 48291 2509 107690 16 Medak 36874 3170 17300 887 58231 17 Medchal 36898 17996 88733 9909 153536 18 MULUGU 23057 5470 14574 1089 44189 19 Nagarkurnool 33393 8577 26089 1900 69959 20 Nalgonda 128973 22726 122979 8535 283212 21 Narayanpet 16511 7676 24773 704 49663 22 Nirmal 60888 7747 14375 855 83864 23 Nizamabad 138694 31586 117799 6229 294307 24 Peddapalli 62750 6538 36115 2690 108092 25 Rajanna 25926 1484 7884 272 35566 26 Rangareddy 32264 8644 27906 1021 69834 27 Sangareddy 39560 9395 16918 870 66743 28 Siddipet 72411 10533 51127 3674 137744 29 Suryapet 84158 12563 74913 4941 176575 30 Vikarabad 24879 7990 7772 398 41038 31 Wanaparthy 33666 3634 22423 2081 61804 32 Warangal 88607 14180 68770 9633 181190 33 Yadadri 35984 4042 24197 1411 65634 TOTAL 1745028 347288 1462045 126774 3681134District-wise supplies of Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex Fertilizers in Telangana during 2025-26 (Quantity in Metric Tonnes). 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No. District Urea (MT) DAP (MT) MOP (MT) Total (MT) Fertilizers (MT) 1 Adilabad 45872 17091 51781 1815 116559 2 Bhadradri 53671 11488 57006 2458 124623 3 Hanamkonda 42390 6513 18146 2410 69459 4 Hyderabad 18422 17730 52372 9866 98391 5 Jagitial 61308 9161 28157 737 99363 6 Jangoan 49045 10531 30855 4144 94575 7 Jayashankar 29773 3545 8808 447 42573 8 Jogulamba 40454 14976 86385 2747 144562 9 Kamareddy 88474 15632 45760 2232 152097 10 Karimnagar 107785 35352 130614 18144 291895 11 Khammam 110607 33621 114163 10929 269320 Komaram Bheem Asifabad 12 40244 3867 18857 93 63060 13 Mahabubabad 69018 7683 29249 738 106688 14 Mahbubnagar 69663 21982 80866 6379 178890 15 Mancherial 45831 12874 51022 2375 112101 16 Medak 37215 4253 19216 410 61094 17 Medchal 40163 24853 107196 7366 179578 18 MULUGU 23402 6359 16025 1121 46906 19 Nagarkurnool 46891 10937 26201 1650 85679 20 Nalgonda 160550 31723 143682 8950 344905 21 Narayanpet 20654 9648 26183 667 57152 22 Nirmal 68083 10184 17142 289 95698 23 Nizamabad 154674 41746 132496 8571 337487 24 Peddapalli 53844 9018 39295 1422 103579 25 Rajanna 28644 2800 9549 225 41218 26 Rangareddy 37128 8719 37229 327 83402 27 Sangareddy 37735 12379 20840 699 71652 28 Siddipet 76345 16315 57115 2472 152247 29 Suryapet 110043 19459 87155 4440 221097 30 Vikarabad 28142 9732 9602 151 47626 31 Wanaparthy 37086 7139 23997 2491 70712 32 Warangal 99661 22167 78580 8770 209178 33 Yadadri 44060 6173 31099 971 82302 TOTAL 1976877 475649 1686640 116503 4255670