Parliament Question: Shortage of Urea

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.-2-  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.

*******-3- 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 ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF UREA in LAST THREE YEARS (All Fig in MTs) KHARIF RABI 2022-23 2022 April May June July August September October November December January February March Sl District Alloca- SupplyAlloca- Supply Alloca- Suppl Alloca- Suppl Alloca- Suppl Alloca- Supply Alloca- Suppl Alloca- Suppl Alloca- Supply Alloca- Suppl Allocation Supply Allocation Supply No. tion tion tion n y tion y tion n y tion tion y tion y tion tion y 1 Anugul 540 324 660 338 1,085 1,481 1,070 772 1,080 807 1,065 1,030 630 259 430 302 300 - 420 309 300 44 420 2 Balangir 1,535 7,272 2,205 5,707 3,910 841 6,390 9,623 4,210 3,696 3,250 4,720 1,140 188 540 - 290 - 550 1,443 840 1,657 1,140 3,107 3 Baleshwar 2,365 2,234 2,195 3,494 2,580 826 1,855 2,040 3,110 2,163 4,395 2,210 1,980 1,456 1,090 - 710 - 1,990 2,690 3,640 8,515 4,590 2,569 4 Bargarh 2,920 1,924 2,750 7,031 4,265 5,556 4,820 8,287 5,605 5,325 4,140 10,601 1,340 7,303 740 1,935 1,520 2,928 6,090 3,946 8,320 6,425 6,990 10,178 5 Bhadrak 1,260 502 1,835 3,071 2,155 2,486 1,185 1,142 2,480 4,297 4,085 4,236 1,940 1,367 1,280 - 570 - 570 143 670 316 470 - 6 Boudh 460 63 590 195 835 508 1,190 1,322 980 725 945 1,087 1,060 103 320 - 90 - 370 153 390 153 270 52 7 Cuttack 1,420 1,924 1,650 1,608 2,645 5,197 2,040 1,397 2,795 1,677 2,950 2,341 2,040 4,751 1,110 710 660 - 1,060 1,190 1,000 -21 1,130 120 8 Debagarh 300 654 345 751 700 200 920 570 720 846 515 743 220 151 100 - 100 208 130 150 100 300 767 9 Dhenkanal 480 296 650 542 830 2,079 760 883 1,125 1,223 1,155 1,068 800 1,645 720 100 180 - 520 400 330 - 450 217 10 Gajapati 485 916 715 658 880 1,507 775 631 1,075 739 1,070 536 800 - 450 - 220 20 320 20 350 149 360 220 11 Ganjam 3,810 4,408 5,130 4,748 7,085 8,946 6,710 7,065 7,840 8,505 8,925 14,186 5,660 100 1,720 101 1,200 949 1,820 -106 1,930 1,127 1,670 2,411 12 J. 495 416 825 536 915 1,670 950 195 890 839 1,425 1,564 1,070 1,069 410 140 270 - 450 210 370 430 singhapur 13 Jajapur 1,080 651 1,375 1,422 1,900 3,395 1,730 876 2,160 1,556 2,755 3,729 1,110 472 720 - 460 - 820 100 720 30 670 767 14 Jharsugud 440 839 580 123 1,205 423 1,165 1,097 1,245 486 865 766 260 - 150 - 100 330 290 410 158 290 95 a 15 Kalahandi 3,680 3,044 3,535 2,134 6,170 2,856 8,155 8,769 6,835 3,635 4,625 7,405 1,890 - 520 - 330 - 970 1,254 2,850 5,674 4,940 5,053 16 Kandhama 125 20 160 50 190 362 195 81 255 41 275 243 180 - 260 - 160 65 150 86 120 61 130 - l 17 Kendrapar 495 325 655 728 910 1,956 1,050 370 1,155 1,467 1,235 2,129 1,010 410 450 209 220 - 520 220 390 1 410 210 a 18 Kendujhar 995 1,428 1,390 1,994 2,400 2,500 3,125 3,577 3,035 2,703 2,055 2,822 920 467 540 - 250 - 460 211 430 25 400 25 19 Khordha 975 843 1,045 739 1,380 2,509 1,120 215 1,515 2,397 1,765 2,696 1,330 1,299 580 400 320 - 810 2,464 750 197 710 -172 20 Koraput 1,860 1,643 2,060 590 3,640 4,430 3,545 3,531 3,400 5,369 1,495 538 540 - 200 431 250 2,517 1,110 1,071 1,790 2,859 2,610 2,947 21 Malkangiri 520 474 925 297 1,695 1,129 1,450 1,177 1,885 1,357 1,025 1,222 710 - 470 - 110 45 330 347 380 747 500 735 22 Mayurbha 1,680 2,033 2,140 2,302 3,365 449 2,985 3,778 4,905 7,189 3,425 5,371 1,240 293 760 - 400 - 530 443 810 594 760 132 nj 23 Nabarangp 4,655 8,322 6,745 11,271 13,595 10,626 10,305 7,285 5,640 6,353 2,060 3,635 650 - 560 2,422 550 333 1,230 3,916 3,090 13,305 7,420 18,376 ur 24 Nayagarh 590 27 855 1,828 1,215 1,233 1,275 559 1,565 1,768 1,500 2,958 960 380 690 250 460 - 550 230 490 510 350 473 25 Nuapada 755 1,747 935 - 2,145 45 2,760 4,826 1,700 1,206 1,205 2,634 260 - 110 - 320 - 1,100 1,237 1,220 987 1,990 248 26 Puri 1,085 455 1,650 1,379 1,560 2,672 990 145 2,115 2,120 2,100 3,032 1,740 2,364 940 509 530 - 1,510 2,348 1,850 646 1,930 1,029 27 Rayagada 1,050 1,331 1,420 5,328 1,955 65 2,625 5,603 2,745 2,817 2,705 302 1,420 - 370 95 270 30 500 - 390 50 550 50 28 Sambalpur 2,100 4,186 2,545 4,533 4,460 1,242 4,730 3,975 4,075 2,816 3,090 6,603 960 1,592 1,040 206 730 4,291 3,330 411 3,900 2,898 4,540 4,199 29 Subarnapu 1,040 1,694 1,180 1,458 1,475 1,085 1,740 2,744 2,020 1,955 2,045 4,751 520 1,132 130 467 80 223 810 677 1,550 2,146 1,910 1,792 r 30 Sundargar 805 1,627 1,255 825 2,855 882 2,390 1,590 1,840 1,303 1,855 1,580 620 377 600 - 350 697 690 - 570 1,291 670 611 h STATE 40,000 51,618 50,000 65,682 80,000 69,158 80,000 84,126 80,000 77,381 70,000 96,737 35,000 27,174 18,000 8,278 12,000 12,639 30,000 25,413 40,000 50,642 49,000 56,210 TOTAL-4- Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2465 for answering on 13.02.2026 Annexure--B DISTRICT-WISE ,YEAR-WISE,MONTH-WISE ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF UREA in LAST THREE YEARS (All Fig in MTs) KHARIF RABI 2023-24 2023 April May June July August September October November December January February March Sl No. District Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca-Sup-lly Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca-Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- Alloca- Sup- tion lly tion lly tion tion lly tion lly tion lly tion lly tionlly tion lly tion lly tion lly tion lly 1 Anugul 526 253 691 1,216 1,148 815 1,245 1,062 1,218 1,000 1,022 617 360 175 340 367 320 70 290 290 290 119 400 427 2 Balangir 2,033 7,187 2,438 3,027 3,832 1,729 7,637 3,581 4,084 6,013 2,476 4,112 690 200 300 - 320 - 580 908 810 962 1,300 4,104 3 Baleshwar 1,625 415 1,556 1,239 2,600 2,900 1,979 2,119 3,037 2,837 3,003 4,113 1,230 449 730 1,200 850 1,822 2,180 2,354 3,930 7,171 3,580 441 4 Bargarh 3,033 2,498 3,611 7,054 4,655 5,805 6,175 8,145 5,516 2,689 3,110 7,000 1,360 4,736 1,180 3,640 2,240 3,924 6,900 7,561 8,550 12,444 6,770 4,897 5 Bhadrak 711 922 1,321 5,136 2,510 2,070 1,458 1,738 2,411 2,710 2,989 5,583 1,650 516 680 106 620 1,117 730 3 810 -30 510 146 6 Boudh 489 298 715 596 882 502 1,322 641 1,495 746 947 202 520 146 150 - 150 - 210 189 270 18 200 90 7 Cuttack 1,004 2,283 1,503 3,120 2,349 2,403 2,070 1,861 2,504 932 2,450 2,934 1,360 1,788 860 1,697 950 391 1,040 1,322 1,060 323 1,230 1,337 8 Debagarh 416 192 345 861 738 583 1,284 1,022 657 567 460 942 250 135 150 106 140 107 220 194 270 293 470 167 9 Dhenkanal 365 350 570 1,588 920 819 889 360 981 905 1,155 1,449 510 549 600 120 240 86 390 100 330 240 430 490 10 Gajapati 446 - 730 1,361 993 1,745 1,005 411 1,172 715 1,024 653 470 1,020 150 - 110 - 180 182 310 131 280 829 11 Ganjam 2,877 3 4,007 10,886 6,425 8,355 6,339 4,403 7,224 3,365 6,898 6,266 5,160 8,258 1,080 51 1,340 630 1,780 1,433 1,940 -61 1,700 1,622 12 J. 445 629 775 585 959 740 1,063 962 982 549 1,146 2,094 680 524 260 242 270 240 460 110 410 130 420 190 singhapur 13 Jajapur 738 939 1,036 1,174 1,734 2,465 1,690 405 1,761 2,742 1,821 2,541 1,050 257 740 1,309 560 95 750 330 690 65 710 1,140 14 Jharsuguda 509 - 642 1,108 1,235 920 1,467 1,275 1,294 810 703 212 190 48 130 - 150 81 350 64 420 346 260 128 15 Kalahandi 3,312 4,566 3,354 6,514 5,411 7,020 7,885 4,322 6,247 5,947 3,391 3,957 1,200 1,788 170 1,337 340 888 790 727 2,510 6,992 3,990 685 16 Kandhamal 122 - 174 303 256 323 281 85 316 - 321 - 140 28 140 - 110 30 120 142 90 82 100 - 17 Kendrapar 456 130 651 1,314 946 1,164 1,113 564 1,124 1,088 1,080 1,351 640 430 380 280 450 - 550 170 490 226 490 544 a 18 Kendujhar 1,018 2,807 1,436 1,399 2,128 2,778 3,489 1,642 2,661 4,041 1,618 1,786 670 380 440 49 420 117 540 77 450 274 480 250 19 Khordha 789 170 957 698 1,326 1,218 1,159 1,012 1,248 1,519 1,351 2,100 910 1,728 380 1,643 400 -47 740 1,990 810 238 760 662 20 Koraput 1,982 1,351 2,136 5,349 3,026 4,169 3,772 6,185 3,078 4,077 1,206 230 370 629 160 2,357 310 755 880 2,958 1,680 436 2,600 2,068 21 Malkangiri 525 920 963 1,581 1,845 1,431 1,892 1,272 1,703 1,483 872 - 310 336 80 172 100 214 230 430 360 104 420 290 22 Mayurbha 1,272 1,590 2,124 1,929 3,055 2,620 3,236 3,386 4,580 5,972 2,833 3,822 1,020 277 420 221 560 228 720 495 950 429 830 547 nj 23 Nabarangp 6,182 10,585 7,606 12,863 13,053 8,335 7,602 8,978 3,539 4,295 1,798 100 330 2,334 200 2,844 690 851 1,120 9,638 3,340 8,552 7,820 13,498 ur 24 Nayagarh 580 500 1,015 977 1,300 1,080 1,479 1,196 1,781 1,733 1,165 1,973 570 795 520 515 500 165 430 1,187 390 320 390 1,517 25 Nuapada 1,025 3,291 846 1,339 2,034 126 3,157 2,223 1,684 2,317 1,004 1,074 100 381 50 - 260 162 570 635 650 1,647 870 59 26 Puri 896 559 1,435 1,271 1,327 1,015 965 1,099 1,789 1,363 1,388 3,229 1,150 1,728 550 752 810 1,051 1,760 2,515 1,810 1,270 1,920 2,073 27 Rayagada 838 - 1,221 6,342 2,156 1,227 2,635 4,393 2,662 2,036 2,368 1,786 640 1,311 280 - 320 32 400 - 380 62 480 1,467 28 Sambalpur 2,490 1,914 2,657 4,056 4,242 5,023 4,985 6,128 3,291 3,577 2,285 3,726 650 1,579 490 1,372 930 713 3,340 2,717 3,580 3,844 4,010 1,915 29 Subarnapu 1,339 2,767 1,188 1,462 1,420 1,100 2,143 2,112 2,103 1,463 1,557 2,907 570 595 150 1,036 190 1,807 1,210 1,025 1,870 3,456 2,010 810 r 30 Sundargar 854 441 1,082 1,683 2,885 1,229 2,532 2,839 1,648 1,626 1,249 1,481 250 628 240 256 350 249 540 438 550 1,741 570 480 h STATE 38,897 47,559 48,785 88,030 77,390 71,710 83,948 75,420 73,790 69,118 54,690 68,241 25,000 33,746 12,000 21,672 15,000 15,781 30,000 40,183 40,000 51,824 46,000 42,873 TOTAL-5- Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2465 for answering on 13.02.2026 Annexure-C DISTRICT-WISE ,YEAR-WISE,MONTH-WISE ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF UREA in LAST THREE YEARS Distict Kharif 2024 Rabi 2024-25 April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March.

Alloc-Supply Alloc- Supply Alloc- Supply Alloc- Supply Alloc- Supply Alloc- Supply Alloc- Supply Alloc-Suppl Alloc- Supply Alloc-Supply Alloc- Supply Allocation Supply catin catin catin catin catin catin catin catin y catin catin catin 1 Anugul 534 - 808 556 1,037 800 1,364 724 1,190 2,127 1,067 594 360 334 380 - 340 340 340 355 280 237 300 367 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 23 350 350 750 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 30 240 240 400 210 360 467 350 540 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 1,009 1,240 1,927 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 3,230 4,324 4,520 6,252 16 Kandhamal 129 - 218 319 238 91 313 248 312 50 290 106 150 81 140 100 100 140 100 41 70 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 3,396 1,229 2,918 4,888 1,691 3,158 590 704 470 - 440 440 650 1,047 430 79 420 233 19 Khordha 943 - 1,191 1,249 1,154 1,363 1,078 132 1,319 1,956 1,315 983 730 817 490 - 340 340 780 789 610 496 550 604 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 1,640 4,490 2,580 2,676 21 Malkangiri 476 1,151 1,148 2,219 3,011 1,763 2,207 979 2,037 2,432 1,121 1,357 310 234 100 245 80 80 250 170 380 767 380 868 22 Mayurbhanj 1,181 1,835 2,323 2,434 3,403 2,787 3,158 282 4,265 5,393 3,170 7,292 930 404 570 29 530 530 850 893 910 467 710 1,258 23 Nabarangpur 8,132 11,061 9,026 7,622 15,498 13,710 9,220 8,857 4,991 7,369 2,133 1,878 490 602 490 3,672 1,580 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 1,129 630 410 410 520 389 410 618 410 918 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 -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 3,810 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 2,660 30 Sundargarh 558 1,428 1,176 1,075 2,784 1,202 2,331 2,028 1,652 1,466 999 1,300 320 406 270 323 310 310 540 600 530 503 530 538 STATE TOTAL 40,000 55,491 60,000 71,393 90,000 62,439 90,000 69,638 80,000 79,077 60,000 76,421 25,000 37,979 15,000 14,751 15,000 15,000 35,000 24,361 45,000 55,395 50,000 62,058