Department of Fertilizers is mandated to provide all subsidized chemical fertilizers to the States/UTs as per requirement projected by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) in consultation with States. In order to meet the gap between domestic demand and indigenous production, urea is imported. In the year 2015-16, domestic production of urea was the highest ever. Import is going to reduce gradually as production of urea increases.
The details of annual requirement/demand, production and import of major fertilizers during the last three years are given below:-
(Figure. in LMT)
Name of the Product
|
Requirement/Production
/Import
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
2015-16
|
Urea
|
Requirement/Demand
|
316.90
|
306.71
|
313.35
|
Production
|
227.15
|
225.85
|
244.75
| |
Import
|
70.88
|
87.49
|
84.74
| |
DAP
|
Requirement/Demand
|
109.86
|
95.94
|
102.34
|
Production
|
36.11
|
34.44
|
37.87
| |
Import
|
32.61
|
38.53
|
60.08
| |
NPK
|
Requirement/Demand
|
107.36
|
99.81
|
105.89
|
Production
|
69.13
|
78.32
|
83.01
| |
Import
|
3.62
|
2.91
|
6.29
| |
MOP
|
Requirement/Demand
|
35.13
|
30.26
|
36.08
|
Import
|
31.80
|
41.97
|
32.43
|
This information was given by the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Sh. Mansukh L. Mandaviya in the Lok Sabha today.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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