(a) the details of the request made by the Government of Telangana to the Union Government for allocation of urea to the State for this Kharif season;
(b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
(c) whether any balance of Rabi season is left out for allocation to the State of Telangana; and;
(a) if so, the steps taken to release the balance quantity?
MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE AND CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
(SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)
(a) & (b): Before the commencement of Kharif 2021, the Government of Telangana had requested for allotment of 14 LMT urea to Department of Agriculture, & Farmers Welfare. The same was conveyed to Department of Fertilizers along with month-wise break up. On the basis of month-wise & State-wise projection given by DAC&FW, Department of Fertilizers is allocating sufficient/ adequate quantities of urea to Telangana by issuing monthly supply plan. Further, the availability is being continuously monitored by the Department of Fertilizers through dashboard.
(c) & (d): The details of fertilizer availability in the state of Telangana during Rabi 2020-21 is as under:-
<Figures in LMT>
S.NO PRODUCT GROUP REQUIREMENT AVAILABILITY
1 UREA 9.50 11.73
2 DAP 1.20 1.46
3 MOP 1.10 1.80
4 NPKS 5.50 9.11
Source: IFMS DASHBOARD
It is clear from the above table that against the actual requirement, more fertilizers were made available to the state of Telangana.
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