MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
(SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)
(a): The demand and supply of fertilizer during the last three years in the state of Maharashtra is as per Annexure-A.
(b): The detail of Urea allocated to Maharashtra during the current year, district-wise is as per Annexure-B.
(c) & (d) No sir. Urea availability in the State of Maharashtra from FY 2019-20 to 2021-22 has remained comfortable.
The following steps are taken by the Government every season including in the State of Maharashtra to meet the adequate and timely requirement of fertilizers in all the States:
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i. Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the state-wise & month-wise requirement of fertilizers.
ii. On the basis of requirement projected, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficient/ adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors the availability.
iii. The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is monitored throughout the country by an on-line web based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Monitoring System (iFMS);
iv. The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers of fertilizers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents for railway rakes through their state institutional agencies like Markfed etc.
v. Regular Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly by DA&FW and DoF with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments.
vi. The gap between demand (requirement) and production for Urea & other fertilizer is met through imports. The import for the season is also finalised well in advance to ensure timely availability.
(e): Government of India has no plan to set up Urea plant in Maharashtra. However, Government has mandated the revival of Ramagundam (Telangana), Gorakhpur (UP), Sindri (Jharkhand) and Talcher (Odisha) units of Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL) and Barauni (Bihar) Unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd (HFCL) through Joint Venture Company (JVC) of nominated PSUs by setting up new ammonia-urea plants of 12.7 LMTPA capacity each. Ramagundam and Gorakhpur plant have already been commissioned.
Further, Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.05.2015 inter-alia approved setting up of New urea plant of 8.646 LMTPA capacity in the existing premises of BVFCL, Assam which has been notified by Department of Fertilizers vide OM dated 12.06.2015.
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ANNEXURE: A
FERTILIZER POSITION IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
FINANCIAL YEAR 2021-22
S.NO PRODUCT GROUP REQUIREMENT AVAILABILITY
1 UREA 25.50 28.29
2 P&K 34.52 39.02
FINANCIAL YEAR 2020-21
S.NO PRODUCT GROUP REQUIREMENT AVAILABILITY
1 UREA 25.00 29.76
2 P&K 32.50 50.76
FINANCIAL YEAR 2019-20
S.NO PRODUCT GROUP REQUIREMENT AVAILABILITY
1 UREA 26.00 28.20
2 P&K 33.25 43.71
# P&K GROUP CONSISTS OF DAP, MOP & NPKS
ANNEXURE:B
Details of district-wise urea/fertilizers allocated to Maharashtra state during the current year (Kharif 2022)
(Fig. in MT)
Sr. No District Urea P&K
Sanctioned Season allocation Total availability till 18/07/2022 Sanctioned Season allocation Total availability till 18/07/2022
1 Ahmednagar 79440.00 74761.00 108650.00 87404.00
2 Akola 23560.00 17321.00 45910.00 32361.00
3 Amravati 29930.00 31254.00 57960.00 41260.00
4 Aurangabad 103280.00 89719.00 137310.00 96529.00
5 Beed 53070.00 55683.00 112010.00 85997.00
6 Bhandara 23880.00 17284.00 33920.00 14206.00
7 Buldhana 38430.00 40797.00 105980.00 81353.00
8 Chandrapur 51530.00 43447.00 60270.00 46265.00
9 Dhule 43730.00 36240.00 41570.00 25085.00
10 Gadchiroli 20650.00 12273.00 26810.00 12107.00
11 Gondia 22230.00 18825.00 30050.00 15128.00
12 Hingoli 18150.00 20214.00 49080.00 33436.00
13 Jalgaon 110470.00 97301.00 150300.00 77648.00
14 Jalna 71400.00 73986.00 108160.00 76227.00
15 Kolhapur 60920.00 52188.00 95030.00 72536.00
16 Latur 21260.00 26236.00 74350.00 57850.00
17 Nagpur 47850.00 52891.00 70490.00 52412.00
18 Nanded 66160.00 66914.00 119300.00 106733.00
19 Nandurbar 46350.00 32001.00 34940.00 17187.00
20 Nashik 100210.00 72158.00 105760.00 95350.00
21 Osmanabad 18310.00 22492.00 48980.00 51975.00
22 Palghar 14720.00 6555.00 3650.00 2290.00
23 Parbhani 36850.00 33097.00 73920.00 52997.00
24 Pune 100580.00 70453.00 92710.00 64389.00
25 Raigarh 13780.00 9077.00 5520.00 2474.00
26 Ratnagiri 9020.00 7542.00 4880.00 4391.00
27 Sangli 47470.00 46118.00 83500.00 70055.00
28 Satara 50850.00 37826.00 61170.00 47976.00
29 Sindhudurg 6560.00 5698.00 4610.00 4420.00
30 Solapur 92060.00 72057.00 114100.00 73952.00
31 Thane 9660.00 7562.00 1790.00 1137.00
32 Wardha 41110.00 32711.00 57630.00 43246.00
33 Washim 11160.00 9170.00 45450.00 35729.00
34 Yavatmal 65370.00 50318.00 104240.00 73976.00
Total 1550000.00 1342169.00 2270000.00 1656081.00
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