(a) the storage capacity of chemical fertilizers in the country. State-wise and fertilizer-wise;
(b) whether the lesser quantity of chemical fertilizers stored this year in comparison to that of the last year; and
(c) if so, the reasons therefor and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)
(a) to (c): Urea is the only fertilizer under partial movement, distribution
and statutory price control of the Government of India. All other
fertilizers viz. DAP, MOP, SSP and NPK etc. are decontrolled/ de-
canalized since 1992 and are imported under Open General Licence
(OGL). The companies import these fertilizers as per the requirement
projected by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. Government is
paying subsidy on these fertilizers under Nutrient Based Subsidy policy.
Union Government monitors availability of fertilizers at State level and
State Governments are responsible for further distribution within the
State.
Fertilizers are stored in warehouses owned or hired by private
parties/cooperatives/Government undertakings/fertilizer companies/State level agencies
like MARKFED etc. dealing in fertilizers. Companies` whole sellers and retailers use
godowns to store fertilizers as per their requirement. The information relating to godown
capacity existing in various parts of the country which is being used for storage of
fertilizers by fertilizer companies and their dealers is not maintained in the Department of
Fertiizers.
The availability of fertilizes during the period April`10 to July`10 viz-a-viz
corresponding period of last year i.e. April`09 to July`09 is annexed.
`ANNEXURE`
UREA DAP MOP NPK States 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 Avail- Avail- Avail- Avail- Avail- Avail- Avail- Avail- ability ability ability ability ability ability ability ability
Andhra 618.20 753.12 466.08 440.87 125.22 111.23 553.53 646.87 Pradesh
Karn- 404.26 468.29 496.50 481.19 166.30 142.37 349.70 483.78 ataka
Kerala 53.81 52.94 16.86 17.75 61.22 64.24 82.30 85.60
Tamil 243.09 236.90 141.47 78.07 120.57 107.44 185.97 167.34 Nadu
Gujarat 562.58 590.14 409.07 303.15 73.04 59.62 132.97 206.46
Madhya 379.44 419.58 437.45 376.50 38.82 60.14 54.38 130.02 Pradesh
Chhat- 257.33 273.48 162.32 182.40 44.79 45.65 49.69 67.65 tisgarh
Maha- 835.36 913.08 802.02 676.76 208.62 191.73 369.36 632.66 rashtra
Raja- 331.07 301.76 239.91 200.72 14.61 18.23 13.10 39.47 sthan
Haryana 495.22 565.18 277.27 276.62 18.91 26.02 5.63 36.99
Punjab 792.10 1044.97 271.61 278.60 23.72 38.15 6.33 34.44
Himachal 24.59 29.07 2.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.45 6.52 Pradesh
Jammu & 40.77 71.93 34.38 31.56 0.50 0.94 0.00 0.00 Kashmir
Uttar 1566.98 1610.65 598.54 477.19 57.86 61.25 124.63 477.94 Pradesh
Uttar- 82.23 90.18 21.61 8.41 0.02 1.77 4.61 37.56 akhand
Bihar 427.27 424.26 98.29 103.56 47.01 48.01 85.02 91.73
Jhar- 54.83 56.40 35.31 26.93 5.86 3.61 21.00 14.96 khand
Orissa 136.32 129.44 107.30 110.97 51.05 50.36 128.20 110.42
West 266.18 307.34 173.41 144.73 92.69 68.25 232.69 214.91 Bengal
Assam 89.24 123.23 9.81 10.64 28.07 26.37 4.89 4.60
All 7660.87 8480.74 4788.55 4229.26 1178.88 1126.60 2411.44 3500.42 India