Question : PRODUCTION OF UREA

(a) the details of the production, consumption and availability of urea in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;

(b) whether the crops production in Uttar Pradesh and other States had dwindled due to scarcity of urea ;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective action taken in this regard;

(d) whether the Government had raised urea prices to get vendors into tracking system ; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the response received from such a decision, so far ?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILZIERS AND MINISTIER OF STATE (I/C) MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)

(a): The details of the production, consumption and availability of urea in the country during each of the last three years and current year state-wise are at Annexe-A.

(b)&(c) : No Madam, the crop production in Uttar Pradesh & other States had not dwindled due to scarcity of Urea .

(d) & (e): The MRP of Urea in all states since 2003 was 4830/- Per MT which was increased to Rs. 5310 Per MT w.e.f.1.4.2010 and was further increased to Rs. 5360 Per MT w.e.f. 1st November 2012 by providing incentive of Rs. 50 Per MT to the retailers . The acknowledgment / confirmation is being received in the tracking system at the retailers level ensuring that the Urea is reaching the intended beneficiaries.