Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers press release · 27 March 2026 · pibtracker filter

Government Intensifies Crackdown on Fertilizer Hoarding and Black Marketing; Over 6,900 Licenses Cancelled to Safeguard Farmers' Interests

PRID2246059 MinistryMinistry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Released27 March 2026 Reading11 min

Government Continues to Implement The Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 4:21PM by PIB Delhi The Government of India has undertaken strict enforcement measures to curb hoarding, diversion, and black marketing of fertilizers. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Smt. Anupriya S. Patel, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, informed that fertilizers are declared as essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and notified under the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 , empowering State Governments to take action against offenders. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in consultation with State Governments, regularly monitors enforcement actions on a weekly basis and pursues strict implementation against defaulters. Since April 2025, enforcement agencies have conducted 4,66,415 raids , issued 16,246 show cause notices , suspended or cancelled 6,802 licenses , and registered 821 FIRs against violators. Specifically, in February 2026, 28 show cause notices were issued, 2 licenses were suspended/cancelled, and 2 FIRs were registered in connection with hoarding cases. These measures reflect the Government’s determination to safeguard farmers from unfair practices. The availability of fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS has remained adequate in the country during the ongoing Rabi 2025-26 season. REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY & SALES OF FERTILIZERS DURING THE RABI 2025-26 (Till 18.03.26) fig. in LMT S. No. PRODUCT ALL INDIA Requirement Availability DBT Sales 1 UREA 191.72 249.17 196.42 2 DAP 52.72 74.55 52.74 3 MOP 15.17 18.98 11.03 4 NPKS 80.34 114.66 66.35 To ensure availability of Urea at affordable price, under the Urea Subsidy Scheme, it is provided to the farmers at a statutorily notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The MRP of 45 kg bag of Urea is Rs.242 per bag (exclusive of charges towards Neem coating and taxes as applicable). The difference between the delivered cost of urea at farm gate and net market realization by the urea units is given as subsidy to the urea manufacturer/importer by the Government of India. In addition, the Government continues to implement the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers, ensuring affordable supply by adjusting subsidy rates in line with international price fluctuations. The Government monitors international prices of key fertilizers and raw materials and fluctuations, if any, are subsumed while fixing NBS rates for P&K fertilizers annually / bi-annually to ensure affordable supply of P&K fertilizers to the farmers. Further, to ensure affordability, special provisions like Rs. 3500 per MT to cover 'Other Costs' which includes costs incurred from factory gate to farm gate, advantage / disadvantage due to increase / decrease in international prices, provision for GST component included in the MRP and provision for reasonable return @ 4% of net MRP (MRP-GST) have been extended to both imported and domestic DAP and imported TSP over and above NBS subsidy for Kharif 2025 and Rabi 2025-26 seasons. ****** Neeraj Kumar Bhatt/ Amit Kumar/ Shatrughna Prasad cmc.fertilizers[at]gmail[dot]com (Release ID: 2246059) Visitor Counter : 817 Read this release in: Urdu , Marathi , हिन्दी , Bengali , Gujarati , Telugu Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Government Intensifies Crackdown on Fertilizer Hoarding and Black Marketing; Over 6,900 Licenses Cancelled to Safeguard Farmers' Interests Government Continues to Implement The Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 4:21PM by PIB Delhi The Government of India has undertaken strict enforcement measures to curb hoarding, diversion, and black marketing of fertilizers. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Smt. Anupriya S. Patel, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, informed that fertilizers are declared as essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and notified under the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 , empowering State Governments to take action against offenders. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in consultation with State Governments, regularly monitors enforcement actions on a weekly basis and pursues strict implementation against defaulters. Since April 2025, enforcement agencies have conducted 4,66,415 raids , issued 16,246 show cause notices , suspended or cancelled 6,802 licenses , and registered 821 FIRs against violators. Specifically, in February 2026, 28 show cause notices were issued, 2 licenses were suspended/cancelled, and 2 FIRs were registered in connection with hoarding cases. These measures reflect the Government’s determination to safeguard farmers from unfair practices. The availability of fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS has remained adequate in the country during the ongoing Rabi 2025-26 season. REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY & SALES OF FERTILIZERS DURING THE RABI 2025-26 (Till 18.03.26) fig. in LMT S. No. PRODUCT ALL INDIA Requirement Availability DBT Sales 1 UREA 191.72 249.17 196.42 2 DAP 52.72 74.55 52.74 3 MOP 15.17 18.98 11.03 4 NPKS 80.34 114.66 66.35 To ensure availability of Urea at affordable price, under the Urea Subsidy Scheme, it is provided to the farmers at a statutorily notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The MRP of 45 kg bag of Urea is Rs.242 per bag (exclusive of charges towards Neem coating and taxes as applicable). The difference between the delivered cost of urea at farm gate and net market realization by the urea units is given as subsidy to the urea manufacturer/importer by the Government of India. In addition, the Government continues to implement the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers, ensuring affordable supply by adjusting subsidy rates in line with international price fluctuations. The Government monitors international prices of key fertilizers and raw materials and fluctuations, if any, are subsumed while fixing NBS rates for P&K fertilizers annually / bi-annually to ensure affordable supply of P&K fertilizers to the farmers. Further, to ensure affordability, special provisions like Rs. 3500 per MT to cover 'Other Costs' which includes costs incurred from factory gate to farm gate, advantage / disadvantage due to increase / decrease in international prices, provision for GST component included in the MRP and provision for reasonable return @ 4% of net MRP (MRP-GST) have been extended to both imported and domestic DAP and imported TSP over and above NBS subsidy for Kharif 2025 and Rabi 2025-26 seasons. ****** Neeraj Kumar Bhatt/ Amit Kumar/ Shatrughna Prasad cmc.fertilizers[at]gmail[dot]com (Release ID: 2246059) Government Continues to Implement The Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers" /> The Government of India has undertaken strict enforcement measures to curb hoarding, diversion, and black marketing of fertilizers. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Smt. Anupriya S. Patel, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, informed that fertilizers are declared as essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and notified under the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985, empowering State Governments to take action against offenders. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in consultation with State Governments, regularly monitors enforcement actions on a weekly basis and pursues strict implementation against defaulters. Since April 2025, enforcement agencies have conducted 4,66,415 raids, issued 16,246 show cause notices, suspended or cancelled 6,802 licenses, and registered 821 FIRs against violators. Specifically, in February 2026, 28 show cause notices were issued, 2 licenses were suspended/cancelled, and 2 FIRs were registered in connection with hoarding cases. These measures reflect the Government’s determination to safeguard farmers from unfair practices. The availability of fertilizers viz. Urea, DAP, MOP and NPKS has remained adequate in the country during the ongoing Rabi 2025-26 season.   <table border="1" bordercolor="#ccc" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Table" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="width:100.0%"> REQUIREMENT, AVAILABILITY & SALES OF FERTILIZERS DURING THE RABI 2025-26 (Till 18.03.26) </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="width:100.0%"> fig. in LMT </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width:8.54%"> S. No. </td> <td rowspan="2" style="width:22.1%"> PRODUCT </td> <td colspan="3" style="width:69.36%"> ALL INDIA </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:23.42%"> Requirement </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> Availability </td> <td style="width:22.5%"> DBT Sales </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:8.54%"> 1 </td> <td style="width:22.1%"> UREA </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 191.72 </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 249.17 </td> <td style="width:22.5%"> 196.42 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:8.54%"> 2 </td> <td style="width:22.1%"> DAP </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 52.72 </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 74.55 </td> <td style="width:22.5%"> 52.74 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:8.54%"> 3 </td> <td style="width:22.1%"> MOP </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 15.17 </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 18.98 </td> <td style="width:22.5%"> 11.03 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:8.54%"> 4 </td> <td style="width:22.1%"> NPKS </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 80.34 </td> <td style="width:23.42%"> 114.66 </td> <td style="width:22.5%"> 66.35 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   To ensure availability of Urea at affordable price, under the Urea Subsidy Scheme, it is provided to the farmers at a statutorily notified Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The MRP of 45 kg bag of Urea is Rs.242 per bag (exclusive of charges towards Neem coating and taxes as applicable). The difference between the delivered cost of urea at farm gate and net market realization by the urea units is given as subsidy to the urea manufacturer/importer by the Government of India. In addition, the Government continues to implement the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizers, ensuring affordable supply by adjusting subsidy rates in line with international price fluctuations. The Government monitors international prices of key fertilizers and raw materials and fluctuations, if any, are subsumed while fixing NBS rates for P&K fertilizers annually / bi-annually to ensure affordable supply of P&K fertilizers to the farmers. Further, to ensure affordability, special provisions like Rs. 3500 per MT to cover 'Other Costs' which includes costs incurred from factory gate to farm gate, advantage / disadvantage due to increase / decrease in international prices, provision for GST component included in the MRP and provision for reasonable return @ 4% of net MRP (MRP-GST) have been extended to both imported and domestic DAP and imported TSP over and above NBS subsidy for Kharif 2025 and Rabi 2025-26 seasons.   ****** Neeraj Kumar Bhatt/ Amit Kumar/ Shatrughna Prasad <a href="mailto:cmc.fertilizers@gmail.com">cmc.fertilizers@gmail.com</a> " /> var mPlayer = document.getElementById("background_music"); var mPlayAction = document.getElementById("playbutton"); var isPlaying = false; function playAudio() { mPlayer.play(); isPlaying = true; document.getElementById('stopA').style.display = "block"; document.getElementById('playA').style.display = "none"; } function pauseAudio() { mPlayer.pause(); isPlaying = false; document.getElementById('playA').style.display = "block"; document.getElementById('stopA').style.display = "none"; } //function HandleAudio() { // if (isPlaying == true) { // //Playing already Pause it // pauseAudio(); // } else { // //Play the music // playAudio(); // } //} var synth = window.speechSynthesis; function CleanHtml(html) { html = html.replace(/ /gi, ''); return html; } function stripHtml(html) { let tmp = document.createElement("DIV"); tmp.innerHTML = CleanHtml(html); return tmp.textContent || tmp.innerText || ""; } $(document).ready(function () { //for responsive tables $("table").each(function () { if (!$(this).closest(".table-responsive").length) { $(this).wrap(" "); } }); var width = $(window).width(); if (width $(document).ready(function () { var width = $(window).width(); if (width @media print { .sticky-social, .sticky-social_mb, .pull-right, #printPDF { display: none !important; } } .f_vl { padding-right: 30px; font-size: 17px; cursor: pointer; } .log_oo { // width: 20%; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; } .log_oo img { width: 150px; /*width: 100%; height: auto;*/ } .sticky-social_mb { position: fixed; bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 100%; } .social_mb { list-style: none; display: flex; width: 100%; margin-bottom: -8px; } .social_mb a { padding: 8px 0px; font-size: 30px; transition: all 0.8s ease-in-out; width: 20% !important; text-align: center; } .section1 { position: relative; padding: 10px 0px; width: 100%; } .sticky-social { position: fixed; top: 20px; left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; } .social { list-style: none; } .social a li { padding: 8px 12px; font-size: 25px; transition: all 0.8s ease-in-out; } .social a li:hover { margin-right: -30px; box-shadow: 2px 5px 10px grey; } .social a li:hover .fa { margin-left: 20px; } .fb_b { /* background-color: rgb(59, 89, 152);*/ background-color: rgba(65,103,178,255); } .twitter_r { /* background-color: rgb(29, 161, 242);*/ background-color: #000000; } .whatsapp_r { /* background-color: rgb(77, 194, 71);*/ background-color: rgba(13,191,67,255); } .fa-envelope_r { /* background-color: rgb(219, 68, 55);*/ background-color: #e2123d; } .fa-linkedin_r { background-color: rgb(0, 119, 181); } @media only screen and (max-device-width: 767px) { p span img { max-width: 90% !important; height: auto !important; } p img { max-width: 90% !important; height: auto !important; } h2 { font-size: 20px !important; font-weight: 600 !important; } h3 { font-size: 18px !important; font-weight: 600 !important; } } /* === Film Roll Badge Styling(IFFI2025 countdown) === */ .film-roll-badge { position: absolute; top:82%; right: 20px; width: 230px; height: 70px; background: repeating-linear-gradient( to right, #9a2375 0px, #9a2375 18px, #6e2b8b 18px, #6e2b8b 36px ); border-top: 8px solid #9a2375; border-bottom: 8px solid #9a2375; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); animation: moveFilm 8s linear infinite; z-index: 10; } /* film sprocket holes */ .film-roll-badge::before, .film-roll-badge::after { content: ""; position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 10px; background: repeating-linear-gradient( to right, #9a2375 0px, #9a2375 10px, #fff 10px, #fff 20px ); left: 0; z-index: 2; } .film-roll-badge::before { top: -4px; } .film-roll-badge::after { bottom: -4px; } .film-roll-inner { position: relative; height: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; animation: flicker 2s infinite ease-in-out; } .countdown-text { font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 700; color: #fff; text-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), 0 0 10px #000; white-space: nowrap; } /* === Animations === */ @keyframes moveFilm { 0% { background-position: 0 0; } 100% { background-position: 120px 0; } } @keyframes flicker { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: 0.9; } 25% { opacity: 0.95; } 75% { opacity: 0.85

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