Department
of Fertilizers is making adequate availability of fertilizers through the
following process:-
(1)
The
month-wise demand is assessed and projected by the Department of Agriculture
& Co-operation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) in consultation with the
State Governments before commencement of each cropping season.
(2)
On
the basis of month-wise & state-wise projection given by DAC&FW,
Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficient/ adequate quantities of
fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors
the availability through following system:-
(i)
The
movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is being monitored throughout the
country by an on-line web based monitoring system (www.urvarak.co.in) also called as
Fertilizer Monitoring System (FMS);
(ii)
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.
(iii)
Regular
Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly by Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Department of Fertilizers (DoF),
and Ministry of Railways with State Agriculture Officials and corrective
actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments.
(iv)
The
gap between demand (requirement) and production is met through import.
(v)
Distribution
within the State as per requirement is the responsibility of the concerned
State Government.
Due
to above measures, the availability of urea during last 2 years and current
year upto June, 2016 was adequate against the requirement. Details are given
below:
<Figures
in LMT>
Year
|
Requirement
|
Availability
|
2014-15
|
306.70
|
310.42
|
2015-16
|
313.35
|
329.00
|
2016-17(Upto June,16)
|
66.74
|
75.41
|
This
information was given by the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilizers Sh. Mansukh L. Mandaviya in the Rajya Sabha today.
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(YKB)
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