Wednesday 27 July 2016

Adequate availability of urea adequate against the requirement


Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers22-July, 2016 16:10 IST
Adequate availability of urea adequate against the requirement

                       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)


(Release ID :147521)

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