Department of Fertilizers to conduct pilot in 16 districts to capture details as a precursor to DBT in fertilizer sector

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers29-July, 2016 15:47 IST

Department of Fertilizers to conduct pilot in 16 districts to capture details as a precursor to DBT in fertilizer sector

The budget estimate for fertilizer subsidy in 2016-17 and the arrear accrued to the industry is given as under:

(Rupees in crores)

Particulars	Budget Estimates	Carry over liabilities
Indigenous Urea	40000.00	23730.00
Imported Urea	15100.00	3107.87
Indigenous P&K Fert.	12000.00	10358.41
Imported P&K Fert.	6999.99	6159.95
City Compost	0.01	0.00
Total	74100.00	43356.23

  The value of urea imported during the financial year 2015-16 is US$ 2087.61 million.  The details of  total investment made by respective fertilizer units during 2015-16 is as follows:

                                                                         (Rs. in crores)

Name of Fertilizer Units	Fertilizer covered	Amount
Rashtriya Chemical and fertilizer limited (RCF)	Urea /NPK	260.72
Southern Petrochemicals Industries & Corporation Ltd. (SPIC)	Urea	17.19
Kanpur  Fertilizers & Cement Ltd.(KFCL)	Urea	27.39
National Fertilizer Ltd. (NFL)	Urea	22.00

As per government of India decision, Department of Fertilizers is planning to conduct pilot in 8 districts in the coming Rabi Season (2016-17) and another 8 Districts in Kharif Season (2017-18) to capture Authenticated Retailer Sales and Buyer’s Details as a precursor to DBT in fertilizer sector. The feasibility of DBT in fertilizer would be ascertained only after analyzing the result of the pilot. Once the pilot is completed, the Department will evaluate technical and operational challenges and issues. Based on the results of the pilot, DoF will then move ahead with the pan India roadmap of DBT.

This information was given by the Minister of state of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

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