The Government of India has reaffirmed that adequate availability of Urea and Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) has been maintained across the country during the current Kharif 2026 season through advance planning, continuous monitoring, timely imports and coordinated supply management. A comprehensive mechanism involving the Central Government, State Governments, fertilizer companies and the Ministry of Railways has ensured uninterrupted supplies of fertilizers to farmers during the current sowing season.

Following steps are taken by the Government every season for ensuring timely and adequate availability of urea, DAP and other fertilizers in the country:

1. Before the commencement of each cropping season, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), in consultation with all the State Governments, assesses the State-wise & month-wise requirement of fertilizers. On the basis of requirement projected by DA&FW, Department of Fertilizers (DoF) allocates adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitors the availability.
2. The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is monitored throughout the country by an on-line web-based monitoring system called integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS).
3. The gap between demand (requirement) and production for Urea & other fertilizers is met through imports. The import for the season is also finalized well in advance to ensure timely availability.
4. The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents.
5. Regular coordination is done with the Ministry of Railways for giving sufficient rakes, priority to fertilizers and for timely evacuation of rakes for States.
6. The distribution of fertilizers within the State at district/block level is done by the concerned State government.

In view of above, the availability of urea and DAP in the country has remained adequate during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season. The information regarding opening stock, requirement, availability, sales and closing stock of these fertilizers for the period 01.04.2026 to 29.07.2026 is as under:

ALL INDIA
AVAILABILITY POSITION OF DAP AND UREA DURING ONGOING KHARIF 2026 (FROM 01.04.26 TO 29.07.2026)
Fig. in LMT
S.No.	PRODUCT	AVAILABILITY POSITION
		Pro-rata Requirement	Opening Stock as on 01.04.2026	Availability	DBT Sales	Closing Stock as on 29.07.2026
1	UREA	122.84	54.22	177.28	112.53	64.75
2	DAP	35.44	20.93	43.03	26.59	16.44
1. Primary Indicator of comfortable availability: Availability > Requirement
2. Secondary Indicator of comfortable availability: Availability > Sales

 

Further, there is also a closing stock of 21.21 LMT of indigenously produced SSP in the country which is used as a substitute of DAP for providing Phosphatic or 'P' nutrient to the soil.

Furthermore, the production figures of urea and DAP in the country during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season (till June 2026) are 71.55 LMT and 9.84 LMT respectively. Whereas the import figures of urea and DAP (as reported by the companies) in the country during the said period are 25.08 LMT and 7.11 LMT respectively.           

The source country-wise and timeline-wise quantity of urea and DAP imported during the current financial year is as under:

Month wise Country wise Import of Urea and DAP during the FY 2026-27 (till- Jun-26)
Qty in LMT
Name of Country	Apr-26		May-26		Jun-26
	Urea	As Reported by the Companies	Urea	As Reported by the Companies	Urea	As Reported by the Companies
		DAP		DAP		DAP
Algeria	0.29		0.51		1.65	0.45
Canada
China	0.29					0.55
Egypt	1.63		0.51		3.95	0.61
Finland					0.99
Georgia	0.57		0.32		1.22
Israel
Jordan				0.12		0.50
Malaysia	0.30				0.30
Morocco		0.49		0.55		0.46
Nigeria	0.44		0.62		1.38
Oman	1.08		0.99		0.50
Qatar					0.81
Russia	0.51		0.85		2.84
S. Arabia				0.50	1.08	2.13
South Korea				0.15
Turkey	0.29				0.07
Turkmenistan
USA						0.60
Vietnam	0.43		0.30		0.36
Grand Total	5.83	0.49	4.10	1.32	15.15	5.30

This information was provided by Smt. Anupriya Patel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Neeraj Kumar Bhatt/Shatrughna Prasad

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