The federal government has offered Rs 49,329.88 crore as subsidy on fertilisers purchased by farmers as of July 21 throughout the present monetary yr (2025-26) that began on April 1, in accordance with info tabled in Parliament on Friday.
Below the DBT (direct profit switch) system, 100 per cent subsidy on numerous fertilizer grades is launched to the fertilizer corporations, on precise gross sales to the farmers based mostly on Aadhaar authentication of the consumers via POS units put in at every retail store.
All farmers, together with small, medium and huge farmers, are being provided fertilizers on the backed charges on no-denial foundation, Minister of State for Chemical compounds & Fertlisers Anupriya Patel mentioned in a written reply to a query within the Lok Sabha.
Whereas Rs 34,947.52 crore has been disbursed as subsidy on urea, a sum of Rs 14,382.36 crore has been offered as subsidy for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&Okay) fertilizers for the primary 4 months until July 21 present, the figures present.
Urea is offered to farmers at a statutorily notified Most Retail Worth (MRP).
The MRP of 45 kg bag of urea is Rs 242 per bag (unique of expenses in the direction of neem coating and taxes as relevant). The distinction between the delivered price of urea at farm gate and web market realisation by the urea models is given as subsidy to the urea producer or importer by the Central authorities.
Accordingly, all farmers are being provided urea at subsidised charges, the minister mentioned. In respect of P&Okay fertilizers, the federal government has carried out Nutrient Primarily based Subsidy Coverage with impact from April 1, 2010.
Below the coverage, a hard and fast quantity of subsidy, selected annual foundation, is offered on subsidised P&Okay fertilizers relying on their nutrient content material.
Below this coverage, MRP is fastened by fertiliser corporations as per market dynamics at affordable degree which is monitored by the federal government. Accordingly, any farmer who’s shopping for these fertilizers is getting advantages of subsidy, the minister defined.
The DBT system entails cost of subsidy to the fertilizer manufacturing/importing corporations (besides imported urea) on the premise of precise gross sales via PoS machines by the retailer to the beneficiary. The customer’s id is verified via Aadhaar based mostly authentication.
Sale of fertilizer is being accomplished on a ‘no denial foundation’ since there isn’t any outlined beneficiary. Any Aadhaar authenticated beneficiary should buy fertilizer on the premise of Aadhaar authentication together with poor and marginal farmers, the minister added.
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