The Central government today stated that despite global challenges, the supplies of major fertilisers across the country have remained comfortable during the ongoing kharif season, dismissing any notion of an unprecedented shortage.
In a statement issued today, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers said that for the 2025 kharif season, against the pro-rata requirement of 14.3 million tonnes of urea, total availability is 18.3 million tonnes, with sales so far recorded at 15.5 million tonnes.
Similarly, for DAP, the total availability for kharif 2025 is 4.9 million tonnes against a pro-rata requirement of 4.5 million tonnes, with sales of 3.3 million tonnes already completed.
In the case of NPKs, the total availability is around 9.7 million tonnes this kharif season, the Central government said, against a pro-rata requirement of 5.8 million tonnes. Of this, around 6.45 million tonnes have already been sold, the statement added.
“As evident from the data above, the availability of fertilisers has remained comfortable during the ongoing season so far. It is noteworthy that as of 20 August 2025, urea sales have increased by over 1.3 million tonnes compared to the same period last year. Despite this increase in sales, the Department of Fertilisers has ensured uninterrupted availability of urea across the country by maximizing domestic production and procurement through global tenders,” the statement said.
