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Twenty-eight grades of P and K fertilisers are covered under the NBS subsidy regime.

Centre releases rates of nutrient-based subsidy on phosphatic and potassic fertilisers, check details here

October 28, 2025 5:51 pm

The subsidy, effective from October 1 to March 31, 2026, aims to promote balanced fertiliser use and ensure affordability for farmers.

Explained: The scramble for fertilisers

September 01, 2025 11:56 am

A good monsoon has meant farmers planting more kharif crops, pushing up fertiliser demand. This, and a supply shortfall due to lower domestic production and imports, has resulted in long queues at outlets

As demand for fertilisers runs high, long queues and frayed nerves across states

August 21, 2025 1:40 am

While this year’s well-distributed monsoon has meant aggressive planting in the kharif season, urea imports and supply has been unable to keep up with the demand.

Amid China’s fertiliser curbs, Union minister Piyush Goyal calls for stronger supply chains

July 09, 2025 8:12 pm

The China-induced scarcity is reflected in DAP sales, which fell from 108.1 lt in 2023-24 to 92.8 lt in 2024-25.

India is not self-reliant on fertiliser, and hence susceptible to external shocks. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Conflict in Middle East: As world watches oil, why India must watch its fertiliser supply

July 04, 2025 2:00 pm

Fertiliser is a quieter and less visible crisis, but it hits directly at the heart of food production, making it a national stability issue, experts warn

A farm labourer sprays fertiliser in a field.

How can Indian farmers be weaned away from urea, DAP and potash?

February 24, 2025 11:42 am

All these three fertilisers are imported, whether directly or as inputs for domestic manufacturing. Capping or even reducing their consumption has become a strategic imperative of sorts for India. Can their use go down? If yes, how? We explain.

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UP agri minister flags ‘less than 25% of fertiliser allotment in October’

October 20, 2024 3:36 am

Seeks Chouhan’s intervention, he says feedback coming from states are true

Can nano DAP replace the conventional granular version in Punjab’s Rabi season?

September 12, 2024 4:58 pm

The Government of India is pushing nano DAP as a cost-effective indigenous alternative to the imported granular form of the fertiliser. But not everyone is convinced

K A P Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary, Punjab, met Nadda in Delhi on Friday in this regard and apprised him of the situation. The meeting was a follow-up to a recent letter written by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to Nadda on the issue. fertiliser

Acutely short of fertiliser, Punjab sends SOS to Centre

August 31, 2024 10:43 am

Punjab apprehends that with assembly elections around the corner in BJP-led Haryana, the Centre may flush Haryana with DAP -- a basic nutrient for Rabi crops -- to appease the Jat voters, sources said.

GST council refers Parliament panel recommendation to cut GST on fertilisers to Group of Ministers

June 22, 2024 8:14 pm

The council discussed the recommendations made by the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers in February to reduce GST on nutrients and raw materials in the interest of fertiliser manufacturing companies and farmers.