Government is ensuring adequate supply of fertilizer for Rabi 2024-25 despite global challenges.

New Delhi: The Center is taking necessary action in coordination with states, railways and fertilizer companies to resolve local availability issues to ensure prompt supply of diammonium phosphate (DAP). Despite the challenges, the Department of Fertilizers has taken several steps to maintain adequate supply of DAP to the states, a release said.

This year, due to current geopolitical conditions such as lower exports to India from major suppliers and the Red Sea crisis, DAP supplies were affected. India depends on import supply of diammonium phosphate to meet the demand of states. At present, about 60 percent of DAP availability is met from imported supplies.

Domestic production is also dependent on the import of raw materials. Due to the Red Sea crisis, ships carrying phosphoric acid were diverted to the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in longer travel times and disruptions in the associated supply chain, the release said.

It said that in the Rabi 2024-25 season, despite global factors, more than 1.7 lakh tonnes of DAP arrived at various ports and was dispatched to the states in October and November 2024. “About 6.50 lakh tonnes of domestic production was further made available to the states. Therefore, the import and domestic DAP supplied to the states in October and November 2024 has so far been about 2.3 lakh tonnes,” the release said. excluding the available buffer stock”. . .

“Also, major states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh used 5 lakh tonnes more of various grades of NPKS compared to last Rabi season, which is a significant development. Across the country, states used 1 million tonnes of NPKS. Used KS. NPKS more than last quarter,” he added.

The government’s concerted efforts have resulted in the availability of 34.81 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of DAP and 55.14 LMT of NPKS during the ongoing Rabi season so far, the release said.