Industry Odisha Bureau, May 19: Despite the unresolved West Asia conflict as well as the Hormuz hurdle that has triggered acute disruptions of supply chain resulting in imports of petroleum products along with fertilizers reportedly gone kaput, the Government of India (GoI) has reportedly assured that there would be no shortage of fertilizers for the Indian farmers since the annual Kharif season is knocking at the door.
Speaking on the fertilizer stocks at present in India, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Additional Secretary Aparna S. Sharma reportedly said, “The fertilizer requirement for Kharif 2026 has been assessed by Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare at 39.05 million tonnes (MT), and against this stock as on today is around 20.09 MT (more than 51%), significantly higher than the usual level of about 33%”, adding, there is no major change in the maximum retail price (MRP) of major fertilizers.”
The Additional Secretary of Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers also repoprtedly informed that, “India has procuregovernment about 1.35 mt of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 700,000 tonnes of Nitrogen Phosphorous Potassium (NPK) from the SOH (Strait of Hormuz) to arrive at Indian ports by this month and June.”
In a bid to ensure adequate availability of fertilizers during the peak Kharif season, it has further been reported that the Indian fertilizer companies have issued “an aggregated global tender for the procurement of 400,000 tonnes of Triple Superphosphate (TSP) and 300,000 tonnes of Ammonium Sulphate, 536,000 tonnes of Ammonia, and 594,000 tonnes of Sulphur.”
