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Non-urea fertiliser subsidies increased
Business Standard
|March 29, 2025
FY25 subsidy now at ₹1.91 trn against BE of ₹1.68 trn
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved Nutrient-Based Subsidies (NBS) for the first half of 2025-26 (H1FY26) with an allocation of ₹37,216 crore, highlight of which was a sharp over 41 per cent jump in per-kg subsidy on phosphorus (P) as compared to the rabi season of FY25.
Experts, however, said that despite the sharp spike in per-kg subsidy on phosphorus, it has yet not accounted for the entire loss that companies are bearing in importing Di-Ammonia Phosphate (or DAP that contains the highest almost 46 per cent phosphorus) and that the firms would continue to make a loss of around ₹1,000 on every tonne of DAP imported into India at current landed price.
"This, however, could get adjusted only if global rates come down in coming months," a senior industry executive said. DAP is the second most-consumed fertiliser in India after urea.
This story is from the March 29, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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