India’s fertiliser sector expects faster clearance of overdue subsidy payments: ICRA

24 May 2019 Evaluate

The rating agency ICRA in its latest report has said that the fertiliser sector in India expects faster clearance of the overdue subsidy payments, including through 'Special Banking Arrangement' to help companies tide over their liquidity problem during the second tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.

According to the report, the domestic fertiliser sector requires the urgent attention of the new NDA government, as the industry is reeling under severe liquidity crisis, due to delayed subsidy payments. It also observed that there was significant increase in the working capital borrowings of the fertiliser firms over the previous 3-4 months, due to subsidy delays and weaker collections from the retail market following poor monsoons in some of the key agricultural states.

ICRA stated that this has strained the profitability and key credit metrics of the major players in the sector. It also said that faster clearance of the overdue subsidy payments will help the companies tide over their liquidity problem, even as the country face an uncertain monsoon scenario in 2019-20.

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