Fertilizer subsidy payment of Rs 31,580 crore likely to remain outstanding this fiscal

22 Mar 2013 Evaluate

The payment of fertilizer subsidy is likely to remain outstanding worth Rs 31,580 crore to the nutrient manufacturers this fiscal. The Budget estimates for fertilizer subsidy in 2012-13 was Rs 65,874 crore. Against a projected requirement of Rs 102,207.38 crore, the Revised Estimates (RE) allocated is Rs 70,628 crore.

According to Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Srikant Jena, there is likely to be a carryover liability to the extent of shortfall of funds based on the actual requirement and funds made available under RE. By adding further he said the government provides urea to the farmers at a fixed price of Rs 5,360 per tonne, which is much below its delivered cost.

About 78.64 lakh tonnes of urea has been imported till February in this fiscal, against 78.34 lakh tonnes in the entire previous year at a fixed price of Rs 5,360 per tonne, which is much below its delivered cost. Further, import of DAP stood at 57.79 lakh tonnes and MOP 18.14 lakh tonnes in April-February period of 2012-13 fiscal.

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