After taking into consideration the fall in international prices, the Government approved reduction in potash subsidy for 2014-15 fiscal, which would result in savings of Rs 900 crore to the exchequer. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave a nod to subsidy of P&K (Phosphatic and Potassic) fertilizers for next fiscal wherein it recommended constant subsidy rates for all the complex fertilizers, barring potash. The Fertiliser Ministry had first secured the approval Election Commission to move this proposal before the Cabinet.
However, safeguarding the interest of farmers, the cut in fertilizer subsidy from Rs 18.83 per kg earlier to Rs 15.50 per kg, although would bring down the total subsidy on fertilizers by Rs 900 crore per annum, but would not lead to increase in retail prices.
Potash is normally sold in Indian markets at around Rs 16,000 per tonne, while phosphate is available at about Rs 22,500 per tonne. During the past one year, the total demand of both potash and phosphate was more than 10 million tones.
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