Farmers covered under the nano urea promotion campaign
Farmers covered under the nano urea promotion campaign
In order to promote the use of Nano Fertilizers, including Nano Urea and Nano DAP, and to increase their adoption amongst all the farmers, the following steps have been taken:
i. Use of Nano Fertilizers, including Nano Urea and Nano DAP, are promoted through different activities such as awareness camps, webinars, field demonstrations, Kisan Sammelans and films in regional languages etc.
ii.Nano Fertilizers, including Nano Urea and Nano DAP, are made available at Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras (PMKSKs) by concerned companies.
iii. Nano Fertilizers has been included under monthly supply plan issued by Department of Fertilizers regularly.
iv. ICAR through Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal recently organized National Campaign on “Efficient and Balanced Use of Fertilizer (including Nano-fertilizers)”.
v.For ease in application and utilization of Nano fertilizers like Nano Urea through foliar application, initiatives such as innovative spraying options like ‘Kisan Drones’ and distribution of battery operated Sprayers at retail points are undertaken. For this purpose, pilot training and custom hiring spraying services through Village Level Entrepreneurs are actively promoted.
vi. DoF in collaboration with fertilizer companies has initiated a Maha Abhiyan for adoption of Nano DAP in all 15 agro-climatic zones of the country through consultations and field level demonstrations. Further, DoF in collaboration with fertilizer companies has also launched campaign for field level demonstrations and awareness programs of Nano Urea plus in 100 districts of the country.
Furthermore, State-wise sales data of Nano Urea and Nano DAP in the country, since inception upto 31.07.2025, is placed at Annexure.
Annexure
The State-wise Sales data for Nano Urea and Nano DAP
(In lakh Bottles of 500ml each)
S.No
State Name
Nano Urea
Nano DAP
1
Uttar Pradesh
136.390
30.56
2
Maharashtra
99.094
51.01
3
Punjab
94.331
9.84
4
Gujarat
86.653
14.41
5
Rajasthan
86.421
21.09
6
Madhya Pradesh
85.441
27.80
7
West Bengal
77.589
21.62
8
Bihar
70.068
8.81
9
Karnataka
60.255
25.61
10
Haryana
49.592
3.98
11
Tamil Nadu
36.192
7.50
12
Uttarakhand
33.890
17.19
13
Assam
33.210
2.67
14
Odisha
31.894
9.56
15
Chhattisgarh
25.114
5.97
16
Telangana
23.431
12.89
17
Andhra Pradesh
18.459
18.69
18
Jharkhand
12.968
1.30
19
Jammu and kashmir
9.454
0.92
20
Himachal Pradesh
6.391
0.34
21
Kerala
3.765
0.49
22
Mizoram
0.848
0.08
23
Delhi
0.708
0.02
24
Manipur
0.707
0.00
25
Tripura
0.212
0.00
26
Puducherry
0.110
0.10
27
Meghalaya
0.013
0.01
28
Nagaland
0.008
0.00
29
Goa
0.004
0.00
30
Arunachal Pradesh
0.003
0.00
31
Andaman & Nicobar
0.000
0.00
32
Chandigarh
0.000
0.00
33
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
0.000
0.00
34
Daman and Diu
0.000
0.00
35
Lakshadweep
0.000
0.00
36
Sikkim
0.000
0.00
GRAND TOTAL
1083.214
292.455
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Smt Anupriya Patel in Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question today.
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