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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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