India has sharply improved natural gas availability for fertiliser plants and accelerated overseas procurement of key nutrients as authorities prepare for peak kharif demand amid ongoing disruptions linked to the West Asia crisis.
As per news reports, Senior government officials said the Centre restored nearly 97% of the natural gas requirement for fertiliser plants through aggressive spot purchases in global markets.
At the beginning of the West Asia conflict, gas availability for fertiliser units had dropped to around 65%.
Officials said the government also adopted alternative procurement strategies outside the Strait of Hormuz to protect fertiliser supply chains from geopolitical disruptions.
India has secured around 2.5 million tonnes of urea through global tendering to meet peak kharif demand.
Apart from urea, authorities arranged imports of nearly 1.35 million tonnes of DAP and 0.7 million tonnes of NPK fertilisers, with shipments expected to arrive at Indian ports during May and June.
To strengthen inventory levels further, Indian fertiliser companies floated combined global tenders for 0.4 million tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate, 0.3 million tonnes of ammonium sulphate, 0.53 million tonnes of ammonia and 0.59 million tonnes of sulphur.
Officials described the procurement exercise as a “multi-pronged intervention” that resulted in unusually high pre-season fertiliser availability.
“The total combined fertiliser requirement for the kharif 2026 season is assessed at 39 million tonnes, against which almost 18 million tonnes, or 46% of this projected demand, was already available on the ground as opening stock on April 1, 2026,” an official said.
The government expects the early inventory build-up to support smoother fertiliser distribution during the upcoming crop season.
In Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s largest agricultural states, urea availability for the kharif 2026 season stood at 1.87 million tonnes against a requirement of 0.76 million tonnes.
DAP availability in the state reached 0.62 million tonnes, significantly higher than the assessed requirement of 0.15 million tonnes.
Officials also said Uttar Pradesh received 1.49 million tonnes of urea between February and April 2026, exceeding the estimated requirement of 1.15 million tonnes during the period.
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India’s fertiliser procurement and stocking strategy has helped stabilise supplies ahead of the kharif season despite disruptions in global energy and shipping markets caused by the West Asia conflict.
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Published on: May 20, 2026, 12:37 PM IST
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