Benefit
60.00% subsidy
Deadline
Ongoing
Beneficiaries
120,000,000
Sector
All Crops, Fertilizer Inputs
Overview
Fertilizer subsidy ensures affordable fertilizers for farmers through direct benefit transfer at point of sale with fixed urea price (₹242 per 45kg bag) and nutrient-based subsidies.
Launched on 01 Mar 2018
Benefits
Subsidy %
60%
Payment mode
Point of Sale DBT
Urea at ₹242 per bag, Nutrient subsidy ₹30.80 per kg phosphate, Reduced input costs
Scheme components:
- Urea Subsidy
- Nutrient Based Subsidy
- DAP Special Package
Eligibility
- Categories
- All Farmers
- Beneficiary type
- Individual
- Age
- 18 – no upper limit years
- Land holding
- 0.01 – any acres
- Gender
- All
- States
- All India
How to apply
Application mode: Offline
- Purchase fertilizers from registered dealers with Aadhaar-linked purchase.
Documents required
- Aadhaar Card
- Land Records
Official links & contacts
Impact & success
₹2.44 lakh crore subsidy allocation for 2024-25