To insulate farmers against the rise in global prices of soil nutrients, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a subsidy of Rs 37,952 crore for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers for the rabi 2025-26 season (October-March) under the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) mechanism.

The allocation for NBS for next rabi season is higher by Rs 13,477 crore or 55% from previous rabi season (2024-25).

This means prices of non-urea soil nutrients, largely used in oilseeds, pulses and wheat, will remain unchanged for the next rabi season and farmers continue to get diammonium phosphate (DAP) at Rs 1,350/50 kg bag despite global volatility in the price.

With the increase in NBS, the fertiliser subsidy is projected to cross Rs 1.95 lakh crore (Rs 1.2 lakh crore for urea and Rs 75,168 crore for NBS) for

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