# India’s imported urea subsidy jumps 128% to Rs 47,956 crore 2026-08-07T20:20:12+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet India's subsidy on imported urea more than doubled to Rs 47,956.24 crore in 2025-26, up 128.4 per cent from Rs 21,000 crore the previous year, according to RTI data obtained by India Today. The sharp rise is attributed to global fertiliser market volatility, the rupee's depreciation against the US dollar, and supply chain disruptions from the US-Iran conflict, as agriculture expert Vijay Sardana told the outlet. Meanwhile, subsidy for domestically produced urea fell 8.8 per cent to Rs 94,219.50 crore. The total urea subsidy bill rose 14.4 per cent to Rs 1.42 lakh crore. The government continues to cap the retail price for farmers, absorbing the difference between that and the actual cost of imports or production. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in Tags: Department of Fertilisers, fertiliser imports, global crisis, RTI data, rupee depreciation, urea subsidy Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/indias-imported-urea-subsidy-jumps-128-to-rs-47956-crore/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/indias-imported-urea-subsidy-jumps-128-to-rs-47956-crore/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.