The Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday (December 16, 2025), cleared the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants that authorises the Union Government to additionally spend ₹41,455 crore in 2025-26. This includes over ₹18,000 crore towards fertilizer subsidy. The gross additional expenditure in the Supplementary Demands for Grants is ₹1.32 lakh crore, in which ₹90,812.17 crore is savings by various Ministries and departments.
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Apart from allocation to meet fertilizer subsidy, the Supplementary Demands for Grants also has allocation of ₹9,500 crore to the Petroleum Ministry to compensate oil marketing companies for under-recoveries and ₹1,304 crore for additional expenditure by the Department of Higher Education.
Replying to a brief debate on the matter, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said the expenses for fertilizers, and the use of fertilizers, particularly of urea, has increased. There is no shortage of fertilizers in the country. He added that urea production had also increased in the country. “Every month, the production of urea is being ramped up by around one lakh tonne per month,” he said.
