预测印度NBS系统未来的发展：对印度国内需求所产生的影响.pdfVIP

ANTICIPATED EVOLUTION OF THE NBS SCHEME IN INDIA: EXPECTED IMPACT ON DOMESTIC FERTILIZER DEMAND Satish Chander Director General The Fertiliser Association of India New Delhi NEED FOR REFORM Status of Fertilizer Industry in the Decade of 2000 • Fertilizer industry in India remained highly controlled over a long period of time • ‘Cost plus approach’ with stringent regulation and procedures have not induced any investment in the sector • Indigenous production capacity of fertilizer remained almost stagnant • Increasing dependence on imports. Large imports at exorbitantly high prices • Rising cost of import and domestic production with stagnant MRP led to increasing subsidy burden 1 NEED FOR REFORM Status of Indian Agriculture in the Decade of 2000 • Imbalance in fertilizer use • Growing deficiency of secondary and micro nutrients • Declining nutrient use efficiency • Declining crop response ratio • Stagnation / slow growth in food grain productivity To ensure balanced application of fertilizers, the Government approved to implement Nutrient Based Subsidy Policy on decontrolled phosphatic and potassic fertilizers effective from 1st April, 2010. OBJECTIVES OF NBS (i) To promote efficiency and competitiveness in the industry (ii) To attract fresh investment in the fertilizer sector (iii )To induce new and diversified products carrying primary as well as secondary and micro nutrients in appropriate quantities (iv) Balanced and efficient use of nutrients (v) Government to be relieved of detailed cost based pricing exercise (v