# Who pays for a ₹1,350 bag of DAP fertiliser, and why the bill swings

> India's farmers pay a fixed ₹1,350 for a 50 kg bag of DAP, while the government's per-kilogram subsidy on that bag is about ₹2,368 under rates approved on 11 November. The rabi-season phosphate and potash subsidy outlay is estimated at ₹62,370 crore, up sharply from three winters ago, because the government absorbs world price changes.

- Date: 2026-11-15 · published 2026-11-15T18:13:05.405Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/101541-who-pays-for-a-1-350-bag-of-dap-fertiliser-and-why-the-bill-swings
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Because Indian farmers' prices are held fixed, world DAP price movements flow through to government subsidy spending rather than demand, so the import bill and buying pattern are driven by global phosphate prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2023-04-18 | [Why stabilising the fertiliser market matters for Europe’s food industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36741-why-stabilising-the-fertiliser-market-matters-for-europe-s-food-industry.md) | 0.0% | -10.3% |
| DAP | 2021-05-20 | [CCEA approves increased prices for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers vide notification dated 20.5.2021 to be rolled over for the whole year 2021-22](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47024-ccea-approves-increased-prices-for-phosphatic-and-potassic-p-and-k-fertilizers.md) | +0.5% | +4.2% |
| DAP | 2024-11-01 | [Fertilizer subsidy payout declines in April-September  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5408-fertilizer-subsidy-payout-declines-in-april-september-the-hindubusinessline.md) | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| DAP | 2026-02-12 | [Market data analysis & forecasts - Fertilizer market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20936-market-data-analysis-and-forecasts-fertilizer-market.md) | -0.3% | +2.8% |
| DAP | 2024-02-29 | [Fertilizer DAP Market Turn Steady Amidst limited spot purchases and plummet downstream enterprises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4300-fertilizer-dap-market-turn-steady-amidst-limited-spot-purchases-and-plummet.md) | +6.0% | +7.1% |

## Sources

- transclew.com: https://transclew.com/stories/dap-urea-fertiliser-subsidy-who-pays/

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