# Kisan Card subsidy plan may trigger fertiliser sales - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

> Pakistan's Punjab government's Kisan Card scheme passes a direct subsidy of Rs117 billion to farmers on DAP, seeds and pesticides, and the PM raised the DAP subsidy from Rs500 to Rs1,000. An industry analyst expects higher phosphate and potassic fertilizer sales, while Sindh has not yet agreed on its implementation mechanism.

- Date: 2021-05-06 · published 2021-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7724-kisan-card-subsidy-plan-may-trigger-fertiliser-sales-newspaper-dawn-com
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Subsidy-driven demand growth for DAP in Pakistan supports phosphate import demand and prices, a modest bullish factor for DAP.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2025-07-18 | [Fertiliser subsidy may overshoot BE as DAP costs spiral - Economy News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24077-fertiliser-subsidy-may-overshoot-be-as-dap-costs-spiral-economy-news-the.md) | -0.3% | +7.7% |
| DAP | 2022-04-27 | [Cabinet clears higher subsidy for non-urea fertilisers  - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42150-cabinet-clears-higher-subsidy-for-non-urea-fertilisers-the-hindu.md) | -7.9% | -9.4% |
| DAP | 2022-02-09 | [Subsidy mechanism for DAP in the offing - Business - DAWN.COM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43005-subsidy-mechanism-for-dap-in-the-offing-business-dawn-com.md) | +0.3% | +31.0% |
| DAP | 2026-02-03 | [Global dynamics continue to shape fertiliser prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5722-global-dynamics-continue-to-shape-fertiliser-prices.md) | +1.2% | +5.6% |
| DAP | 2026-04-08 | [India raises fertiliser subsidy as US-Iran war lifts global prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9774-india-raises-fertiliser-subsidy-as-us-iran-war-lifts-global-prices-reuters.md) | +2.8% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- dawn.com: https://www.dawn.com/news/1622258

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