Fertilizer Briefs: Economic Survey – 30 Jan 2026

India’s fertiliser problem is no longer about shortages — it is about imbalance

Cheap urea has quietly broken India’s soil economics

Higher fertiliser use is no longer delivering higher yields

India’s nutrient imbalance is now a water and health issue

Fertiliser subsidies are large, volatile, and structurally misaligned

Technology has fixed leakages, but not fertiliser behaviour

Soil health cards scaled fast — fertiliser efficiency did not

The quiet policy pivot: pay the farmer, not the fertiliser

Balanced fertilisation is now an income issue, not just agronomy

Fertiliser reform is no longer optional for India