Overview

• Telangana and Karnataka report cumulative urea deficits of roughly 2 lakh and 1.65 lakh tonnes respectively as central supplies from April to July lag behind state estimates
• Farmers have staged protests and formed long queues at cooperative and private dealers in districts like Adilabad, Khammam and Kalaburagi to secure rationed urea stocks
• Chief Ministers A. Revanth Reddy and Siddaramaiah have urged Union Minister J.P. Nadda to expedite deliveries, pointing to early monsoon sowing and expanded maize cultivation
• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and the Department of Fertilisers maintain they have supplied 8.73 lakh tonnes of urea to Karnataka, arguing allocations exceed pro-rata requirements
• The shortfall has become a political flashpoint ahead of state elections as Telangana and Karnataka leaders clash with the Centre over distribution transparency and alleged hoarding