New Delhi, July 24 -- India has maintained a comfortable urea inventory for the ongoing Kharif 2026 season, with stocks nearly 50 per cent higher than the seasonal requirement, the government informed Parliament on Friday.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda said the total availability of urea during the Kharif 2026 season stood at 163.78 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) against a requirement of 109.40 LMT, translating into a surplus of about 47.9 per cent.

The minister also said the country's reassessed indigenous urea production capacity has increased from 207.54 lakh metric tonnes per annum (LMTPA) in 2014-15 to 269.42 LMTPA in 2026-27.

Highlighting the rise in domestic produ...