The government is planning to market “Ammonium sulphate” as a better alternative to urea, after bringing it under the fertiliser subsidy scheme from this Rabi season. Accordingly, the same subsidy of Rs 43.02/kg for nitrogen and Rs 2.87/kg for sulphur will also apply to ammonium sulphate.

“It has been decided to include Ammonium sulphate (both domestic as well as imported) under the nutrient based subsidy (NBS) scheme for Rabi 2025-26 (October 2025-March 2026),” the fertiliser ministry said in a notification.

After this notification, the subsidy on AS 20.5-0-0-23 variety of Ammonium sulphate will be ₹9,479 per tonne, the government said. The AS 20.5-0-0-23 variety contains 20.5 per cent nitrogen and 23 per cent sulphur, with no phosphate or potash.

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