KATHMANDU: The government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah has sold and distributed 89,194.44 thousand metric tonnes of subsidized chemical fertilizer in a period of 100 days.

Government spokesperson and Sasmit Pokharel said at a news conference organised at Singha Durbar today that such quantity of subsidized chemical fertilizer has been sold and supplied through the Agriculture Inputs Company Limited and Salt Corporation Trading Corporation during this period.

From April 2026 to date, 53,716.45 metric tonnes of subsidized chemical fertilizers have been sold and distributed by the Agriculture Inputs Company Limited and 35,478.10 metric tonnes by the Salt Trading Corporation.

The government has also issued the Management of Subsidized Fertilizer Distribution (Second Amendment Procedure), 2026, to make the disbursement of funds to chemical fertilizer distribution companies systematic, objective, and practical.