Railways-Fertilizer Dept Coordination Boosts Kharif and Rabi Supplies

• Inter-ministerial logistics push between Ministry of Railways and Department of Fertilizers (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers) to ensure timely rake movement of urea, DAP, MOP, NPKS to states during Kharif 2025 and Rabi 2025-26.
• Record rake loading (80/day in Sept 2025) and 8-18% YoY growth in fertilizer rake volumes.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (agriculture inputs, food security, infrastructure-logistics linkage); illustrates cooperative federalism + departmental convergence for input security.