1. This document highlights the specific objectives of the Department of Fertilizers and the projects, programmes and activities designed to achieve them, the achievements against the targets for current year and the targets set for corresponding next year.

2. Chapter-I gives a brief introductory note on the objectives of the Department, the broad programme, classification and the organisation of the Department for implementation of its programmes/activities.

3. Chapter-II deals with the overall performance of the Department in achieving its objectives and specified targets and outlook for the future, in terms of broad physical dimension and financial outlays.

4. Chapter-III gives the appraisal of major projects and programmes.

5. Chapter-IV gives a break-up of the financial outlays under various projects, programmes and activities for Budget Estimates current year, Revised Estimates current year and Budget Estimates corresponding next year.

6. Chapter-V explains the scope and the objectives of individual Public Sector Undertakings and Cooperatives giving estimated project costs, the targets and achievements, the norms or standards of performance wherever these have been evolved and/or are relevant. This Chapter also incorporates performance-cum-programme statement giving, among others, the physical and financial results of operations. Wherever appropriate, particulars of capacity utilization in relation to the installed capacity (including reasons for shortfalls, if any) and the efficiency and performance indices evolved for by the undertakings ar also indicated.