Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0
Union Cabinet approved Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0.
Scheme targets total additional credit flow of ₹2,55,000 crore (including ₹5,000 crore for airlines).
Provides credit guarantee coverage of 100% for MSMEs and 90% for non-MSMEs and airline sector.
Guarantee Fee: Nil.
Quantum of Support: Additional credit up to 20% of peak working capital utilised during Q4 FY 26 (capped at ₹100 crore). For airlines up to 100% (capped at ₹1,500 crore per borrower).
Tenor of Loan: For MSMEs/Non MSMEs (except Airline sector): 5 years including moratorium of 1 year. For airline sector: 7 years including moratorium of 2 years.
Tenure of Guarantee Cover: Maximum period co-terminus with tenor of loan.
Duration of Scheme: Applicable to loans sanctioned from date of NCGTC guidelines issuance up to 31.03.2027.
Prices and Availability of Essential Food Commodities
Record food grain production of 3,766 LMT in 2025-26, increase of 5.2% over 3,577 LMT in 2024-25.
Total pulses production in 2025-26 estimated at record 274.09 LMT; increase of 6.7% over previous year's ~257 LMT.
Chana production rose by 12.6% to 125.14 LMT over previous year's 111 LMT.
Moong production increased by around 6% to 44.92 LMT from 42.44 LMT.
Lentil production grew by approximately 7%, reaching 17.62 LMT from 16.54 LMT.
Pulse imports declined from 73 LMT in FY 2024-25 to 60 LMT in FY 2025-26, leading to nearly 30% reduction in import bill.
Chana imports declined by ~51% in FY 2025-26 over previous year's 15.06 LMT.
Stock of pulses with Government at ~43 LMT in May-26, more than double stocks recorded in May 2024 (~21 LMT) and May 2025 (~18 LMT).
Under PSS, procurement of over 5.34 LMT of Tur and 20.35 LMT of Chana procured so far.
Potato production 584 LMT against 586 LMT last year; tomato ~227 LMT against ~205 LMT last year; onion ~273 LMT against 307 LMT last year.
Government set price stabilisation buffer target of 2 LMT for onion in 2026-27.
Procurement commenced on May 15, procurement price increased with effect from May 26, 2026.
Foodgrain Stock Position and Food Security Preparedness
As on 28 May 2026, wheat stock in Central Pool stood at 513 LMT against prescribed buffer norm of 275.80 LMT for 1 July.
Wheat procurement during current Rabi Marketing Season reached approximately 350 LMT.
Rice stock in Central Pool stood at 397 LMT against prescribed buffer norm of 135.40 LMT for 1 July.
Around 298 LMT of procured paddy yet to be milled and added to rice stocks.
Domestic availability of edible oils remains adequate supported by regular imports, domestic production and existing stocks.
Sugar availability remains adequate to meet domestic consumption requirements.
India established adequate ethanol production capacity to meet blending requirements under Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme.
Fertilizer Stock Position and Availability
Department of Agriculture & Family Welfare re-assessed requirement for Kharif-2026: Urea from 194.02 to 190.32 LMT and DAP from 59.17 LMT to 56.23 LMT.
For Kharif 2026, fertiliser requirement re-assessed at 383.9 LMT, stock as on today around 199.86 LMT (more than 52%).
Domestic production after crisis: Urea 63.67 LMT, DAP 8.89 LMT, NPKs 20.29 LMT, SSP 11.96 LMT.
Import reached on Indian Ports after crisis: Urea 15.44 LMT, DAP 1.43 LMT, NPKs 6.30 LMT, MOP 4.45 LMT.
Total of approx. 132.43 LMT fertilizers added through imports and domestic production after crisis.
India secured approx. 25 LMT Urea, 15 LMT DAP and 10 LMT NPKs including AS to arrive on Indian ports in June-July.
India issued global tender for procurement of 17 LMT Urea.
Domestic production of urea approx. 25.17 LMT in May,26, higher by 2.80 LMT compared to May-25.
Domestic production of DAP approx. 3.86 LMT in May,26, higher by 2,000 MT compared to May-25.
10 Meetings of EGoS held till date.
Energy Supply and Fuel Availability
About 1.22 Crore LPG cylinders delivered against bookings of around 1.21 Crore LPG cylinders during last 3 days.
100% supply being made to Domestic LPG, Domestic PNG and CNG (Transport).
For commercial LPG, priority given to hospitals, educational institutions, pharma, steel, automobile, seed, agriculture.
Supply of 5 Kg FTL to migrant labour doubled based on avg. daily supply on 2nd and 3rd March 2026.
Booking interval increased from 21 to 25 days in urban areas and up to 45 days in rural areas.
In last 3 days: 10 FIRs registered and 3 persons arrested for LPG related enforcement; about 1300 raids conducted wherein 960 litres of Petrol and 2194 litres of Diesel seized, 18 FIRs registered and 7 persons arrested for fuel enforcement.
Inspections at more than 460 LPG distributorships conducted; penalties imposed on 42 LPG distributorships.
Inspections at about 1850 retail outlets conducted; penalties imposed on 19 Retail Outlets; 446 Retail outlets put under suspension.
Online LPG cylinder bookings increased to about 99% on industry basis.
Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) based deliveries increased to about 95%.
Govt allocated total commercial allocation to 70% of pre-crises level incl. 10% reform based.
During last 3 days, about 1.8 Lakh – 5 Kg FTL cylinders sold.
Since 3rd April 2026, PSU OMCs organised more than 17,150 awareness camps for 5 Kg FTL Cylinders, sold more than 2.72 Lakh - 5Kg FTL cylinders.
Yesterday, around 2527 - 5kg FTL cylinders sold through about 179 camps.
During May-26 month, total of 2,09,353 MT of Commercial LPG sold.
During last 3 days, total of 22,641 MT of Commercial LPG sold.
During May-26 month, about 8382 MT of Auto LPG sold by PSU OMCs, about 170% increase over Feb-26 month.
Supply to operating Urea Plants at around 98% of average consumption over preceding six months.
Gas supply to other industrial and commercial sectors enhanced up to 80%.
Since March 2026, about 8.56 Lakh PNG connections gasified and infrastructure created for additional 2.96 Lakh connections.
About 8.78 Lakh customers registered for new connections.
Till 31.05.2026, more than 77,800 PNG consumers surrendered LPG connections via MYPNGD.in website.
All refineries operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories.
Domestic LPG production from refineries increased.
Provision for C3-C4 molecules of 1120 MT/day made for Pharma, Chemical and Paint sector companies.
During May-26 month, about 14500 MT of C3-C4 Molecules and about 6100 MT of Butyl Acrylate sold to Chemical, Pharma and Paint Industry.
Government reduced excise duties on petrol and diesel by Rs. 10/litre.
Export levy on petrol reduced from Rs. 3 per litre to Rs. 1.5 per litre.
Export levy on diesel reduced from Rs. 16.50 per litre to Rs. 13.50 per litre.
Export levy on ATF reduced from Rs. 16 per litre to Rs. 9.5 per litre.
Sale of petrol and diesel increased by more than 30% in many districts during May-26.
Decline in sale of private oil marketing companies (-38%) and bulk sale of PSU OMCs (-29%).
Maritime Safety and Shipping Operations
Number of services operating East of Hormuz and through Red Sea rose from 127 in February to peak of 257 in April, with 245 services recorded in May.
DG Shipping Control Room handled 11,186 calls and more than 24,830 emails since activation.
In last 72 hours, total of 345 calls and 732 emails received.
Facilitated safe repatriation of more than 3,446 Indian seafarers so far, including 24 in last 72 hours.
Port operations across India remain normal with no congestion reported.
