Mumbai: India's fertiliser imports for the current ‍fiscal year are expected to surge ​76% from a year earlier to a record $18 billion, government ⁠and industry officials said recently as consumption jumped after heavy rains prompted farmers to expand their crop areas."There has been a sharp rise in urea and DAP (Diammonium Phosphate) imports this year, ‌which is pushing ‌up the overall fertiliser import bill," said a government official, who declined to be named because they were ‌not authorised to speak publicly.In the first nine months of the fiscal year that ends in March, India's . . .