No fertiliser shortage for kharif season: Govt
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday said that the country had adequate stocks of fertilisers ahead of the upcoming kharif or summer-sown season, after a review meeting held by agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar and fertilizer minister Mansukh Mandaviya, according to an official statement.
“The availability of fertilizers in the country is more than the expected demand. (There is) no need to create panic,” the statement quoted Mandaviya as saying. The ministers pointed to the last week’s cabinet approval for ₹60,939 crore subsidy for crop nutrients for the summersown season, which accounts for half of the country’s annual food output. The government also assured that there will not be any fertiliser shortage in the upcoming kharif season.