Production of fertilizers will surpass demand, says Minister
The Hindu
Mansukh Mandaviya warns against hoarding and black-marketing
Production of fertilizers will surpass demand, Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday. In a statement, he denounced rumours of shortage and urged farmers not to hoard fertilizers.
In the run-up to the sowing season for the rabi or winter crop, farmers in many States have complained of or DAP, the most popular fertilizer after urea. There have been reports of farmers travelling long distances and waiting in queues to buy DAP as well as allegations of prices per bag being increased in some areas despite subsidies to fertilizer companies.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday pledged to mobilise people in resistance against the BJP-led Union government’s “anti-agricultural worker, anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people” laws and policies till they are all repealed, the party said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the members took the pledge following a three-day meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram.












