The Centre on Monday said 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 Madaviya as saying. The ministers pointed to the last week’s cabinet approval for ₹60,939 crore subsidy for crop nutrients for the summer-sown season, which accounts for half of the country’s annual food output. The government […]
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