Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s discussion with Union Fertiliser Minister has brought effective results.
The Centre has increased the quota of urea to farmers in the state in this Rabi season to 2.52 lakh metric tonnes so that the urea is available to them as per their requirement. In addition availability of rake for urea transit has also increased.
It may be noted that Chief Minister Nath had held a direct discussion with the Union Fertilizer Minister and Union Minister of Railways in this connection.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Kamal Nath, a video conference will be held by senior officials of the Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare and Cooperatives Department with the district collectors at the Mantralaya on Saturday at 11 am. After discussion on the accessibility of fertilizers, distribution of available urea, along with other fertilizers to the farmers, important instructions will be given at the video conference.
Earlier 1.75 one lakh metric tonnes of urea was allocated to Madhya Pradesh in the month of January.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath had held a discussion in this connection over phone with the Union Fertilizers and Chemicals Minister Sadanand Gowda sometime back. In the month of January, 2.14 lakh metric tonne urea will come from plants in the country whereas 38,000 metric tonne urea will come from the ports of the country.
The Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department had urged the Centre to supply urea from the plant so that farmers get continuous supply of urea. On this appeal of the state government, the central government has increased the supply of urea from the plants.
In the month of December, 3.70 lakh metric tonne urea has been allotted to the state of which nearly 3.05 lakh metric tonne urea has already been delivered. Remaining 0.45 lakh metric tonne urea is in transit. About 10 rakes of urea are coming daily in the state since few days.