The State Government has set a target of distributing 11 lakh metric tonnes of chemical fertilisers to the farmers during the ongoing monsoons season for the Kharif crops.
This was informed to Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu during his video conference with the deputy directors of the Agriculture Department and the officials of Co-operative Department here at the Mantralaya on Saturday.
The officials informed the Minister that a target of distributing 6.98 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers to the farmers had been set through the primary agriculture co-operative committees during the current Kharif season.
Against this, a total of 4 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers had already been stored and 2.397 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers had been despatched to the co-operative committees, they stated. During the meeting, Sahu asked the officials to expedite the process of advance lifting of fertilisers and seeds from the godowns.