New Delhi, October 02: Fertiliser sales declined by at least 33.5 lakh tonnes during this kharif season after drought descended on about half of the country, jeopardising the scope of using farm nutrients.
If the demand placed by different states is an indicator of consumption level, sales have lagged significantly the supply by the Centre, especially in case of urea and MOP, official data showed.
“We have provided the states adequate fertilisers during the kharif so that they do not face any shortage but sales have been low,” Fertiliser Secretary Atul Chaturvedi told PTI.
He said states had not been able to exhaust the supply granted to them and, in most cases, drought was to be blamed for the low sales.
–PTI