๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced sufficient fertiliser stocks for the kharif and rabi seasons. The government will maintain subsidised rates for urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP).
Key facts from the BRICS agriculture meeting:
- The government will pay the price difference to keep urea and DAP affordable for farmers.
- This decision involves a cost of thousands of crores of rupees for the national exchequer.
- Officials are taking steps to prevent shortages during the upcoming rabi crop cycle.
- Discussions included the balanced use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
- India is running programmes to promote organic and natural farming.
- The government prepared for potential El Nino effects on rainfall.
- India will exchange information and best practices with other nations regarding climate impacts.
Source: The Times of India