सोलुब्ल फेर्तिलाईजर (खाद) - बिना लाइसेन्स के कर सकती है विदेशी कंपनिया व्यापार, पर भारतीय उत्पदोको पर हर प्रकार के रोक

सोलुब्ल फेर्तिलाईजर /लिकुइद फेर्तिलाईजर/ड्रीप फेर्तिलाईजर - कई नामो से जाने जाना वाला यह वोह चमत्कारी पदार्थ है, जिसने भारतीय अंगूर को एउरोपे में बिकने योग्य बनाया, अनार और केले को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बाजार में जगह दी और भारत को फल उत्पादक देश के रूप में प्रतिष्ठित किया. इतना ही नहीं, इसने गेहू, सोयाबीन, कपास, केला, मिर्ची और अन्य सभी प्रकार के फसलों को रोग मुक्त किया, कीटनाशक की जरूरत को कम किया, उत्पादन को बहुत ज्यादा बढ़ाया और इसीलिए कृषि जे जुड़े भारत की हर छोटी बड़ी कंपनी इस खाद को आयात कर रही है और किसानो तक पहुचा रही है.....पर बिडम्बना यह है की इस पदार्थ का उत्पादन भारत में बहोत कम किया जाता है और देश पूरी तरह से चीन से हो रहे आयात पर निर्भर है....

आप सोच रहे होंगे की दूसरे देश जैसे सौदी/दुबई/चीन इस मामले में हमसे ज्यादा उन्नत है, भारत के पास यह कार्यकुशलता नहीं है, या फिर इसका कच्चामाल भारत में नहीं मिलते अदि अदि..या फिर दूसरे देश हमसे ज्यादा बूधिमान और ईमानदार है और हमे सद्येब अच्छी गुणवत्ता देते है.....

भारत में कम उत्पादन के कारण आपके सोच से बिलकुल हटकर है....असली कारण भारत सरकार की चली आ रही निम्नलिखित नीतिया और अफसरवाद है – 

	विदेशी उत्पादक	भारतीय उत्पादक
लाइसेंस	भारतीय कानून के अनुसार एक विदेशी उत्पादक को भारत में ब्यापार करने के लिए कोई  लाइसेंस की जरूरत नहीं होती और खराब गुणवत्ता के लिए उसकी कोई जिम्मेदारी भी नहीं. सारी जिम्मेदारी इम्पोर्टर यानि मार्केटिंग कंपनी की होती है. उसे हर राज्य में अलग अलग लाइसेंस लेना होता है.*	एक भारतीय उत्पादक को फैक्ट्री शुरुवात से पहले ही करीब 10 लाइसेंस लेने पड़ते  है और फिर आता है खाद नियंत्रक बिभाग. इनकी प्रक्रिया निहायत ही लम्बा और खर्चीला है. इसके आड में चलता है इंस्पेक्टर राज का अत्याचार.
मार्केटिंग	किसीभी भारतीय कंपनी को (सोर्स सर्टिफिकेट) एक साधारण लैटर देकर दायित्व खतम	हर राज्य में अलग अलग लाइसेंस उसके बाद मार्केटिंग कंपनी को फिरसे उन्ही राज्यों में अलग लाइसेंस.
सब्सिडी	खाद नियंत्रक बिभाग के पास यह पता लगाने का कोई उपाय नहीं है की विदेशो में सब्सिडी के कच्चामाल का इस्तेमाल कर खाद बनाकर निर्यात होता है की नहीं. वैसे अंतर्जतिक ब्यापार में किसीभी देश के उत्पादन को नुकसान पोहुचाने के लिए ऐसे खेल हमेशा खेले जाते है.	एक भारतीय उत्पादक कोई भी सब्सिडी का कच्चामाल इस्तेमाल नहीं कर सकता. और बगैर सब्सिडी का कच्चामाल भी उसे सरकारी एजेंसिया बहुत उचे दाम  पर और बरे मुश्किल से देती है  और वह भी कई एजेंट के जरिये. सब्सिडी ना होने के बाबजूद भी इनपर खाद नियत्रण के सारे  नियम लागु किये जाते है. जैसे की फैक्ट्री इन्स्पेक्सन, नमूना संग्रह अदि. आप समझ सकते है भ्रष्टाचार से पीड़ित इस देश में इनका क्या मतलब होता है.
एक्सपोर्ट	हमारे ज्यादातर परोशी देश हमे निर्यात कर सकते है और हम आयात	लेकिन हम निर्यात नहीं कर सकत. कुछ उपाय है पर वोह इतने पेचीदे है की साधारण लोग इससे दूर ही रहते है.
लोन	विदेशो में सभी ब्यापार के लिए बरा ही आसान है	खास करके सोलुब्ल उत्पादक को ज्यादातर  बैंक इसलिए लोन नहीं देती किउकी उनको यह उत्पादन और ब्याब्साय समझ में ही नहीं आता. कभीभी इस जरूरी खाद उत्पादन को "Priority Sector Lending" लाने के बारे में सोचा ही नहीं गया और इसलिए बैंको का उपेक्षा स्वभाबिक है.

* एक उदाहरण  - महाराष्ट्र के किसान अति निम्न मान का 0-0-50 पाने के बाद और इसपर तीब्र बिरोध के बाद भी, “ताइवान” की एक कंपनी आज भी अपना 0-0-50 भारत को निर्यात कर रही है....इनपर भारत का कोई भी नियम लागु नहीं होता, और इसलिए कोई रोक नहीं...

अगर हमारी सरकार,  बिदेशी कंपनियों को दी जनि वाली सुबिधाओ के बराबर जितनी सुबिधा देशी कंपनियों को दे दे और सबके लिए लिए नियम एक समान कर दे, तो विदेशियों से भी अच्छी गुणवत्ता के खाद हम देश में ही बना सकते है, इससे विदेशी मुद्रा का बोझ कम होगा, रोजगार बढ़ेगा और हमे, अपने देश से निर्यात कर देश के लिए बिदेशी मुद्रा कमाने का मौका भी मिलेगा.

19-19-19 from UAE shall become cheaper when they receive chinese material

Indian market get 19-19-19 & other water soluble fertilizers mainly from China and UAE. Its actually 100% from china as there aren't any basic product manufacturer in the UAE. In one sense comopanies in UAE are actually trading chinese material. But a large part of the market are made to believe differently and for many seller, UAE labled products help to fetch additional margins capitalising on Non chinese superstition. Till today UAE prices are high becuse they still havenot received chinese material post "Export duty holiday in china starting from May 16". All raw and finished material shipped from china, shall reach UAE and India at the same time. Informed customers in the market have already started taking price advantage of products, directly coming from china or better than UAE/China products, from world class Indian manufacturers. Reversing the trend, some of the Indian manufacturers have already started exporting to south east asian countries, but unfotunately Indian consumers are believed to take a very long time to actually know &  accept truth behind soluble fertilizer sources.

Use of Subsidised black market UREA in soluble NPK 19-19-19

Giving government of Maharashtra & other states a chase, several small companies in India, specially from gujarat; Maharashtra (Mumbai) & Delhi, are mixing "subsidsed Urea", (purchased from black market),into water soluble NPK 19-19-19, 20-20-20 etc. This is something to bring both NPK price & quality down for benefit of a few. Even some of the large Indian fertilizer & pesticide companies are buying these NPKs, knowingly or unknowingly. Going one step ahead, some entities in North India (around Delhi) are using cheap MOP (KCl) into soluble NPK fertilizer, luring large companies with cheaper price and an extraorddinary margin. An intentional or unintentional passage provided by majority state laboratories by not checking chlorine (Cl) content in soluble NPKs, makes the business more lucrative for many.

All other reputed manufacturers like Deepak, Zuari, Ishita International, GSFC, Coromandel etc. are using High quality TG (specially imported with permission of DoF) in their production, as per norms laid down in Fertilizer Control Order 1985. But malpractices by the black marketers, subsequent appreciation by few others, just for a cheap purchase opportunity & higher margins on sales, are destryoing reputation of good quality Indian fertilizer manufacturers & growth of Indian fertilizer Industry apart from loses to farming community.

As the volume of Soluble NPK 19-19-19 crossed 40,000 tons mark and there are couple of capable quality producers in India, its high time for all states as well as central government to do "Urea Audit" of all such companies and take stringent action against people responsible. Such uses not only reduces quality of fertilizer, its also give huge revenue/subsidy loss to the government which is actually given to farmers for low cost food production. Its heard that, In the recent past, a reputed Government company from North East (fradulently trapped by a self proclaimed manufacturer of VAPI), returned one such consignment of 19-19-19 based on vigilence report (on use of substandard/subsidised urea). The same rejected consignment was later reopened, repacked at origin city & sold to farmers with ease and no news of any action taken against the Urea black marketer available so far. Its also not known to whom it was sold and how farmers were chepted in the process. Its anyways possible that in the background agencies are running a thorough investigation. Sometimes, these black market manufacturers buy cheap Urea on various other names such "Carbamide" etc. Its expected, post election, New government will try to control such misuse of subsidised fertilizer & protect farmers interest.

FCO - possible amendments

Some possible changes in FCO is awaited -

1. There are possiblity that FCO becomes an ACT from its present status of Order
2. In coming days distribution channel may get relaxation in respect of "Sampling" . For any product sampled from a dealer point, tested by Govt. Lab and declared "Non- standard" only marketer (company) or manufactured will be held responsible and not the dealer.
3. There are chances that tolerance limit (testing) of individual nutrients of both primary and secondary may be increased substantially.

Sluggish growth of Soluble Fertilizer market : At this juncture we all agree that water soluble fertilizer adoption has been very limited outside Maharashtra. There are several reasons, but one of them is possibly "abrupt Maximum Retail Pricing" (MRP). On a product like 19-19-19 in 1 kg packing, which was sold at Rs 90 to the farmer at many places in Maharashtra, is bearing a MRP of Rs 200 in Vidharbha and rest of states of India. Even bigger brands follow this practice despite the fact that they sell to the network at a thin margin. End users, i.e. farmers are charged between 110 - 200 depending upon their status and knowledge of prices. Most of the they are charged as per MRP. Such a high price for 19-19-19 completely dilutes cost benefit and reluctance to use grows infinitely. Until re packers (importers) don't stop writing as MRP what the distribution network wants, farmers will not find it feasible to apply.

Change crusaders -

Soluble fertilizer have changed the concept of Crop nutrient management for farming community and turned into a multi billion dollar industry. In the process of growth, many have made crucial contributions and many have reap benefit. But very few of us know the name of two very very important personalities who actually turned dream into reality, moved and approved long awaited application of Kemira Agro Oy, registering the first soluble fertilizer 19-19-19, way back in June 2002. Two very important key government officials in the INM, Ministry of Fertilizers, Mr. Satish Chander, then Joint Secretary & Mr. Dharampal, Additional Commissioner, INM made their contributions silently. I will always remain grateful to them.

ORGANIC OR CHEMICAL - 
We can give all different names to farming, chemical, organic, inorganic or whatever, but the basic remains unchanged. Feed Inorganic elements (N,P,K, Zn, Cu,, Fe.......), protect the crop from diseases, weeds, insects and make sure the final produce, that's our food, should not carry what our body cant accommodate.

We have been developing technologies around this basic science, with an objective of making the fruit nutrient rich and reducing or eliminating any unaccommodating RESIDUE that may have been introduced during the process of cultivation. If we can do this successfully our food is safe.

So, the issue is not the method of farming, not the use of chemicals, it is actually "what remains within and on the surface of the fruit/vegetable". If we are able to follow guidelines for such controls, our food is 100% safe. If the farmer is aware that use of certain pesticide in particular period shouldn't be done as because the residue will harm human body, everything is just fine. Means they should know exactly when to use, how to use and why shouldnot do over dosing, I have seen farmers in most developed states, spraying pesticides every day, even after harvesting and same vegetable gets pesticide treatment after arriving at "mandi". I have seen farmers using 400-700kg DAP/acre, without having slightest idea that they are not only wasting their own money but also spoiling the soil. And such a practice push our country to become largest buyer of DAP in world and at a cost of losing everything to developed nations.

So, to restrict this and to make farmers aware, we all have to work together and work hard. If not worked on awareness farmers will be compelled to give their farming a "ORGANIC" tag and carry ongoing abrupt practices. Many in our industry have seen such a thing already going on.