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.
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.
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