Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy has instructed the officials to procure fertilizer required for the next Kharif season as per the schedule finalised as the first crop season commences early in Telangana compared to other States.
At a meeting held here on Monday with the senior authorities of the Agriculture Department and representatives of fertilizer companies to review arrangements being made to procure fertilizer for the coming crop season, the Minister said about 5 lakh tonnes of urea was required to be kept ready by May-end - DAP and other complex fertilizer - by June 15.
The Minister stated that the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers had already allotted 24.45 lakh tonnes of fertilizer to the State for kharif season. The allotted fertilizer includes 10.5 lakh tonnes of urea, 9.4 lakh tonnes of complex fertilizer, 2.3 lakh tonnes of DAP and 2.25 lakh tonnes of MoP (muriate of potash) and SSP (single super sulphate).