New Delhi: States have conducted over 1.69 lakh raids so far this fiscal to curb black marketing, hoarding and diversion of fertilisers while 270 FIRs have been registered against the defaulters, Parliament was informed on Friday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Anupriya Patel said, "To address the issues of black-marketing, hoarding, diversion of fertilizers and other malpractices, fertilizers are declared as an essential commodity under the Essential Commodities Act-1955 and notified under Fertilizer Control Order- 1985."
