Old habits die hard: New fertiliser policy fails to cut urea use
Submitted by shompa on Thu, 2010-09-02 16:00
Sale Of Urea In Kharif 2010 Season Up To July 31 Rose To 73.59 LT From 68.05 LT In Year-Ago Period
THE newly-introduced nutrientbased subsidy (NBS) policy seems to have failed to change the consumption pattern with most farmers still preferring to use urea, the cheapest fertiliser.
Consumption of urea has increased in the first few months of the NBS policy, contrary to expectations
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