Gujarat Agricultural Minister demands adequate stock of Urea from Centre

In a letter addressed to Union Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar, Gujarat’s Agricultural Minister Dilip Sanghani demanded to provide adequate stock of Urea fertilizer to the farmers of Gujarat.

He wrote that Gujarat has earned a high agricultural growth of 9% due to a continuous efforts of State Government and efforts of farmers. Central Government has allotted 2,50,000-mt. Urea to Gujarat. Out of which, 1,30,300-mt. of Urea is going to be imported. Gujarat has received only 35,094-mt. of Urea till date. He stressed that if adequate amount of Urea will not be provided in timely manner, farmers will have to suffer a lot and so the Centre should take up the issue and ensure the enough supply as early as possible.