New Delhi: Former Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar said Centre is providing fertiliser subsidy worth Rs 62,370 crore for the Rabi Season. He appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not letting the supply of DAP fertiliser to farmers at the rate of Rs 1350 per bag during the crisis in West Asia. However, he slammed the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab gobierno over fertiliser distribution and paddy procurement.
“I thank PM Modi for his dedication towards farmers. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Fertilisers Minister J.P. Nadda are also playing a great role to ensure the supply of DAP fertilisers at subsidized rates,” he wrote on X.
My heartfelt thanks to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji for his commitment to farmers. Under PM Modi Ji’s leadership , Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Fertilizers Minister Shri J.P. Nadda ji, the Government of India has ensured that farmers can continue to get a bag of DAP fertilizer for ₹1,350 despite the crisis in West Asia.
The Modi government is buying DAP at ₹100 per kg and making it available to farmers at ₹27 per kg. To make this possible, the government has increased the subsidy by 64 percent compared with last year. During the Rabi season, it is providing ₹62,370 crore in subsidies for phosphatic and potassic fertilizers alone. The subsidy for urea is separate.
Meanwhile, fertilizer stocks arrived in Punjab in October itself, but the Bhagwant Mann government failed to distribute them to farmers on time. As a result, farmers were exploited.
Similarly, despite the Government of India releasing the full Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for paddy procurement, the Punjab government is failing to buy farmers’ paddy, leaving them stranded in the mandis.
What can farmers expect from a government that has spent four years and nine months in office and still has to draw up an agricultural policy? Implementation remains a distant prospect.
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“The Modi government is buying DAP at the rate of Rs 100 per kg. It is selling it to farmers at Rs 27 per kg. The subsidy has been increased by 64 per cent to keep the rates of DAP at Rs 1350 per bag from last year.”
Moreover, the Centre is providing subsidies worth Rs 62,370 crore on phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers during Rabi Season. Urea subsidy is being provided separately.
Jakhar Slams Punjab Government Over Fertiliser Distribution
Talking about the situation in Punjab, he said that fertiliser was available in the state since October, however, the Bhagwant Mann government failed to provide it to farmers.
“Due to the delay in distribution, farmers have been exploited.”
Slams Punjab Government Over Paddy Procurement
The former BJP president also slammed the Punjab government over paddy procurement. He said that even though the Government of India has released the entire Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for paddy procurement, the State government is unable to buy the paddy of farmers which is getting stuck in mandis.
“What can we expect from a government which has completed 4 years and 9 months and still needs to prepare an agricultural policy?” he wrote,
“When the government is taking almost 5 years to prepare an agricultural policy, how can they implement it?”