Farmers pay exhorbitant price for fertiliser

Patna, Oct 15 (UNI) Farmers are purchasing fertilisers at an exhorbitant price in Bihar even after several steps were initiated by the state government to prevent blackmarketing of it.

Bihar Agriculture Minister Nagmani was flooded with the complaints of blackmarketing of fertilisers and all of his directives to stop it had so far proved to be futile.

A farmer, Amar Singh, who hails from Gaya district said that the farmers were paying Rs 480 to Rs 490 for every bag of PPL fertiliser which costs Rs 327.34. Instead of taking any action on the complaints made by the farmers they were unnecessarily being harassed, said Mr Singh.

A report from Samastipur said the DPA fertiliser is being sold at about Rs 700 which is much higher than the actual cost.

Meanwhile, Mr Nagmani stated that the government is committed to checking the blackmarketing of fertilisers. He also informed that the government has launched several ''ambitious'' steps to bring rainbow revolution in the field of agriculture and to improve the financial condition of the farmers.

For this, latest technologies of farming are being introduced in the state, he said.

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