Ananth Kumar has said that in the last 6 months there has not been any case of non availability of Urea in the states. Kumar was chairing the Consultative Committee meeting of MPs in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, and Members Dr K C Patel, Prof K V Thomas, Rahul Ramesh Shelwale, Sudheer Gupta, Virendra Singh, Smt Kahkashan Perween, Mohd. Ali Khan and Ramnath Thakur. The officers of the Department of Fertilizers were also present.
The members were apprised about the status of Neem Coated Urea production. The New Urea Policy, 2015 of Government of India is aimed at maximising indigenous urea production and promoting energy efficiency in existing plants.
In May, 2015, Government had made mandatory the entire production of Urea with neem coating. The entire indigenous Urea and the imported Urea is being Neem coated wef 01.09.2015 and 01.12.2015 respectively.
Neem coated Urea is expected to result in the reduction of consumption of Urea and will also curb diversion of Urea for non agricultural purposes. Members were also apprised about the various other benefits of Neem Coated Urea.