The government today reduced prices of complex fertilisers by up to Rs 2,296 per tonne to encourage farmers to use them instead of regular urea and DAP so that soil fertility is maintained. The Union Cabinet had taken a decision in this regard on June 12. Complex fertilisers would now be available in the price range of Rs 5,121-Rs 8,185 per tonne from Rs 6,980-Rs 9,080 per tonne earlier, down by about Rs 843-Rs 2,296 per tonne.

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Meena Menon MUMBAI: Farmers' agitation against shortage of fertilizers in Maharashtra resulted in traffic blockade on the Nagpur-Hyderabad highway on Saturday morning. The angry farmers, led by the Shiv Sena's Ramtek MP Prakash Jadhav, agitated for over an hour and burnt tyres. The State is admittedly facing a 60 per cent shortage of fertilizers and farmers in Vidharbha and Marathwada have been protesting for a while.

In a bid to encourage the fertiliser industry to increase its production volumes, the government today extended the system of actual freight reimbursement to all types of fertilisers. Currently, only urea enjoys this concession. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which met here today, also approved a uniform nutrient subsidy policy to encourage farmers to use nutrient-based organic instead of regular nutrient like urea and DAP. nutrient-based organic instead of regular nutrient like urea and DAP. OTHER DECISIONS Nod to a scheme for training of the Indian team for