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Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said ever since the BJP came to power, farmers have been forced to desperately wait for MSP, fertilisers, and seeds. Today the situation is such that fertilisers have to be distributed to farmers under police protection. In addition, farmers are getting MSP neither for maize nor for sunflower.

 

Due to the fertiliser shortage, farmers are facing severe mismanagement, black marketing, and reduced production. The sowing of Kharif crops is becoming increasingly difficult with each passing year. Under the double-engine government in Haryana, farmers are facing four times as many challenges.

 

Hooda said despite BJP governments at both the Centre and the state, less than half of the fertiliser stock allocated by the Centre for the Kharif crop has been supplied. Haryana was supposed to receive about 14 lakh metric tonnes of fertiliser, but so far, less than 6 lakh metric tonnes have been made available.

 

Bhupendra Singh Hooda, expressing serious concern over the shortage, said that the season of paddy transplantation has started, but the farmers are still running from pillar to post for fertilisers. The government, as usual, sits idle. Farmers have to face a shortage of fertilisers in every crop season because the BJP government does not make any arrangements in time. Due to this, farmers have to buy expensive fertilisers in black, which puts a very significant economic burden on them. In turn, the yield and overall productivity are affected due to the non-availability of fertilisers on time.

 

Hooda said that this is the first government in the history of the state during whose tenure fertilisers have had to be distributed from police stations. Every season, farmers, their families, women and even children wait for multiple days in long queues; even then, DAP and urea are not available at the requisite time.

 

Not only this, but farmers who have reached the mandis with harvested maize and sunflower continue to wait for purchase. But government agencies are not ready to buy. As a result, they have to sell the crop at a rate that is Rs. 1,000-1,500 lower than the MSP.