Overview
- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed fertiliser supply on September 11 and asserted there is no statewide shortage.
- The CMO said Odisha’s Kharif requirement is 955,000 tonnes, with that amount allocated by the Centre, 1,166,733 tonnes in stock, and 985,967 tonnes already distributed.
- Majhi directed district collectors to oversee PACS and LAMPCS outlets, move seized stock to cooperatives for sale to farmers, and step up enforcement against black marketing.
- MARKFED was told to speed deliveries and the agriculture department to tailor fertiliser grades to district needs based on current inventories.
- The BJD rejected the sufficiency claim, cited shortfalls in Ganjam, Bhadrak, Balasore and Angul, and announced a protest at Raj Bhavan in mid-September as farmers report queues and local gaps.