Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has formulated any manual/ guideline for fertilizers manufacturing companies regarding precautions to be taken while using fertilizers and if so, the details thereof; and
(b) the responsible persons/ agencies for making the farmers aware about the precautions to be taken while using the fertilizers?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR THE MINISTRY OF PLANING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERILIZERS
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) & (b): No, Sir. The Government has not formulated any specific manual/ guidelines for fertilizer manufacturing companies regarding precautions to be taken while using fertilizers. However, Fertilizer manufacturing companies organize various farmers awareness programmes time to time.
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