(a) Whether the fertilizer companies create artificial shortage of fertilizers to manipulate the market condition;
(b) If so, the number of companies found indulging in such malpractices during the last three years and the current year;
and
(c) The action taken against such companies by the Government?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)
(a) to (b) : No, Madam. No such report of artificial shortage of fertilizers to manipulate the market condition by any
company has been received in the Department.
(c): Question does not arise.