2044 Model Fertilizer Retail Shops made operational across the country: Shri Rao Inderjit Singh

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Last Updated : Mar 16 2018 | 5:50 PM IST
Minister of State for Planning (IC) and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, said on steps taken by Government to open Model Fertilizers Retail Shops to provide quality fertilizers and for hiring of farming equipment in the country, that during Budget 2016-17, it was announced that over a period of three years, 2000 Model Fertilizer Retail Shops would be opened across the country. The target has been achieved and 2044 Model Fertilizer Retail Shops have been made operational, the Minister informed.

Model Fertilizer Retail Shops provide mandatory services like selling of quality fertilizers at genuine rates, soil testing, seed testing, promotion of balanced use of nutrients etc. Some optional services are also provided through these shops like hiring of equipment such as tractors, laser evelers, rotavator, crop harvester and thrashers, hiring of sprayers, sale of small implements like spades and sickles etc.

A State-wise details of Model Fertilizer Retail Shops is as provided below: S. No. State Number of Shops

1

ANDHRA PRADESH

299

2

ASSAM

12

3

BIHAR

98

4

CHHATTISGARH

16

5

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

1

6

GOA

3

7

GUJARAT

214

8

HARYANA

114

9

HIMACHAL PRADESH

1

10

JAMMU & KASHMIR

1

11

JHARKHAND

13

12

KARNATAKA

97

13

KERALA

13

14

MADHYA PRADESH

84

15

MAHARASHTRA

164

16

ODISHA

13

17

PUNJAB

141

18

RAJASTHAN

45

19

TAMIL NADU

47

20

TELANGANA

212

21

UTTAR PRADESH

366

22

UTTARAKHAND

14

23

WEST BENGAL

76

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First Published: Mar 16 2018 | 5:24 PM IST

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