Islamabad, January 12, 2022 (PPI-OT):The fertiliser review committee has directed provincial agriculture departments to coordinate with companies to ensure that all dealers located in Barani area receive urea supplies as per their requirement. The instructions were made at committee meeting jointly presided over by Minister for Industries and Production Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar and Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam in Islamabad today [Wednesday].
The meeting was apprised of urea availability, daily supplies status and local production of urea in the country. It was noted that volume of urea supplies had been increased to 4,40,000 urea bags from 3,42,000 bags on daily basis during last week in keeping the demand of urea in view. It was also briefed that timely actions by Government have made a significant reduction in urea prices in recent week which has been declined to 1,850 rupees close to the prescribed level of 1,768 rupees per bag.
Likewise, provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa have issued Standard Operating Procedures for District Coordination Officers for supply of urea from over-supplied area to deficient areas removing the inter-district anomalies.
In order to curb hoarding and profiteering, the Government of Punjab has identified some dealers and sub dealers engaged in malpractices and forwarded the cases for further punitive actions to check such events in future. Similarly, through anti-smuggling campaigns enforcement agencies seized 65,229 bags of urea from across border trafficking.
After extensive deliberations, it was decided to increase urea supplies to South Punjab and Sindh to meet the daily requirements according to agronomic practices. In addition to urea, the supply of Kane, a substitute of urea, would also be increased by 2500-2600 MT on daily basis.
Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar concluded the meeting with remarks that his ministry alongwith Provincial governments and fertilizer industry is maintaining constant vigilance over the situation and in touch with the team on the ground and taking decisions accordingly. He urged farmers’ body to educate the farmers about actual facts on urea availability to prevent them from panic buying of urea.
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