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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025) wrote to Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers J.P. Nadda, urging him to guarantee the proviso of an capable quantity of fertilisers projected by the State for the Samba (early Rabi) season.
In his letter, the Chief Minister said that owed to the concerted efforts of the State government, specified arsenic announcing and implementing the Kuruvai (Kharif) peculiar bundle for paddy cultivators astatine an outlay of ₹215 crore and timely opening of the dams for irrigation, the State could summation the paddy accumulation to grounds levels.
As the northeast monsoon successful Tamil Nadu has started connected October 16 and owed to the availability of h2o successful each large reservoirs, determination is large enthusiasm among the farmers to cultivate maximum country nether paddy during Samba season, and concomitantly, the request for fertilizers, particularly Urea, is apt to summation successful the period of November, helium said.
It is expected that the Samba paddy country volition increase, successful summation to the cultivation of different crops similar maize, blackgram, greengram, groundnut, and sugarcane, Mr. Stalin said.
As of now, the Department of Fertilizers of the Government of India has allocated 6.5 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of Urea, 1.5 LMT of DAP, 1.8 LMT of MOP and 5.14 LMT of NPK Complex fertilizers against the request of 6.94 LMT of Urea, 1.93 LMT of DAP, 1.88 LMT of MOP and 5.15 LMT of NPK Complex fertilizers projected by the State, helium said.
He urged the Union Minister to guarantee that the connection of the State is duly considered and supplied connected clip by fertiliser companies to conscionable the requirements. He besides thanked the Union Minister for ensuring capable availability of fertilisers to Tamil Nadu for Kharif season.
