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

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers16-March, 2018 15:48 IST

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

Minister of State for Planning (IC) and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, in a written reply to a question by Shri Mahesh Poddar on steps taken by Government to open Model Fertilizers Retail Shops to provide quality fertilizers and for hiring of farming equipment in the country, in Rajya Sabha today, informed 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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