The AP government will write to the Centre for allocation of 2.5 lakh tonnes of fertilizers that should have come to the State by July end. As against allotment of 3.76 lakh metric tonnes of fertilisers by June-end, there was a shortfall of 1.17 lakh tonnes, said Agriculture Minister P. Pulla Rao here on Wednesday.
He would also meet the Union Agriculture Minister next week at Delhi and make a personal representation. Addressing to the media, Mr. Pulla Rao said Rs.250 crore was allotted to AP for construction of godowns . The proposals for godowns with a capacity of 4.5 lakh metric tonnes under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund would be submitted in 15 days. The funds- 95 per cent from NABARD and 5 per cent from State Warehousing Corporation would be routed through marketing yards and the godowns would be constructed in a year, he said.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu agreed to consider suggestion to constitute crop-wise committees to guide farmers . Measures would be taken to facilitate transactions in market yards across the year and farmers could stock their produce for six months. They even raise interest-free loans upto Rs.2 lakh against the stock worth Rs.1 lakh, he said.
