The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers on Tuesday clarified that registered companies and partnership firms engaged in plantation work can authorise any of their employees to purchase subsidised fertilisers.
The clarification said the employee can purchase any specified quantity and type of subsidised fertilisers on behalf of the company using his or her Aadhaar number and produce the authorisation letter at the retail outlet at the time of purchase.
However, a plantation sector source said this might not benefit the plantations as they cannot take GST input credit on fertilisers if an employee purchases it in his or her name.
