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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2020-01-08
Supply of fertilizer free of charge to paddy farmers
- Various approaches have been proposed for the empowerment of the local paddy farmer through the new government policy statement 'Saubhagyaye Dakma'. Under this, it has been planned to make an arrangement to provide the farmers with chemical fertilizer and organic fertilizer free of charge required for cultivation instead of the existing subsidized fertilizer scheme. Accordingly, the proposal made by the Minister of Mahaweli, Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development to make an arrangement enabling to supply the recommended quantities of Urea, Triple Super Phosphate (T.S.P.) and Muriate of potash (MoP) up to a maximum of 02 hectares to farmers cultivating paddy from the commencement of the Yala Season of 2020 and to implement the same, was approved by the Cabinet.