GST supply crunch: Fertiliser, pesticide pipeline turns dry ahead of sowing

Farmers and traders are holding up purchases as confusion over pricing after GST reigns supreme

The GST is expected to increase supply-side bottlenecks due to the inability of trade to fully shift to the new regime. The second of a three-part series looks at how the farming community is dealing with the crunch.

At a time when millions of farmers across India are getting ready to sow kharif crops such as paddy, sugarcane, oilseeds, and pulses, manufacturers of fertilisers and pesticides are seeing a large disruption in dispatches. This comes as the deadline for the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) nears. The trade, admit fertiliser and farm-input majors, has been stocking