Use of Organic Fertilizers

Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985 has been promulgated for regulation of quality of fertiliser. Four organic fertilizers namely City Compost, Vermicompost, Phosphate Rich Organic Manure and Organic Manure have been notified so far under the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985. No person shall manufacture/import for sale, sell, offer for sale, stock or exhibit for sale or distribute any organic fertilizer, which is not notified in the said Order, or not of standard prescribe in the said Order. State Governments check the quality of organic fertilizers by drawing samples and testing them in notified laboratories. During last two years three cases have been reported in Karnataka where persons were found selling organic fertilizers, which are not notified in the Fertiliser (Control) Order. Prosecution has been launched against the defaulters in the Court of Law.