The Union Cabinet on Wednesday raised the subsidies for DAP and some other non-urea fertilisers by Rs 14,775 crore to keep the price of crop nutrients for farmers low despite the rising costs.
The move will also help in providing relief to the farmers amid the pandemic.
After urea, Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertiliser is the most widely used one in the country.
Last month, the Centre decided to increase subsidy on DAP fertiliser by 140 per cent. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Briefing the media, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya
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