Centre to soon launch 600 Kisan Samriddhi Kendras to benefit farmers

Fertilizer shops to act as one-stop solution provider for all need of growers

The Central government will soon launch 600 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras, which will not just retail fertilisers but offer one-stop solutions to farmers in the form of crop advisories, soil- and seed-testing facilities, retailing seeds and pesticides, and even custom hiring of agricultural equipment and machines.

The kendras, expected to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will provide the facilities to farmers under one roof.

They will retail products under the newly launched “One Nation One Fertiliser” programme of the government. Under that all fertilisers will be sold under the “Bharat” brand.

Sources said each urea-manufacturing unit would