Hope some steps to remove discrimination will be taken in near future

J Masilamani, director general, FAI

There are a lot of good initiatives, including a proposal for reduction in the fertiliser subsidy, which will help boost the agricultural sector.

The five per cent increase in the issue price of urea, DAP and MOP was in line with expectations of the industry.

Except for SSP these prices were being fixed by the Centre and subsidy was provided to the manufacturers by the government, both the manufacturers as well as farmers would benefit from the move.

The SSP price was fixed by the state government and I expect a quick response from the state governments in this regard.

The government continued to discriminate between the SSP and DAP despite repeated suggestions, and I hope that the finance minister would take some steps to remove it in the near future.

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