Overview

• Thirty Congress MLAs were suspended for a day after entering the assembly well and disrupting proceedings over alleged DAP fertiliser shortages.
• The BJP-led government reported holding 148,900 MT of DAP in reserves, including a carryover stock of 40,746 MT from the previous season.
• It has scheduled 18,885 MT of fresh supplies by July 20, with 718 MT earmarked for Kharsia on July 17.
• Agriculture Minister Ramvichar Netam said 64 percent of current stocks have been distributed to cooperatives and 36 percent to private sellers.
• Officials are promoting nano-DAP as an alternative phosphatic fertiliser and have launched district-level operations against alleged black market hoarding by private retailers.