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Ensure adequate fertiliser supply in TN, CM tells PM
The New Indian Express Chennai
|September 17, 2025
BRINGING to the notice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the sharp rise in demand for straight fertilisers across Tamil Nadu, CM M K Stalin on Tuesday urged the PM to ensure that fertiliser manufacturers supply the shortfall quantity of 27,823 MT of urea, 15,831 MT of DAP. 12,422 MT of MOP and 98,623 MT of NPK Complex immediately.
The CM, in his letter to the PM, said that due to the early onset of a monsoon, paddy cultivation during this Kharif season is in full swing in TN from June 2025. “As of now, an area of 5.661 lakh Ha has been covered under paddy, which is 0.525 lakh Ha (10%) over and above the previous year’s coverage of 5.136 lakh Ha for the corr
This story is from the September 17, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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