Government To Provide Fertilizer Subsidy To Farmers With Effect From.Tonight

Government will grant new fertilizer subsidy worth Rs.2000 to Farmers for Paddy and other crops cultivation with effect from midnight tonight(06) according to the Minister Of Agriculture Duminda Dissanayake.

Accordingly Paddy farmers will be given a 50 Kilo Gramme Fertilizer Bag contains Urea,MOP And TSP fertilizers worth Rs.500  for Paddy cultivation and a fertilizer bag worth Rs.1500 for other crop cultivation Minister has stressed.

Earlier current government has issued cash vouchers to the farmers to purchase Fertilizer which was not popular among farmers.

Cabinet has recently decided to abolish the cash voucher scheme and re implement the providing of Fertilizer subsidy to farmers implemented during previous government.