Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress has called for an immediate reversal of the recent Rs 500-per-bag increase in NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) fertiliser prices, saying it will worsen the state’s debt crisis for its 5.8 million farmers.
Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said the price of NPK fertiliser had risen from Rs 1,950 to Rs 2,450 per bag, a nearly 25% increase.
“Rising costs of fertilisers, pesticides and seeds, coupled with stagnant or subdued crop prices, have been pushing farmers into deeper debt,” he alleged.
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