New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved Rs 24,474.53 crore subsidy on phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers for the rabi season of 2024-25 to ensure supply of crop nutrients to farmers at affordable rates.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for rabi season 2024 (from October 2024 to March 2025) on P&K fertilizers.
“The tentative budgetary requirement for rabi season 2024 would be approximately Rs 24,475.53 crore,” an official statement said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a post on X stated: “This step will also reduce the cost of cultivation for farmers”.
“To ensure continuous supply of fertilizers to our farmer brothers and sisters at affordable rates, we have approved the rates of nutrient-based subsidy for the Rabi season of 2024,” Modi said.
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda in a post on X said that this important decision will ensure the availability of fertilizers to farmers at subsidized and reasonable prices, besides providing incentive for increasing Rabi crop production.
The government is making available 28 grades of P&K fertilizers to farmers at subsidized prices through fertilizer manufacturers/importers. The subsidy on P&K fertilizers is governed by the NBS scheme with effect from April 1, 2010.
“In view of the recent trends in the international prices of fertilizers & inputs i.E. Urea, DAP, MOP and sulphur, government has decided to approve the NBS rates for Rabi 2024 on P&K fertilizers,” the statement said.
The subsidy would be provided to the fertilizer companies as per approved and notified rates of N (nitrogen), P (phosphorus) and K (potash) so that fertilizers are made available to farmers at affordable prices, it added.
The Narendra Modi government at the Center has given a surprise during the special session of Parliament. It is reported quoting sources that the Union Cabinet has women reservation bill (Women’s Reservation Bill) has been approved. After the proceedings of the first day of the special session of Parliament, a meeting of the Union Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of the PM at the Parliament House Annex on Monday evening. In which the Women’s Reservation Bill was approved.
Prahlad Singh Patel tweeted- Only Modi government had the moral courage to fulfill the demand for women’s reservation.
Regarding the Women’s Reservation Bill, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel tweeted and said that it has got the approval of the Cabinet. He tweeted and wrote, only Modi government had the moral courage to fulfill the demand for women’s reservation. Which was proved with the approval of the cabinet. He congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this.
Prahlad Singh Patel tweet
Women’s Reservation Bill can be presented in Parliament on September 20
There is also news that women reservation bill It can be presented in Parliament on 20 September. Since the announcement that the Parliament session will be held from 18-22 September, there is speculation that the government may bring Women’s Reservation Bill or other important bills in this session.
Cabinet meeting lasted for more than one and a half hour
This cabinet meeting took place at a time when there is speculation that some important legislative proposals may be approved. No official information has been given about the meeting which lasted for more than one and a half hours.
These were the participants of the cabinet meeting
Union ministers including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, S Jaishankar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari and Arjun Ram Meghwal attended the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi had given a hint even before the session started
Addressing the media before the session, Prime Minister Modi had said that the Parliament session is short but in terms of time it is ‘very big’, ‘valuable’ and full of ‘historic decisions’. In her remarks on the discussion in the Lok Sabha on completion of 75 years of Parliament, she emphasized that the contribution of women MPs has been increasing in the last few years. Leaders of various political parties have demanded the introduction of a Women’s Reservation Bill, which guarantees 33 percent reservation in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
Congress demands the ruling party to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill
Congress on Tuesday demanded the ruling party to introduce the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha and get it passed unanimously. Party leader in the House, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, while participating in the discussion on the topic ’75 years of parliamentary journey starting from the Constituent Assembly – achievements, experiences, memories and learning’, said that due to the efforts of their leader Sonia Gandhi, he was once elected to the Rajya Sabha. The bill had been passed, but now the time has come that the ruling party should present the bill related to giving 33 percent reservation to women in this session and play a role in giving it a concrete shape. He also requested the opposition parties to fix a day to present their views.
Trinamool Congress also demanded passing of Women’s Reservation Bill
Trinamool Congress on Monday urged the government to introduce and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill in the new Parliament building without any delay. Party leader in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay raised this demand while participating in the discussion on the topic ’75 years of parliamentary journey starting from the Constituent Assembly – achievements, experiences, memories and lessons’. He also said that at a time when proceedings are about to begin in the new Parliament building, there should be no distinction between ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’. Trinamool Congress MP urged that the Women’s Reservation Bill should be introduced and passed in the new Parliament House. There should not be any delay in this. He alleged that nowadays bills are being passed without discussion, which is not a good thing.
