The Department of Fertilizers on 28th January 2022 has invited comments/suggestions on the Draft “Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 2022” from all stakeholders by 26th February 2022.
The views/comments on the draft bill may be communicated to this Department either through an email at usfpp-fert@nic.in or through post to the Under Secretary (Fertilizers Act), Department of Fertilizers, Room No. 222, A-wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.
Key Highlights from the bill:
- No dealer, manufacturer importer or fertiliser marketing entity shall sell or offer for sale any fertiliser at a price exceeding the maximum price.
- No person can manufacture, sell, import for sale, or market without obtaining the appropriate registration.
- No person shall import into India any spurious or misbranded or sub-standard fertiliser or any product containing fertiliser for the import of which a licence or registration is required under any Act or rules or regulations, except in accordance with the conditions of such licence or registration.
- No advertisement shall be made of any fertiliser which is misleading or deceiving or contravenes the provisions of this Act and rules and regulations made thereunder.
- The Central Government may, by way of notification in the Official Gazette, and with a view to securing equitable distribution and availability of fertilisers to the farmers in time, direct any manufacturer or importer to sell the fertilisers produced by such manufacturer or importer in such quantities and to such State or States and within such period as may be specified in the said notification.
- The Central Government may, through rules, prescribe the manner in which fertilisers may be moved from one state to another.
