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IMPHAL, June 20: Transportation of fertilizers along the Imphal-Dimapur NH-2 have stopped due to the large scale extortion by the NSCN-IM.
This was stated by Agriculture Minister Md Abdul Nasir replying to a question raised by MLA Kh Joykisan Singh during the question and answer session taken up by the House as the first business of the ongoing session today.
MLA Kh Joykisan asked about the actual cost price of urea fertiliser per bag which were brought to Imphal from BVCL factory, Namrup; the amount of subsidy per bag provided by the state government so as to make the urea fertilisers available to the farmers at the subsidised rate of Rs. 278.80 per bag; quantity of urea fertilisers that were approved by the state government for procurement during 2012-13 and the actual quantity procured in the last year and whether the Agriculture Minister could state the name of the transporter appointed for lifting urea from Silchar to Imphal in the year 2012-13.
Replying to the question from the opposition MLA, Agriculture Minister Md Abdul Nasir said that during 2012-13, the actual cost of urea fertiliser at Imphal was Rs 479 per bag including all charges without LST which were brought to Imphal from BVFCL, Namrup via Silchar.
The subsidy given by the state government was Rs 213.50 per bag, he added. Quantity of urea fertiliser for buffer stock approved by the state government during 2012-13 was 10, 000 (ten thousand) MT and it was actually procured, the Minister said in his reply.
The transporter appointed by the state government was M/S Rangnamei Traders for lifting urea fertiliser (buffer stock) from Silchar to Imphal during the year 2012-13, the Minister added.
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