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Bihar cracks down on fertiliser hoarding in Rabi season: 83 licences cancelled, 31 FIRs filed, 2,000 fertiliser bags seized in East Champaran

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar Agriculture Department filed FIRs against 31 fertiliser units, cancelled 83 licences, and seized 1,956 bags in East Champaran for hoarding and black marketing during rabi season. Principal Secretary Pankaj Kumar vows zero tolerance to protect timely supplies to farmers.
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“India to stop importing urea by end of 2025”: Here’s how the Modi govt boosted urea production & agricultural infrastructure to reduce dependency on...

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the installed domestic production capacities for urea have been increased to around 310 lakh tonne from 225 lakh tonne in 2014-15.
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ED summons Rajasthan CM’s brother Agrasain Gehlot for questioning in PMLA case linked to UPA-era fertiliser scam

OpIndia Staff -
Agrasain Gehlot has been accused of siphoning off 130 crores by diverting more than 35,000 metric tonnes of MOP between 2007 and 2009.
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RJD Rajya Sabha member AD Singh arrested by ED in a money-laundering probe linked to a fertilizer scam

OpIndia Staff -
RJD MP Amarendra Dhari Singh arrested by ED under various sections of he Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
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Rajasthan Fertiliser scam: Agrasain Gehlot, brother of Ashok Gehlot named as a part of smuggling syndicate in DRI and custom department report

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the ED had conducted raids at the premises of Agrasain Gehlot in Delhi, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Gujarat in connection to the fertiliser scam.
News Reports

ED raids premises of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s brother Agrasain Gehlot in connection with fertiliser scam

OpIndia Staff -
ED raided several premises of Ashok Gehlot's brother in connection with a fertiliser scam for selling fertiliser to middleman
Government and Policy

What the Government is doing to avoid illegal diversion of fertilizers

Ashutosh Muglikar -
A lot has been done, a lot needs to be done still.
News Reports

Citing OpIndia report, BJP attacks Congress over ‘fertilizer scam’ involving Ashok Gehlot’s brother

OpIndia Staff -
Gehlot is currently the in-charge of Gujarat Congress. The issue about stealing farmers’ subsidy could impact Congress.
News Reports

Brother of Congress leader Ashok Gehlot in eye of ‘fertilizer scam’ as Rahul sings pro-farmer tunes

OpIndia Staff -
Gehlot's brother is accused of profiteering by cheating farmers and customs dept during Congress govt in Rajasthan.

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