Union Minister orders states to curb fake fertilizers, black marketing, and forced tagging to protect farmers and stabilize agriculture.

• States are directed to enforce the Fertilizer Control Order 1985, ensuring the timely supply of quality fertilizers to farmers.
• Focus on monitoring production, preventing black marketing, and curbing the sale of substandard or counterfeit fertilizers nationwide.
• Forced tagging of nano and bio-stimulant products with conventional fertilizers must stop immediately, per the Ministry directive.