The union budget for the current year had allocated Rs.72968.56 crore for fertiliser subsidy out of which Rs 38200 crore was earmarked for domestic urea.
The question arises as to how much budget has been allocated for research on finding a substitute for urea as a fertiliser for the crops in India.
Nitrogen fixation is what is being attempted through urea application. That should be tried and achieved with an alternative product or process by a relentless team of scientists in India over a period of time.
It is worth the trouble looking to the huge sums of money being spent as subsidy every year.
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