Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) (Fifth) Amendment Order, 2024

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) on December 13, 2024, issued the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) (Fifth) Amendment Order, 2024, to further amend the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985.

The following has been amended namely: -

• Clause 28B which states “Powers of Inspectors” has been substituted namely: -

“Sample drawn by the Inspector - 

(1) Out of the three samples collected by the Fertiliser Inspectors, one sample shall be given to the dealer or importer or manufacturer or pool handling agency or marketer, as the case may be and the second sample shall be sent to the in-charge of the laboratory notified under item (b) of sub- clause (1) of clause 29 and the third sample shall be kept in the custody of designated authority.

(2) In case the sample shall be drawn by the Fertiliser Inspector of the Central Government or by the State Fertiliser Inspector during joint inspection, out of three samples, one sample shall be given to the dealer or importer or manufacturer or pool handling agency or marketer, as the case may be, and the second sample shall be sent for analysis through the Central Coding Centre to any of the Regional Fertiliser Quality Control Laboratory at Chennai, Mumbai or Kalyani and the third sample shall be kept in the custody of the In-charge of such Central Coding Centre.”

• Clause 30 which states “Time Limit for Analysis and Communication of Result” the following has been inserted namely: -

“(4) The designated officer or the Central Coding Centre incharge, as the case may be, shall send the sample for analysis at National Test House coding centre Ghaziabad, within a period of three working days from the date when the concerned manufacturer, dealer, importer, pool handling agency or marketer applied for referee analysis. 

(5) The referee laboratory shall analyse the sample within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of sample in the laboratory and also communicate the results. 

(6) The Coding officer of Central Government or designated officer shall within three working days shall send the sample to Central Fertiliser Quality Control and Training Institute, Faridabad for third analysis.”

This shall come into force on December 13, 2024.

[Notification No. 5384(E)]