Demand for 11 lakh additional vaccines

The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, met the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya in his office and discussed in detail the vaccination campaign being run in the state and the increasing demand for urea and DAP in the state. Shri Chouhan informed that under the vaccination campaign being run across the country, the government is committed to administering both doses of the vaccine to 100 percent of citizens of the state. In this sequence, the second phase of the vaccination campaign is being organized on 25 and 26 August. Under the campaign, a target has been set to vaccinate a total of 35 lakh citizens in two days. Shri Chouhan urged the Union Minister that to make the said campaign successful, the state should get an additional dose of 11 lakh vaccines by August 24 so that the campaign can be made successful. The Union Minister assured the Chief Minister that 11 lakh vaccine doses would be provided to the State Government by the Center by August 24.

The Chief Minister informed that paddy plantation work is in progress in the state, for which the demand for DAP has increased in the state. Along with this, top dressing of urea is being done in maize and paddy, due to which the demand for urea has also increased. Shri Chouhan further informed that against the demand of 12.13 lakh metric tonnes for allocation of urea by the Center till now, only 8 lakh metric tonnes have been given by the Center to the state. Similarly, the allocation of DAP has been provided only 5 lakh MT against 8.05 lakh MT. Shri Chouhan has requested that the remaining 4.13 lakh metric tonnes of urea and the remaining 3.05 lakh metric tonnes of DAP should be released by the Center soon.

Apart from this, at the suggestion of the Union Minister, the Chief Minister talked about implementing the e-rupee voucher scheme issued by the Center on the lines of a pilot project in Madhya Pradesh for fertilizers in one district. Apart from this, along with NPK and SSP fertilizers, he also talked about promoting nano urea in the agriculture sector. Along with this, the Chief Minister said that his ministers, MPs, MLAs, and progressive farmers would use it in their respective fields and would encourage the farmers to follow it.
MB Bureau