Article referred to road blockage is one of the reasons for shortage. It never realised how many fertilizer companies are in rajastan, delhi the nerve centers of gujjar agitation. The author talks of 1.1 ton shortage for a big state like karnataka. It lacks any authentic info except it has some finicky header to attract readers.
Fertilizer and pesticide shortage is a regular feature in indian agriculture in every state for last 15 yrs thanks to lazy agri departments and state govts in collusion with MNCs that india has become testing ground for seed varieties.
