Parliament panel questions Centre’s handling of fertiliser PSU disinvestment, seeks review

The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers said the Department of Fertilisers accepted only 4 of its 18 recommendations.

The committee reiterated its earlier observations on 11 recommendations where the department's replies were inadequate.

The committee criticized the government's continued pursuit of fertiliser PSU disinvestment without a final decision on strategic reclassification of the sector.

The committee questioned why stake sale processes are moving ahead before completing the long-term assessment of India's fertiliser requirements that it had recommended.

Committee chairman Kirti Azad said the quality of government responses to parliamentary panels has deteriorated.