Bye-bye conventional urea… farmers to get neem-coated urea

Neem Coating of urea – It has been made mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as neem coated urea. The imported urea is also being coated and thus 100% neem coated urea is being supplied for agricultural use. Since neem coated urea can not be used for industrial purposes, illegal diversion of subsidized urea to non-agricultural use could be curbed. Neem coated urea also has the benefit of slow release of nitrogen and hence its consumption is less compared to un-coated urea.