From portal to patwari, Betul’s farmers scramble for fertilisers
On a morning in June 2026, the open ground outside the Chirayu Women Crop Producer Company in Bhoura, Madhya Pradesh, was filled with tractors and pickups. Farmers had come to this village in the Betul district all the way from Harda and Pandhurna, more than 100 kilometres away. Why?
Because Chirayu was one of the few locations near these districts that still had stocks of urea and Diammonium Phosphate (DAP)—fertilisers necessary for the upcoming cropping season. In April 2026, the state government launched the e-Vikas Portal to digitise the distribution of subsidised agricultural inputs, in…
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- Stock market, Farmers & agriculture, Government schemes
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- Madhya Pradesh
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- India Development Review
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- jasmine bal
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- Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 11:30 am IST
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