So much for fertilizer decontrol Posted on July 5, 2011 by Uttam Gupta So-much-for-fertilizer-decontrol Tags: 'on August 28 1998 producers given freedom to fix MRP but circular withdrawn on Sept 23 1998, 'from April 2010 producers free to raise MRP', 'history repeats', price controls resurrected, 'till subsidy routed thru manufacturers/ controls unavoidable', 'direct subsidy to farmers still quite a distance away', 'DoF circular dt May 5 2011', 'limit increase in MRP of DAP to Rs 600/- per ton', 'those of complex fertilizers on 'proportionate' basis', 'all thru since decontrol of P&K fertilizers in 1992 govt controlled MRP'