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One Nation One Fertiliser / Bharat Urea/DAP/NPK
What it is
Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana, effective Oct 2022, all subsidised fertilisers are sold under a single government brand - Bharat Urea, Bharat DAP, Bharat MOP, Bharat NPK - regardless of maker
Manufacturers may use only one third of the bag for their own name and logo; the remaining two thirds carries the Bharat brand and scheme logo. It applies to public and private companies alike
Impact on industries
- The logic is sound on paper - fertilisers must meet identical Fertiliser Control Order nutrient specifications, so brand differentiation was never based on product difference
- Curbs criss-cross movement of stock across states and the black marketing that followed from it, and simplifies distribution and freight
- Strips decades of brand equity and the incentive to fund differentiated products, reducing makers closer to contract manufacturers for the government
- Reputational risk now runs the other way - a substandard batch attaches to the Bharat brand rather than to the company that produced it