Sale of fertiliser to foreign countries has been banned as India does not have sufficient raw materials for its manufacture and has been importing it in large quantities, L Tochhong, Principal Secretary of Agriculture, said.
The Essential Commodities Act 1955 and Fertiliser Control Order 1985 would be invoked to punish the accused who were arrested for transporting six truck-loads of fertiliser to Mizoram from Assam evading taxes on January 1, she said.
Meanwhile, Assam's Nampur-based Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Ltd (BVFC) has failed to deliver the state's annual requirement of fertilisers for the cultivation of rabi and kharif crops.