How to get Fertilizer License for Fertilizer business
Agriculture is the backbone of India and contributes towards India’s GDP much more than other industries. Lots of people are involved in the agriculture sector from production to marketing. Now-a-days a good crop production mainly depends on quality inputs like quality seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, implements etc. But unfortunately farmers could not access these quality inputs in rural India due to lack of quality suppliers at an affordable price.
There is a good scope for rural educated youth to grab modern agricultural knowledge, and can start their own business in this agri-input sector and provide quality inputs and good agri-technics for sustainable production.
Fertilizer is the 2nd most important input in the agri sector after seed. The source of fertilizer may be organic or in-organic. In India, for fertilizer, seeds and pesticides business you should have proper license to continue the sector. Sometimes due to unavailability of a proper source of information a interested person can’t get a license.
So, here we discuss how to get fertilizer license and what are its basic criteria to avail it.
What are Fertilizers?
Fertilizers are mined or manufactured commercial products which contain one or more plant nutrients in an applicable amount and in a readily usable form. Fertilizers having the advantages of easy in storage, transport and handling. Fertilizers mainly applied through soil application, foliar spray and fertigation methods.
Read: DIFFERENT TYPES OF FERTILIZERS AND THEIR USES
Basic requirements before applying for fertilizer license
Qualification to apply for fertilizer license in India
a person with possession of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or chemistry or Diploma in Agriculture Science from a recognised University or Institute or equivalent course having one of the subjects on fertilizer or agri inputs can apply directly for fertilizer license.
If a person does not have these degrees he/she can do a certain certification course organised by certain institutes / state agriculture departments to apply for the license.
You may contact the local agriculture office to know more about it.
Please follow the govt guidelines in this regard as follows;
Other requirements
A person should have space for a shop and godown area.
The space may be owned or leased.
For wholesaling much godown area is required as compared to retail business.
The person should have proper PAN, GSTN, Aadhaar, mobile number and bank account, email id before applying for license.
Now a single window online system is developed by different state govt for applying for seed, fertilizer and pesticides business. I am providing here the link for applying licenses of the Agriculture department, Govt of Odisha. Here you can directly apply for a license. e-License For Agri-inputs (click on it)
For retail business you need to apply to wholesalers for approval, for wholesale business you need to apply to Manufacturers for approval.
After online application and providing basic fees, you should contact the local agriculture office to get the license.
After due verification by the Agri department officers they may issue a license for business.
Point of sale machine for fertilizer business (POS Machine)
POS machine introduced by govt of India for proper monitoring of fertilizer sales. It is Aadhaar based operation.
After getting a fertilizer license you should apply in the agri department for availing POS machine.
You can get application form for POS machine from the department and after filling it submit it to the officers in charge.
After due verification you can get a POS ID and PIN in your phone number.
Then show the POS ID to the officer and they may issue you a POS machine to operate your fertilizer business.
Agri department officers also give you basic training to operate the POS machine smoothly.
If you possess a wholesale license, you get a separate Mfms ID for online stock monitoring and transferring of stocks to your retailers POS machine.
Maintenance of records
In your shop you should keep some basic records of your business.
You should have a ledger of retail / wholesale business data.
Fertilizer rate chart, fertilizer license copy, GSTN copy should be hung on your shop wall.
Stock position should be maintained in ledger, POS machine and godown. It should be equal.
Agriculture officers may inspect your shop from time to time.
Some Basic fertilizers marketed in India
In India farmers generally used prilled and granular fertilizers. They are available generally in 45 kg or 50 kg bags. Examples are Urea, DAP, NPK, Potassic fertilizers.
Some speciality fertilizers are also marketed like water soluble fertilizers for drip and spray application, micro-nutrients, biofertilizers etc.
Conclusion
Hope this article may guide you to have your business in the agriculture sector. You can start your business with minimum investment and also try to provide the latest agricultural information to the farming community for more and sustainable production.
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