Order on provisional fertilizer Potassium Magnesium Sulphate, dated the 15th February 2013

[PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii)] Government of India Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) Order New Delhi, the 15 th February,2013 S.O. (E). — In pursuance of clause 20 of the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985, the Central Government hereby fixes the specifications of Potassium Magnesium Sulphate (30:10:17) to be imported into India for a period of two years from the date of publication of this notification, in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of sale of the same in India, for use in agriculture, namely: Potassim Magnesium Sulphate (30 :10:1 7) Specifications: (i) Moisture percent by weight, maximum 0.5 (ii) Magnesium (as MgO) per cent. by weight, minimum 10.0 (iii; Water soluble Potash (as K2O) per cent. by weight, minimum 30.0 (iv: Total Sulphur(as S) per cent. by weight, minimum 17.0 (v) Total Chlorides(as Cl) per cent. by weight (on dry basis), maximum 2.5 Particle size not less than 90 per cent. of the material shall pass through 4mm IS sieve and be retained on 1 mm IS sieve. Not more than 5 per cent. shall be below lmm IS sieve". [F.No.2-212012.Fert.Law] (Narendra Bhooshan) Joint Secretary to the Government of India To The Manager, Government of India Press, Mayapuri, New Delhi.