Short title and commencement

1. This Order may be called the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1985. 2. It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. (1) Where sample of a fertlliser has been drawn, the same shall be dispatched alongwith a memorandum in Form K and in case of Organic fertilizers and Biofertilisers in Form KI to the laboratory for analysis within a period of seven days from the date of Its drawal. (2) The laboratory shall analyse the sample and forward the analysis report in Form L and in case of Organic fertilizer and Biofertiliser in Form LI within 30 days from the date of receipt of the sample in the laboratory to the authority specified in the said memorandum. (3) The authority to whom the analysis report is sent under sub-clause (2) shall communicate the result of the analysis to the dealer/manufacturer/Importer/pool handling agency from whom the sample was drawn within 15 days from the date of receipt of the analysis report of the laboratory. 1(c) STRAIGHT POTASSIC FERTILISERS. 1. Potassium Chloride (Muriate of Potash) (i) Moisture per cent by weight, maximum 0.5 (ii) Water soluble potash content (as K20) per cent by weight, minimum 60.0 (iii) Sodium as NaCI per cent by weight (on dry basis) maximum 3.5 (iv) biuret, per cent by weight maximum 1.5 (v) Particle size - Not less than 65 cent of the material shall pass through 1.7 mm IS sieve and be retained on 0.25 mm IS sieve. 2. Potassium Sulphate (i) Moisture per cent by weight, maximum 1.5 (ii) Potash content (as K2O) per cent by weight, minimum 50.00 (iii) Total chlorides (as CI) per cent by weight, (on dry basis) maximum 2.5 (iv) Sodium as NaCI per cent by weight, (on dry basis) maximum 2.0 (v) Sulphur (as S),percent by weight ,min. 17.5. 3. Potassium Schoenite (i) Moisture per cent by weight, maximum 1.5 (ii) Potash content (as K2O) per cent by weight (on dry basis), minimum 23.00 (iii) Magnesium oxide (as MgO) per cent by weight, maximum 11.0 (iv) Sodium (as NaCI) (on dry basis) per cent by weight, maximum 1.5. 4. Potassium Chloride (Muriate of Potash) (Granular) (i) Moisture per cent by weight, maximum 0.5 (ii) Water soluble potash (as K2O) per cent by weight, minimum 60.00 (iii) Sodium (as NaCI), per cent by weight, maximum 3.5 (iv) Magnesium (as MgCI2), per cent by weight, maximum 1.0. Particle size – not less than 90 per cent of the material shall pass through 3.35 mm IS sieve and be retained on 1 mm IS sieve. Not more than 5 per cent shall be below 1 mm IS sieve.