evidence: - Department of Fertilisers: The main objective of the Department of Fertilizers is to ensure adequate and timely availability of fertilizers at affordable prices for maximizing agricultural production in the country. [...] The benefits of use of NCU are as under:- - Improvement in soil health - Reduction in usage of plant protection chemicals - Reduction in pest and disease attack - An increase in yield of paddy, sugarcane, maize, soybean, Tur/Red Gram - Negligible diversion towards non-agricultural purposes. - Due to slow release of Nitrogen, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) of Neem Coated Urea increases resulting in reduced consumption of NCU as compared to normal urea - Objectives of the policy are- - To maximize indigenous urea production.