Chandigarh, June 15 -- Punjab director agriculture GS Brar on Sunday said the state has adequate stocks of fertilisers to meet the demand for the ongoing kharif season, urging farmers not to resort to panic buying.

Brar said that against the total requirement of 15 lakh tonnes of urea between April and September, 10.86 lakh tonnes is already available with the state.

"Last year, urea sales between April and June stood at 6.61 lakh tonnes, while the available stock was 4.48 lakh tonnes. This season, the total availability of urea has reached 10.86 lakh tonnes, of which 6.56 lakh tonnes have been sold, leaving a balance of 4.3 lakh tonnes by mid-June," he said.

The union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers also said on Sunday that ther...