New Delhi, July 28 -- A parliamentary committee has pulled up the Centre for failing to adequately respond to its recommendations on fertiliser PSU disinvestment, saying the government has not answered key concerns over food security, modernisation of ageing fertiliser plants and the future of state-owned fertiliser companies.

The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers, in its action taken report tabled in Parliament on Monday, said the Department of Fertilisers had satisfactorily accepted only four of its 18 recommendations, while its replies on 11 recommendations were found inadequate, prompting the panel to reiterate its earlier observations.

Committee chairman and TMC leader Kirti Azad said the quality of government respons...