National Fertilizer Board Act.
An Act to provide for the establishment of the National Fertilizer Board as a body corporate and defines its functions. The Board shall, among other things: (a) undertake the bulk purchase of fertilizer, for distribution to State Governments at such subsidised prices as may be determined, from time to time, by the Federal Government; (b) transport such fertilizer to central warehouses in the States as may be mutually agreed to between the Board and the State Governments concerned; (c) with the approval of the President, fix, from time to time, the retail price at which fertilizer is to be sold by State Governments to farmers or other consumers. Fertilizer" in this Act includes pesticides and insecticides."