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Natural gas imports rise despite price surgeIndia's natural gas imports are increasing despite higher prices this fiscal year. Demand is boosted by subsidized fertilizer and growing C...- India’s farm policy needs a reset amid concerns over ethanol push, subsidies: Agri expert Devinder SharmaSharma warns that ethanol-led changes in cropping patterns may create an environmental problem over the longer term.
- Nitrate contamination in groundwater across 502 districts in 26 states, UTs : Govt tells Lok SabhaGroundwater in 502 districts across India exceeds safe nitrate levels. The Central Ground Water Board detected these high concentrations in...
- Designer subsidies must be the fashionThe Comptroller and Auditor General of India has issued a cautionary note regarding the surging state subsidies that are beginning to weigh...
- India’s fertiliser subsidy model is broken; direct income support is the only way forward: Ashok GulatiIndia’s fertiliser subsidy regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...
- Fertilisers not easily available in international market, pushes for organic farming: Union Minister Shivraj Singh ChouhanUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan highlighted global fertilizer procurement difficulties. He urged states and farmers to emb...
- Govt's ammonia rule to hurt pharma cos as directive restricts sale of surplus to fertiliser firmsIndia’s pharmaceutical industry faces a potential raw material crunch after the government restricted surplus ammonia supply to fertiliser ...
- Fertiliser industry may soon see an end to inspector rajThe Indian government is planning significant reforms for the fertiliser sector. These changes aim to simplify approval processes, reduce p...
- Outdated fertiliser rules favour imports over domestic production: IndustryIndustry bodies are criticizing India's outdated fertilizer regulations, claiming they favor Chinese imports over domestic manufacturers, h...
- PM Narendra Modi launches single brand 'Bharat' for subsidised fertilisersThe Indian government has started Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana - One Nation One Fertiliser - under which it is mandatory...
- PM to launch urea bags under 'Bharat' brand, release 12th tranche of PM-KISAN funds on Oct 17Under the PM-KISAN, launched in February 2019, eligible farmers are provided a benefit of Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments of R...
- Fertiliser Min seeks add'l Rs 23,000 cr to clear Jan-Mar subsidy billTill December, a subsidy payment of Rs 23,283 crore was due towards fertiliser companies and the ministry was left with about Rs 13,056 cro...
- Cabinet approves continuation of Urea subsidy via DBTThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal of Department of Fertilisers to continue urea subsidy scheme from 2017 up t...
- Fertiliser Ministry moves Cabinet note on urea policyIn the proposed new urea policy, the source said, the ministry is considering measures for boosting urea production by making plants more e...
- Economic Survey 2014: Government, farmers waste funds about Rs 8,500 crore on ureaFor every tonne of urea farmers pay maximum fixed price of Rs 5,360 per tonne, whereas government pays about Rs 11,760 per tonne as subsidy.
- Nilekani to head task force on subsidies for kerosene, LPGThe government today constituted an inter-ministerial task force under UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani for evolving mechanisms to provide di...
- Decontrol sugar, fertiliser sectors: Economic SurveyThe Survey for 2008-09 recommended changing the subsidy policy by giving government assistance directly to consumers, instead of producers.
- Nutrient-based pricing no answer to fertiliser woesThe government has taken some steps since May to make the fertiliser subsidy, a huge burden on the fisc, more useful for the intended benef...
- Fertiliser pricing needs rationalisationA regime of uniform pricing of all fertilisers will probably ensure that the farmer buys the fertiliser/s which his crop actually needs rat...
- Open eyes to market realitiesThe subsidy regime for power and fertiliser sectors cannot continue for long, especially at a time when related input industries have been ...
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