The 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 regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan highlighted global fertilizer procurement difficulties. He urged states and farmers to emb...

India’s pharmaceutical industry faces a potential raw material crunch after the government restricted surplus ammonia supply to fertiliser ...

The Indian government is planning significant reforms for the fertiliser sector. These changes aim to simplify approval processes, reduce p...

Industry bodies are criticizing India's outdated fertilizer regulations, claiming they favor Chinese imports over domestic manufacturers, h...

The Indian government has started Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana - One Nation One Fertiliser - under which it is mandatory...

Under 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...

Till 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...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal of Department of Fertilisers to continue urea subsidy scheme from 2017 up t...

In the proposed new urea policy, the source said, the ministry is considering measures for boosting urea production by making plants more e...

For 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.

The government today constituted an inter-ministerial task force under UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani for evolving mechanisms to provide di...

The Survey for 2008-09 recommended changing the subsidy policy by giving government assistance directly to consumers, instead of producers.

The government has taken some steps since May to make the fertiliser subsidy, a huge burden on the fisc, more useful for the intended benef...

A regime of uniform pricing of all fertilisers will probably ensure that the farmer buys the fertiliser/s which his crop actually needs rat...

The subsidy regime for power and fertiliser sectors cannot continue for long, especially at a time when related input industries have been ...