The Indian market was under pressure on Thursday, particularly at the index level. Rising crude-oil prices are an obvious concern, but dome...

After a lull, things are again heating up in the US-Iran war. From sanctions, which drew the ire of China, to missiles, which are again fly...

We normally don’t dwell on F&Os in this space. However, it is good to know that, in the current circumstances, an upmove in the indices and...

For the chemicals sector, it all depends on a transformation that is still unfolding and will take years to play out. Backward-integration ...

India's fertilizer production and imports have fallen sharply in the June quarter. This decline is due to inflated raw material prices caus...

China is intensifying customs inspections on fertilizer exports, particularly ammonium sulphate, to prevent circumvention of new restrictio...

A steep fall in gas prices in sync with crude oil will reduce the urea subsidy bill of the government by a fourth, or over Rs 12,000 crore,...

The next budget needs to have several policy measures to give a stimulus to the agricultural sector such as on irrigation, crop insurance a...

India, which consumes around 32 million tonnes of urea a year, produces some 25 million tonnes and imports the balance, say experts.

The New Pricing Scheme for urea units, seeks to promote usage of natural gas for production of urea as it is efficient & cheaper feedstock.

"In all other cases, the marketing margin should be decided by buyer and seller mutually," he said in a written reply to a question in the ...

Presently, marketing margins charged by producers and sellers of gas range from 11 cents to 20 cents per million British thermal units (mmB...

Manufacturers of complex fertilisers fear severe pressure on profit margins as sales plunge to a 3-yr low because of farmers shifting towar...

Apart from Pawar, the GoM will include Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Fertiliser Minister M K Alagiri and Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily.

The FY12 budget had estimated fertiliser subsidy at Rs 40,000 crore, which in reality is likely to top Rs 90,000 crore by the yearend.

Amendments to the urea investment policy are likely to be delayed, as the department of fertilisers has formally opposed the move to raise ...

The government’s decision to do away with the current differential gas pricing in the Indian market by doubling the price of gas under the ...