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01 Feb 2024

Budget 2024: Modi Govt's Past Budgets And 3 'Fs', What's The Link?

In previous budgets, the Modi government has emphasized subsidies for food, fuel, and fertilizers. Various schemes provided subsidies to farmers, the poor, women, and other demographics

19 May 2021

Good news for farmers! Subsidy on DAP fertilizer increased by 140%

The Centre on Wednesday hiked the subsidy on DAP fertiliser by 140%. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. DAP will be selling it at the older price of Rs 1,200 per bag.

DV Sadananda Gowda

13 Sep 2020

India will be self-reliant in production of fertilizers by 2023: Gowda

Gowda was addressing a webinar on “Self-Reliant India and Sustainable Agriculture” organized by IFFCO for the farmers of Karnataka. He said, “As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat vision to promote indigenous industries, we are converting all fertilizer companies to gas based technology. Recently we have revived four urea plants (Ramagundam, Sindhri, Barouni and Gorkhpur) in India. By 2023 we should become self –sufficient in the production of Fertilizers." Union Minister informed that the Government is encouraging the production of organic and Nano fertilizers in the country as they are 25 to 30 per cent cheaper and give 18 to 35 per cent higher yield and keep the soil in good health. He lauded the IFFCO’s Nano experiment and called it a game-changer and praised the efforts of IFFCO during the COVID-19 pandemic period for not only keeping a regular supply of fertilizers but also organising campaigns by distributing masks, sanitizers and hand gloves to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.

13 Jul 2020

French baker uses female urine from public toilets to make 'Goldilocks bread'

Raguet said she dilutes the urine at least 20 times before using it to fertilize the bread. And she has a reason for that, which actually makes some sense, from a scientific viewpoint.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

31 Jul 2019

Cabinet approves nutrient based subsidy rates for P&K Fertilizers for FY20

The approved rates for NBS effective from the date of notification will be Rs 18.90 per kg for Nitrogen, Rs 15.21 per kg for Phosphorus, Rs 11.12 per kg for Potash and Rs 3.56 per kg for Sulphur.

30 Sep 2016

Gas price for industrial use cut by 18%

Price of natural gas, used for generating power, making fertiliser and supplying CNG, was on Friday cut by 18 percent to USD 2.5 per million British thermal unit, fourth reduction in 18 months.

10 Aug 2016

Tata Chemicals sells urea business to Yara Fertilisers for Rs 2,670 crore

Tata group firm Tata Chemicals Wednesday announced sale of its urea business to Norway's Yara Fertilisers for Rs 2,670 crore.

31 Jan 2016

Gwalior: Wasted flowers in temples can be used as fertilizers!

26 Jan 2016

Sambhal: Man asks fellow farmers to take up organic farming

India urea import

14 Dec 2015

Urea imports surge 16% to 56.56 lakh tonnes in April-November

India's urea imports increased by 16.47 percent to 56.56 lakh tonnes in the first eight months of the current financial year.

07 Nov 2015

India must emerge as higher education destination: Pranab Mukherjee

The President urged those present to segregate the initiatives which do not require any funds and are within the control of the institutions themselves from the ones which need additional funding.

Fertiliser Ministry

03 May 2015

Fertiliser Ministry moves Cabinet note on urea policy

The Fertiliser Ministry has moved a Cabinet note on formulating a new urea policy that aims at higher domestic production of the soil nutrient and balanced use of fertilisers.

24 Apr 2015

India plans to set up urea plant in Iran: Govt

Government plans to set up a urea plant in Iran to ensure long term availability of the fertilizer here, Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar said on Friday.

03 Dec 2014

Fert Min for continuation of subsidy to closed urea plants

To maintain domestic production of urea in the country, Fertilizer Ministry will soon move a Cabinet note for continuation of subsidy to three closed naptha-based urea plants, including that of a UB Group firm.

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