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05 Apr 2024

India To Stop Importing Urea By 2025 End: Mansukh Mandaviya

The minister highlighted that the government has revived four closed urea plants and is reviving one another factory.

fertiliser subsidy

25 Oct 2023

Another big decision of Modi government before Diwali

Modi Big Decision Farmers Subsidy: Modi government has given a big gift to the people before Diwali. A big decision has come from the Union Cabinet that subsidy to farmers will continue. In the press conference, Anurag Thakur has said that the government is dedicated to the farmers. A big announcement of subsidy on Rabi crops has also been made. Additional subsidy of Rs 4500 crore will be given.

29 Jun 2023

Govt Approves Bouquet Of Schemes For Farmers With An Outlay Of Rs 3,70,128 Cr

The bouquet of schemes focusses on economic betterment of farmers by promoting sustainable agriculture, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told mediapersons.

28 Dec 2018

Less supply of urea led to crisis in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

While the Centre and state governments are in a spat over the urea shortage facing the farmers in the ongoing Rabi season, the common perception is that it is the usual blame game of government of different parties ruling the state and Centre.

12 Nov 2017

IFFCO refutes farmer's claim of bag having less urea than what's printed on bag

Gondalia had posted the photo of the bag on a social media platform.

20 Apr 2017

Is your milk pure or adulterated – Find out

Detergent in milk can cause food poisoning and other gastrointestinal complications.

28 Oct 2015

India's urea production estimated to rise by 6% to 240 LT

India's urea production is estimated to increase by more than 6 percent to 240 lakh tonnes in this fiscal on the back of new policy initiatives, a top Fertiliser Ministry official has said.

26 Oct 2015

PM Modi to be briefed soon on making urea from coal: Piyush Goyal

A presentation will be made shortly before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on manufacture of urea from coal, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday.

14 Oct 2015

'Excessive urea use in cotton crops leads to whitefly attack'

Excessive use of urea is also "responsible" for whitefly attack on cotton crops in states of Punjab and Haryana, a top official of the country's largest fertiliser producer IFFCO said today.

14 Oct 2015

CCEA approves Rs 7K-crore loan from banks to clear urea subsidy

The loan together with government interest thereon has been repaid from budget estimate for 2015-16 within the sanctioned budget under the vote on account.

19 Aug 2015

Urea imports surge 29% to 21.43 lakh tonnes in April-July

Urea imports during the April-July period last year was 16.65 lakh tonnes, according to an official data.

26 Jun 2015

Adani Group mulls Rs 50-K crore investment in Jharkhand

Adani Group is looking to invest Rs 50,000 crore for producing urea, methane, power and substitute natural gas (SNG) in Jharkhand.

02 Jun 2015

New urea policy will help bridge demand-supply gap, says ICRA

The government's gas pooling and the new comprehensive urea policy are positives for the overall fertiliser industry and will help in bridging the demand-supply gap, rating agency ICRA said in a report.

27 May 2015

India to become self-reliant in urea in 4 years: Ananth Kumar

The country will become self-reliant in urea and fertiliser in the next four years and is aiming to become the steel hub of the world, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Ananth Kumar said.

gas price pooling

26 May 2015

Gas price pooling to urea units to be effective from July 1

Gas price pooling to make available feedstock fuel to urea making fertiliser plants at a uniform rate will come into effect from July 1, the Oil Ministry said.

13 May 2015

Centre to bring more reforms, not to raise urea prices: Kumar

Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar Wednesday said government will continue with the second generation "farmer centric" reforms in the sector to make the country self-sufficient in urea without increasing its prices.

13 May 2015

Cabinet clears new urea policy, to cut subsidy by Rs 4,800 crore

The government on Wednesday approved a new urea policy aiming to increase domestic production by 2 million tonnes and reduce its subsidy bill by over Rs 4,800 crore annually, but decided not to raise retail prices.

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.

28 Apr 2015

Govt lifts curbs on industrial urea imports

The commerce ministry Tuesday notified the decision to do away with restrictions on imports of industrial and technical grade urea, a move aimed at improving ease of doing business and checking diversion of urea.

23 Apr 2015

India to add 10 MT urea capacity; invest Rs 60K cr: Govt

India, a net importer of urea, is set to become an exporting nation in the next 5 years with an addition of 10 million tonnes (MT) in fertiliser production capacity at an estimated investment of Rs 60,000 crore, Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar said Thursday.

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