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FERTILISER SUBSIDIES NEWS
Amid monsoon bounty for farmers, lower urea stocks play spoilsport
August 21, 2025 5:56 am
While shortages of DAP — a fertiliser with 46% P that is essential for root development and early plant establishment — have been reported in the past couple of years, the current season has seen farmers scrambling even for urea.
Express view on fertilizer subsidies: Let the market decide
January 03, 2025 11:01 pm
The rupee's weakening is a wake-up call for the government. An overvalued rupee made it easier for the government to keep prices of imported fertilisers and fuel artificially low for farmers/consumers and for firms to borrow cheaply in dollars without protecting against exchange risk
UP agri minister flags ‘less than 25% of fertiliser allotment in October’
October 20, 2024 3:36 am
Seeks Chouhan’s intervention, he says feedback coming from states are true
Centre nods to nutrient based subsidy rates on 2 fertilisers
March 01, 2024 3:54 am
A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of the Union Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Cabinet also approved inclusion of three new fertiliser grades under the NBS scheme.
Express view: The cost of subsidies
December 10, 2023 11:27 pm
Centre, states can’t ignore fiscal costs of transfer payments. They come at expense of spending on public services which yield results over the medium and long term
First urea, now DAP: High use of subsidised fertilisers raises crop yield fears
December 12, 2022 6:51 am
Data from the Department of Fertilisers shows a 3.7 per cent increase in the sale of urea during April-October 2022 over the corresponding seven months of the previous year. Even higher, at 16.9 per cent, has been the growth in DAP sales.
Fertiliser subsidy bill to cross Rs 2 lakh crore this year: PM Modi
May 29, 2022 2:15 am
During the event, PM Modi also promised to set up eight new Nano Urea liquid plants that will help reduce India's dependence on imported fertilisers.
Fertiliser stocks dip as global prices surge, farmers are hit hard
October 17, 2021 7:30 am
DAP and MOP stocks now down to less than half of last year.
Govt hikes subsidies for DAP, other non-urea fertilisers; entails Rs 14,775 cr additional outgo
June 16, 2021 9:37 pm
Briefing the media, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved increasing the subsidy amount for DAP fertilizer for the benefits of farmers.
Farm reform: From company to kisan
August 29, 2019 8:22 am
The Modi government is readying a plan to pay fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers through e-wallets.
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