April 28, 2022 3:02 am
The Cabinet approved the subsidy, worth Rs 60,939.23 crore, including support for indigenous fertilisers through freight subsidy and additional support for indigenous manufacturing and imports of Di-ammunium phosphate (DAP).
January 17, 2022 5:40 pm
The increased spending comes ahead of crucial local polls and amid efforts by the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party to win over farmers after facing massive protests against new laws that have since been scrapped.
May 19, 2021 3:48 am
Companies have been requested “to keep the reasonableness of their profits and not increase the prices”, Aparna S Sharma, joint secretary in the department of fertilisers, has said in a communication to the industry.
September 16, 2019 9:37 am
Government could give fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers and let them decide if they want to practise zero budget natural farming or use chemical-fertilisers.
December 02, 2015 1:18 am
The current fiscal started with a backlog of Rs 40,000 crore as arrears from previous years.
August 06, 2015 6:15 am
The proposed revival of closed urea plants in the eastern region makes little economic sense.
June 11, 2015 6:18 am
India’s largest nutrient maker tells The Indian Express how 11 crore farmers can directly receive subsidy now going to the industry.
March 01, 2015 2:26 am
Reduced subsidy provision on account of fall in crude prices.
December 11, 2014 9:39 am
Administered prices and subsidy policies have landed the fertiliser industry in trouble. It is time to decontrol and unshackle.
November 12, 2013 12:47 am
As against the budgeted fertiliser subsidy of Rs 65,791 crore for FY14