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India plans urea import deal with Iran using rupee payments: Report

India plans to pay in rupees for its first long-term urea import deal with Iran to hedge itself from global supply disruptions, higher prices and forex volatilities

At current prices, FY23 fertiliser subsidy sufficient for 6-7 mths: Experts

However, the govt may have to infuse more fertiliser subsidy if global gas prices rise.

Ensure adequate availability of urea in Bihar: Lok Sabha MP to Mandaviya

Former Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha member Ram Kripal Yadav on Friday sought intervention of Chemical and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for ensuring adequate availability of urea in Bihar, saying farmers are facing problems due to the shortages. In a communication to the fertilisers minister, Yadav said that farmers in his parliamentary constituency Pataliputra are facing the problem of inadequate availability of urea. "I request the minister for adequate supply of urea to the state as per their demands," he said. The shortage is not there only in Pataliputra, but at all places in the state, he added. Domestic fertiliser production reached 28.5 million tonnes during the April-December period of 2021-22. Out of the total fertiliser production, urea output was at 18.7 million tonnes, Di Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) at 3 million tonnes and complex fertilisers at 6.8 million tonnes. The government is making available fertilisers, namely urea and different grades of P&K ...

Modi govt planning surge in fertiliser plants for second green revolution

The spectacular success of attaining self-reliance in food grain production and nutrition in the country has been achieved through a combination of factors

Rajasthan CM Gehlot writes to PM regarding 'inadequate' supply of urea

Gehlot has requested the prime minister to provide farmers adequate fertilizer

Led by urea, fertiliser subsidies to soar 62% this fiscal: Report

The Centre's fertiliser subsidy bill is set to soar by 62% over the budgeted amount to Rs 1.3 trillion this fiscal due to the massive rise in raw material prices despite lower demand, says a report

Govt approves subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification

Cabinet approved an exclusive subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification by Talcher Fertilizers Limited.

Falling gas prices offer a breather to a subsidy-ridden fertiliser sector

Estimates say a 25.1% fall in natural gas prices, which makes up 50-80% of raw material cost in urea, could lead to a 12% in manufacturing cost; 28 of 31 urea plants in India are gas-based

UP: Mayawati expresses concern over shortage, black marketing of urea

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday expressed concern over the shortage and black marketing of urea in Uttar Pradesh and urged the government to look into the matter

UP to invoke NSA on urea black marketers, law agencies conduct 7,500 raids

In kharif season 2020, UP has urea inventory of 2.73 million tonnes

Sadananda Gowda assures Telangana of adequate urea supply for Kharif season

Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday assured Telangana of adequate availability of urea for the ongoing Kharif (summer sowing) season.

Electronics to urea: China is everywhere in India's consumer industries

Import of mobile phone components during April-February FY20, according to government figures, hit $7.5 billion - of which 25 per cent was from the land of the dragon.

Reversing degradation of land

The government's approach towards fertilisers and soil health seems rather paradoxical

How to end urea import? Nitin Gadkari wants nation's urine to be stored

Some years ago, Gadkari had created a flutter by saying that he stored his own urine and used it as fertiliser for the garden at his official bungalow in Delhi

Big bonanza for UP farmers as Adityanath govt cuts urea prices by 10%

State exchequer to take a hit of Rs 1,000 crore in VAT kitty

Urea paucity worry may return to north India; 1 mn tonne stuck in ports

The government claims there is no problem for transporting fertilisers

Blame game over shortage of urea in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Urea is sold at the government fixed price of Rs 5,360 per tonnes. It is the most commonly used fertiliser because it is highly subsidised

Urea self-sufficiency by FY21: Govt

The central government, with cash-rich coal, power and oil public sector units, will jointly invest around Rs 50,000 crore to revive closed fertiliser plants and set up new gas pipelines. All of which would make India self-sufficient in urea by 2020-21. Production was 24.5 mt in 2016-17.Briefing reporters after a mid-course assessment on revival of closed fertiliser plants, Union minister Ananth Kumar said as and when all five closed units start full-fledged operation, annual domestic urea production would rise to 7.3 million tonnes, thereby meeting the demand of 31-32 mt.Beside investing in rebuilding the shut urea plants at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Sindri in Jharkhand, Talcher in Odisha and Barauni in Bihar, about Rs 13,000 crore is being invested in laying a gas pipeline to connect the eastern region with the rest of the country.Another Rs 6,000-8,000 crore is being invested in setting up a terminal to import liquefied natural gas at Dhamra in Odisha, taking the total ...

After arhar, government plans to expand area under new moong variant

The moong variety has cleared all the field trials and has been circulated among farmers, gives an average yield of 10-12 quintals per hectare

Controls reason for thriving black market in urea

Good quantities of both domestic and imported urea find their way into neighbouring countries