Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
This report evaluates emission mitigation options to achieve net-zero carbon emissions through marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves for the existing plants in the fertiliser industry. MAC curves were developed for three major fertilisers produced in India, which account for 85 per cent of total fertiliser production—urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and …
Status note by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Original Application No 620 of 2022 (Kaushal Kishore Vishwakarma Vs State of Punjab & Others) dated 21/02/2024. The NGT, Principal Bench vide order, January 8, 2024 (Original Application No 620/2022) directed the CPCB to obtain the requisite information from Hindustan …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paras Nath & Others Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/09/2023. The issue raised in the application is about pollution being caused by Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Limited, Phulpur. Counsel for the Applicant has submitted that IFFCO, …
The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2022-23) present this Forty-Fourth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Fertilizer Subsidy Policy and Pricing matters including need to continue Urea Subsidy Scheme’ pertaining to the Department of Fertilizers , Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Growth of agriculture sector is the focus of the …
The Standing Committee on Chemical & Fertilizers in its report on Nano Fertilizers listed the benefits of Nano urea and wanted the govt’s fertilizer PSUs to adopt the nanotechnology-based plants for its multiple benefits to the farmers. The Committee recommended that the Ministry of Fertilizers should allocate a sizable amount …
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 21st September, 2021 has issued the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Sixth Amendment Order, 2021. The order provides the procedure, method of calculation and precautions to be followed for determination of zinc, lead, magnesium, arsenic, PH, DTPA soluble zin in fertilizers. …
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on July 1, 2021 has issued the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Fifth Amendment Order, 2021 to further amend the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985. The amendment under the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985 are as …
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on June 14, 2021 has issued the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Amendment Order, 2021 to further amend the Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985. In Clause 20 (c) (5) the words are substituted "within 31st March, 2022" and In …
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on May 31, 2021 has issued the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Third Amendment Order, 2021 to further amend the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985. The following amendment in the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985 are …
Government of India is reviving five closed fertilizer plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL) namely Talcher, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri plants of FCIL and Barauni plant of HFCL by formation of Joint Venture Companies of nominated PSUs for setting up new Urea …
Paradip: Tree cover spread around Paradip golf course area wears an emaciated look with black and burnt patches appearing on the leaves. The State Pollution Control Board is working to ascertain the exact cause of the burn marks on the leaves. Activists have charged that trees are bearing the brunt …
Paradip: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board has directed two fertiliser plants here to make their effluent management system foolproof to plug possible discharge of waste materials from gypsum mounds to the peripheral water bodies. The pollution watchdog's directives came in the wake of complaint lodged by green activists expressing …
Given the central role that agriculture plays in the rural economy of Africa, several countries have implemented supply– and demand-driven policies and programs to promote sustainable fertilizer use, with mixed results. However, not much has been said about the market structure or competitive behavior along the supply chain in the …
Power procurement cost is likely to increase by around nine paise or 2-4% per unit as Coal India Limited (CIL) has raised non-cooking coal or thermal coal prices. Starting January 9, thermal grade coal price has been revised by CIL by 9%. This hike would compensate for Rs 5,667 crore …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/05/2017 regarding ban on sales and use of furnace oil and pet-coke in Delhi NCR. EPCA report submitted before the Supreme Court states that the state governments of Uttar …
Cleaning the holy Ganges is no simple task and has been the objective of many activists, environmentalists and politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A startup competition in the city at the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) saw ideas from entrepreneurs from across the country. Around 10 startups made their …
Introduction to Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage summarises 17 CCS projects across sectors including natural gas processing, fertiliser manufacturing and hydrogen production. The report highlights that one quarter (25 percent) of the world’s CO2 emissions, or 8.5 gigatonnes, result from these, and other industrial sectors such as iron and steel, …
Indian-origin researchers in the US have shown that zinc nanoparticles can substitute nitrogen and phosphorous fertilisers to increase plant growth without causing water pollution - a serious problem with conventional fertilisers. A nanoparticle is an ultrafine object that behaves as a whole unit in terms of its properties. Fertilisers, which …
The World fertilizer trends and outlook to 2019 is the latest in a series of annual reports that result from meetings of FAO Plant Production and Protection (AGP) and Statistics (ESS) Divisions, and the Fertilizer Organization Working Group, in which nitrogen, phosphate and potassium fertilizer medium-term supply and demand is …
