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 …
Cabinet Split On Fertilizer Price Fears In a first step towards reining in a spiralling fertilizer subsidy bill that crossed Rs 100,000 crore in 2008-09, the cabinet bit the bullet on Thursday and decided to de-control prices of all fertilizers other than urea while fixing subsidy on these based on …
In a bold move that will not just prune the humongous fertiliser subsidy bill but also change the face of agriculture, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, aided by several Cabinet colleagues, on Thursday brought in a nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime. This will incentivise companies to innovate beyond a handful of products …
Barely a week before the Union Budget for 2010-11, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today raised urea prices 10 per cent. It also allowed the industry to fix retail prices of other subsidised fertilisers, while limiting the government
Cabinet To Discuss Proposal To Rein In Subsidies; Alagiri Opposed Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN New Delhi: Will the government bite the fertiliser subsidy bullet? The Union Cabinet on Thursday is to take up the proposal for freeing prices of nonurea fertilisers as a first step towards reining in the spiralling …
REVISED estimates of fertiliser subsidy for 2009-10 are likely to be around Rs 70,000 crore, almost same as in 2008-09, excluding special bonds worth Rs 20,000 crore. The Centre allocated around Rs 49,980 crore this fiscal against a subsidy bill of Rs 1.17 lakh crore in 2008-09. This was also …
Fertiliser minister M K Alagiri, who is a senior leader of Congress ally DMK that opposes the oil price hike, has put on hold a 10-per cent raise in urea prices as well as price decontrol of potassic and phosphoric fertilisers despite a message from the Prime Minister
The government is planning to set up a Rs 1,000-crore Fertiliser Development Fund to provide loss making Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) a new lease of life. The fund will facilitate infusion of resources into FCIL
India's carbon intensity from energy use is set to decline until at least 2031 according to these preliminary findings of forthcoming World Bank study. Examines five sectors of Indian economy that accounted for three-quarters of CO
This Report of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-Seventh Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers (2008-09) on
Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 10, 2009, 0:23 IST The proposed policy of direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy to farmers is misconceived and inappropriate, according to a study by scholars of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The study has discounted several common notions about fertiliser subsidy, including one …
Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the medical fraternity raised concern over the discovery of high levels of nitrate contamination of drinking water based on a Greenpeace study. The study,
THE agriculture ministry plans to allow private players to import and supply urea, as it looks to bring down the fertiliser subsidy bill that has touched Rs 1,00,000 crore in 2008-09. The ministry
The demand for biofuels has recently increased because of rising prices of fossil fuels and diversification of energy resources. As a result, the demand for sugarcane and corn has been increasing, not only for food production, but also as sources of energy. In this context, securing supplies of phosphorus, required …
Eyes 90-year, revenue-sharing contract for eight fertiliser units. The government may lease six sick units on a public private partnership (PPP) basis instead of disposing of these units through an outright sale. The department of fertiliser plans to invite bids for the revival of these plants in November and is …
IT IS well recognised that the most optimum use of gas, a rich resource of hydrocarbons, is in petrochemical and fertiliser industry. This is primarily because these sectors not only harness the energy component associated with gas, but also utilise the
