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 …
While the UPA government boasts of the Right to Information Act as among its major achievements, its own bureaucracy is clearly not impressed. Take the case of fertiliser secretary J.S Sarma who has warned the fertiliser industry and fertiliser associations against speaking to the media The secretary has apparently even …
C H Prashanth Reddy / Hyderabad June 19 The current fertiliser scarcity in the country and the mounting subsidy bill, which is expected to reach Rs 95,000 crore this year, can be partly solved by checking "injudicious usage" of the agricultural input and reducing imports by 20 per cent, feel …
The government today reduced prices of complex fertilisers by up to Rs 2,296 per tonne to encourage farmers to use them instead of regular urea and DAP so that soil fertility is maintained. The Union Cabinet had taken a decision in this regard on June 12. Complex fertilisers would now …
P. Sainath The fertilizer shortage might even be overcome just now. But the crisis won't go away. It and many more to come are built into both, what's going on in world capitalism
Meena Menon MUMBAI: Farmers' agitation against shortage of fertilizers in Maharashtra resulted in traffic blockade on the Nagpur-Hyderabad highway on Saturday morning. The angry farmers, led by the Shiv Sena's Ramtek MP Prakash Jadhav, agitated for over an hour and burnt tyres. The State is admittedly facing a 60 per …
Farmers To Gain As Complex Fertilisers Get Cheaper, More Accessible THE government on Thursday cleared a new fertiliser pricing policy that will make some varieties cheaper and help farmers, but the industry said it was only a tentative first step toward price decontrol. "The prices of complex fertilisers will come …
In a bid to encourage the fertiliser industry to increase its production volumes, the government today extended the system of actual freight reimbursement to all types of fertilisers. Currently, only urea enjoys this concession. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which met here today, also approved a uniform nutrient …
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday announced a new nutrient-based pricing policy for all subsidised fertilizers that would lead to lowering of prices of some varieties. It also approved a uniform freight subsidy for all fertilizers to ensure its adequate availability across the nation at a uniform price. It will …
WASHINGTON/WINNIPEG: It powered the Green Revolution and helped save millions from starvation, but now one of the most important tools on the farm is being priced out of reach for many of the world's growers. With food prices soaring and stocks thinning, the world is in need of bumper harvests …
Karnataka Bureau Yeddyurappa says genuine farmers were not involved in the protests HAVERI/BANGALORE: One person was killed and 13 were injured in police firing and lathi-charge that followed protests by farmers in Haveri district on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Haveri P.S. Vastrad gave the name of the deceased as Siddalingappa …
There is good news for the crisis-ridden fertiliser industry. The Centre would support the revival of closed units of Fertiliser Corporation of India (FCI) and Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation (HFC). The inter-ministerial group has recommended 51% equity control by the PSUs in the revival of the units, with budgetary support from …
The discharge of municipal sewage, industrial effluents and biomedical waste into the Mahanadi has raised concerns about environmental sustainability and also posed a serious threat to the health of people living on the banks. This article critically examines the river pollution caused by the spiralling urbanisation and industrialisation along with …
The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated during last July's G-8 Summit in St Petersburg that he wanted to force the pace of Indo-Russian cooperation. The PM remarked that, "The economic pillar of our strategic relationship needs attention, as at present it is not as strong as it should be.' …
If you thought the Rs 60,000-crore farm loan waiver is the only spending that will dent Finance Minister P Chidambaram's fiscal prudence, think again. The Union Fertiliser Ministry has demanded an extra Rs 60,000 crore for fertilizer subsidy and unlike the loan waiver that's spread over three years, the subsidy …
The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has hailed the announcement of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to increase the support price of wheat from Rs510 per 40 kg to Rs625, but expressed concern over the inordinate increase in prices of fertiliser, diesel and seed. It urged the government to release water …
Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (NFCL) has completely exited from the inter-State mega power project under construction in Udupi, Karnataka, selling its 26 per cent stake to the Lanco group. NFCL officials, when contacted, confirmed the exit. The officials said, "There was no premium involved in the divestment as the …
We are into a period of global food shortage and rise in food prices which were not anticipated even a few years ago. A steeply rising food import bill in the medium term could well be on the cards. This is likely to put a severe strain on the Indian …
A group of ministers (GoM) headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has formed a committee to look into issues involved in the formulation of a new policy to attract investments into the fertiliser sector. The new panel, comprising secretaries of expenditure, fertilisers and agriculture & cooperation, will be headed by …
about 50 heads of livestock, mostly cattle, died in the last week of January after drinking water from a stream in the Ghaggar Union Council of Bin Qasim township on the outskirts of Karachi in Pakistan. Effluents from the nearby army-owned Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited has polluted the water. …
