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 …
Global fertiliser supply is expected to outstrip demand by 2011-12 and will support higher levels of food and bio-fuel production, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has said in a report. The supply of fertiliser
Studies show that soil fertilized with organic materials, such as compost, could increase the amount of stored carbon and potentially help slow down greenhouse emissions. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore (25 February, 2008)
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (DFPCL) has launched a clean development mechanism (CDM) project at its manufacturing plant in Taloja. The project will address concerns on global warming, by reducing green house gas emission. The project will be implemented within six months. - Our Bureau
Conceding the request of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal for providing additional NPK fertilizers, the Centre sent the first consignment of 2,500 metric tonnes early this month. A spokesman for the Agriculture Department said here today that most of the quantity had been sent to various godowns of HIMFED. There …
Moves are afoot to ring in reforms in the fertiliser sector. A Group of Ministers (GoM) on fertilisers headed by the agriculture minister, Sharad Pawar, has given its in-principle nod to the Department of Fertilisers' proposal to have an independent regulator for the sector. J. Sreedhara Sarma, Secretary, Ministry of …
the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers is deliberating on a mechanism to promote neem-coated fertilizers. The move is an attempt to prevent soil fatigue caused by imbalanced and excessive use of urea, and increasing crop yields. With the government set to promote neem-coated fertilizer, its manufacturers recently approached the …
india's fertilizer subsidy for 2007-08 is worth Rs 22,532 crore, which is estimated to be less than half of the requirement. So should the fertilizer subsidy be doubled? Or is it time to think through the model of fertilizer subsidy, as the union government is finally doing (see News: Govt …
When the monsoon played truant in 1992, officials of the Mumbai-based Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (rcf) realised that the water-dependant company had to find alternatives to municipal water supply. They proposed rcf recycle sewage to run its plants. "The cooling towers of our plants require round-the-clock water supply. Any …
the Oswal Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited's plant , located at Paradeep on the Orissa coast, recently got its seventh closure notice from the Orissa Pollution Control Board (opcb). Only one of these notices, served in the past four years, asked for a partial closure. The rest ordered complete closure. But …
ironite, a widely used fertiliser in the us, releases enough of lead and arsenic in standard leaching tests to be classified as a hazardous waste. Moreover, its heavy metals are
india's urea industry has decided not to sign contracts with liquefied natural gas (lng) marketers Gas Authority of India Limited (gail) and Indian Oil Corporation (ioc) Limited. This is because it wants the stalemate over lng prices to get broken first. It may be noted that in the majority of …
on january 20, 2004, the Indian government announced its revised urea policy. The regulations, given the green signal by the cabinet committee on economic affairs, mainly entail urea units to use feedstock (fuel) of natural gas (ng) or liquefied natural gas (lng). The fertiliser industry has welcomed the development since …
papers of the uk government recently leaked to the press exposed plans to fluoridate drinking water in England and Wales to reduce tooth decay. Experts and green groups allege that the government is proposing mass medication of a toxin. "In the us, where 65 per cent of the population are …
Industries makes for a substantial contribution to the pollution load in India. They release toxics that are harmful to public health. The Central Pollution Control Board has certain industries categorised as polluting. States across the country harbour these polluting industries, harming the ecology of the region. The iron and steel …
as long as it remained a hit-and-run campaign, the "clean city, green city' programme of Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation offended nobody. But a rural-urban conflict has arisen after a plant to handle solid waste from the state capital was set up at Vilappilsala in Vilappil Gram Panchayat (Vilappil village council). The …
ignorance is bliss. This seems to be the state of mind of the Indian government for several environment-related issues, including that of hazardous waste like phosphogypsum (pg). A byproduct of the fertiliser industry, pg is used liberally by the construction industry and its use is promoted by the government What …
both the public as well as the industry in Chennai frequently face acute water problems. Sometimes, industrial units are left with no option but to close down. Madras Fertilisers Ltd ( mfl ) and Madras Refineries Ltd ( mrl ), located at Manali on the outskirts of the state capital …
With less than a month left for the beginning of the millennium, organisations and individuals have been rushing to get their computers Y2K (year 2000) compliant. The fertiliser industry is no exception. But according to a Fertiliser Association of India statement, by and large, all the fertiliser plants have achieved …
