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 …
The PCPIR has been approved with a Viability Gap Funding of Rs 716 cr by Government of India The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) is in talks with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) to prepare environment impact assessment (EIA) for …
In two cases of violation of the Seed Act, the Chief Judicial Magistrate has imposed fine on several firms. In the first case, the court has slapped a fine of Rs 500 each on Rakesh Kumar, a trader from Dabwali, Singla Seeds, a supplier from Malout and Shri Ram Fertilisers …
Contending that cost of urea production needs to be kept under check and so should the subsidy burden, the ministry of fertiliser has asked the petroleum ministry to continue providing natural gas to urea fertiliser units at the current price of $4.2/mmBtu or at least at a concessional rate in …
Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers present this Thirty-Ninth Report on the subject 'Pricing of Fertilizers' of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers).
A team of scientists of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Thursday visited the rivers in Paradip area following reports of leakage of acid water. On Tuesday morning, large quantities of pollutants from Paradip Phosphates Limited (PPL) had entered water bodies following a crack in its gypsum slurry …
Electricity to cost more as power cos to pass on fuel price hike to consumers While Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will be the biggest gainers from the gas price hike announced by the Indian government today, power and fertiliser companies will see their …
New Delhi : IN what could spur stagnant domestic production of natural gas, reduce the dependence of power and fertiliser companies on imports of expensive LNG and ease the subsidy burden on the fisc, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved hiking gas price to $8.4/mmbtu from …
Govt expected to save 15% on this account In a measure that would give relief to the government’s subsidy bill, the Union Cabinet today gave a nod to the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilisers for 2013-14. These are expected to cut the fertiliser subsidy by …
A writ petition seeking allocation of K-G Basin gas to private power plants in the State was adjourned to June 10 by Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the A.P. High Court on Thursday. The petition, filed by private power plants, contended that the policy of the Central Government allocating gas explored …
Company intends to invest Rs 35 cr in the new facility Mumbai-based diversified chemicals player, Aarti Industries Ltd will set up a fertiliser manufacturing facility at Jhagadia in Bharuch district. The company intends to invest around Rs 35 crore towards the new facility. “This will be an expansion of our …
The Tripura government, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and a private company signed a tripartite agreement on Tuesday to establish a huge urea fertilizer plant in the State. The State government would have a 10 per cent stake in the Rs. 5,000 crore project which will come up in …
The government is planning to hire a consultant to assess the impact of subsidy on crop nutrients after the introduction of the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) scheme in 2010. The fertiliser ministry had earlier invited constancy firms such as Ernst and Young (E&Y;) and Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) for presentations. Later, …
MoU will be signed to set up natural gas fertiliser manufacturing factory early next month Oil and gas major ONGC will sign an agreement with the Tripura government to establish a fertiliser manufacturing unit near Kumarghat in Unakoti district. The MoU would be signed to set up natural gas fertiliser …
Fertilizer ministry alleges that GSFC did not pass on subsidy benefit to farmers The Union chemicals & fertilisers ministry has discontinued the fertiliser subsidy for producing ammonium sulphate (caprolactum grade) to Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (GSFC), blaming GSFC for not passing subsidy benefits to farmers. “In spite of …
Fertiliser min to oppose planned move to give priority to power sector The oil ministry’s intent to give priority to the power sector for allocation of gas has raised an alarm in the fertiliser ministry. Sources have indicated that the fertiliser ministry will strongly oppose the move when oil ministry …
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s composting plant in Okhla received Rs.25 lakh as carbon credits from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The plant, which has been set up under a Public Private Partnership model with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited, has processed two lakh tonnes of …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has served fresh notice to 23 industries, who failed to install a device for online monitoring of pollution. They have been asked to install the device by the end of February. Earlier, the OSPCB had given November 30 deadline to install the device …
The C Rangarajan committee’s proposal to nearly double the domestic price of natural gas, if implemented, could adversely affect the government’s subsidy reduction plan and make the new urea investment policy “redundant”, is the thinking at the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers. The administrative ministry for the fertiliser industry, whose …
If the price rise is approved, it would raise costs for power and fertiliser companies and other natural gas buyers such as city gas distributors The pricing of natural gas is set for a major revamp. An empowered group of ministers is likely to approve new policy guidelines based on …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday directed the Centre to file an affidavit in a week’s time explaining why the court should not take punitive action against responsible persons for noncompliance of its order to supply CNG to Ahmedabad at a rate supplied to Mumbai and Delhi. On July …
