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 …
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday indicated that chief minister Ashok Chavan should crack the whip on those hoarding fertilisers to create an artificial shortage. Pawar said,
July 22: Spurious fertilisers are causing concern to farmers in Kadapa district. There is a great demand for fertilisers in the district as kharif season is coming to an end. In this backdrop, fake fertilisers are being imported into the district. Glass pieces, condom packets and needles found in fertiliser …
Mumbai: Residents of Dosti Acres and Bhakti Park in Wadala (East) are finally a relieved lot. After six months of complaining about the yellow ammonia fumes emitting from the Rashtriya Chemical Fertilisers (RCF) chimney, five RCF officials visited Dosti Acres on Monday to find remedial measures. DNA on July 18, …
The teams of Agriculture Department are collecting samples of fertilisers by conducting surprise checks at various agricultural institutions with a view to ensuring that farmers get only quality and standard fertilisers, official sources said. Under the campaign, inspectors of the Agriculture Department collected samples from various places in Rajgarh district. …
Govt To Revisit Nutrient-Based Subsidy Ahead Of One-Yr Schedule To Force Cos To Either Pass Benefit To Farmers Or Take Subsidy Cut Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI THE Centre could make changes to the new Nutrient-based Subsidy (NBS) for fertilisers, as part of a concerted move to prune its subsidy bill …
After facing the Opposition-sponsored cut motions on urea price and fuel price hike during the recently concluded Budget session of Parliament, the government has now decided to speed up the process of implementing nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime. The Committee on Optimisation of Fertiliser Usage, constituted by the Cabinet Secretariat to …
Nayanima Basu / New Delhi May 14, 2010, 1:15 IST The much-awaited nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) policy, which came into effect from April 1 with the objective of enhancing soil nutrition in the country, might turn out to be ineffective and unproductive for the farming community even as it was expected …
The nearby National Fertilizers Limited might have released its effluents into the river Nangal: Industrial wastes being dumped into the Sutlej have once again claimed aquatic life over an area of 10-12 km here. A large number of fish and prawns were found floating downstream the Nangal Dam towards Dadauli …
INDIAN agriculture has come full circle from the beginning of Green Revolution. Between 1960 and 2000, the introduction of high-yielding varieties, widespread adoption of chemical inputs and a clear policy focus on food self-sufficiency resulted in quantum jump in productivity of most crops. But over the last decade, old problems …
Quashing criticism over the changed structure of fertiliser subsidy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today argued the price of urea was increased to ensure farmers got the subsidy at the maximum retail price and more investment flows into the sector. Pranab Mukherjee
: Climate change politics has always been contentious because of its direct link with economic growth. The Kyoto Protocol that had set a meagre target of reducing emissions from developed countries is all set to be jettisoned because these countries have failed to reduce their emissions and find this protocol
The chemical and synthetic fertilizers, particularly Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK), are highly subsidized. The amount of subsidy on this has grown exponentially during the last three decades from a mere Rs. 60 crore during 1976-77 to an astronomical Rs. 40,338 crore during 2007-08. In 2008-09, it shot up to …
This study by Centre for Science and Environment of the six most energy-and emissions-intensive sectors of Indian industry shows that low carbon growth is a real challenge after 2020, possibly an illusion by 2030-31. To read more click on the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20100430&filename;=news&sid;=23&sec;_id=9 See Also Report: Energy intensive sectors (LCD) …
What is the shape our climate-challenged world is in? Rich developed countries have made it clear they are not interested in any talk about their past emissions. They point to emissions emerging economies such as India and China will spew in the future. That, they say, is the real problem. …
This sector has a very high energy-saving potential vis-a-vis best available techniques. However, there is limitation to realise this saving potential because of the process route chosen to make steel and because the plants use coking and non-coking coal with high-ash content and iron ore with high silica and alumina …
The Indian paper industry performs poorly with respect to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The study indicates an energy-saving potential of nearly 70 per cent. This sector is a very good example of the fact that there can exist limits to mitigation. The sector will always lag behind global …
