This report evaluates emission mitigation options to achieve net-zero carbon emissions through marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves for the existing plants in the fertiliser industry. MAC curves were developed for three major fertilisers produced in India, which account for 85 per cent of total fertiliser production—urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and …
This review of a decade of Bt cotton in MP by Beej Swaraj Abhiyan & Hamara Beej Abhiyan finds that that there have been no gains in the state as claimed by Bt cotton proponents & calls for strict regulations to regulate Bt cotton seed industry. A report released by …
Raising questions on funding for the National Food Security bill, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said monetary provision for state governments to fund it should be ensured, failing which it could not be implemented. "In the food security bill there is no monetary provision. We have to …
This draft National Chemical Policy, 2012 released by Department of Chemicals to facilitate growth and development of chemical industry accords high importance to R & D, technology up-gradation, pollution & environmental aspects, effluent disposal and green chemicals. The chemical sector is the mainstay of a large number of industries and …
Scientists, environmentalists and farm advocates are pressing the question about whether rewards of the trend toward using more and more crop chemicals are worth the risks, as the agricultural industry strives to ramp up production to feed the world's growing population. The debate has heated up in the last several …
Fertilizer has been the key input in augmenting foodproduction in India. However, fertilizer use in India is skewed, high in a few states having adequate irrigation and dismally low in the NE states. There is also imbalanced use of N, P and K. Deficiency of secondary nutrient sulphur and micronutrient …
NEW DELHI, March 22 – In a major push to revive the stalled Namrup Fertilizer modernisation plan, Assam Government has offered to share 10 per cent project cost of the new plant. The offer was made at a meeting with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi …
New Delhi The proposed diesel price decontrol may come sooner than expected with a special scheme to insulate farmers from its adverse impact through a cash subsidy. Initially, state governments will be responsible for delivery of the subsidy, the cost of which will be borne by the Centre. When the …
Zero tilling and organic farming will not only eradicate the need for expensive fossil fuel machinery, synthetic fertilizers and crop chemicals but also increase yields substantially and make way for farmers to return to their natural state, said Foundation for Farming, (Zimbabwe) Director Brian Oderive. He was inaugurating an international …
A decision on deregulating fertiliser and diesel prices could be taken as early as the first quarter of 2012-13 with the finance ministry keen to ensure that expenditure on oil subsidy stays within Budget. “We would expect a decision on deregulating diesel prices by June this year as there is …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, presenting the 2012 budget on Friday said the growth of the Indian economy, estimated at 6.9 per cent during this fiscal year, was “disappointing”. “The global crisis has affected us. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) was expected to grow at 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, after …
Water pollution from agriculture is costing billions of dollars a year in developed countries and is expected to increase in China and India as farmers race to increase food production, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said. “Pollution from farm pesticides and fertilizers is often diffuse, making it hard …
New Delhi: A billion-dollar venture of public sector cooperatives Iffco and Kribhco in Oman is in jeopardy as Muscat has trebled the price of gas it supplies to India’s only overseas fertilizer plant ahead of schedule. Government officials told TOI that Oman has asked Omifco—Iffco and Kribhco’s joint venture with …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday demanded early revival of the Talcher plant of the Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited (FCIL). In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Chief Minister said the important matter has been pending for long. He requested Singh to take immediate steps for …
No fresh taxes except on tobacco products y VAT on cooking gas, fertilisers goes y Sops for IT, science, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today presented a "zero deficit" budget for 2012-13. Except proposing a hike on tobacco products and liquor, the Finance Minister announced various sops for the common …
New Delhi Investors setting up greenfield urea production plants will be given subsidy to cover the cost of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) up to $17-18 per million metric British thermal unit (mmBtu), a generous concession that will also take care of freight charges and marketing margins charged by the …
The Government announced on Thursday a cut in subsidy on complex non-urea fertilisers for fiscal 2012-13, following decline in global prices and an appreciating rupee. The new rates under the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) scheme for 2012-13, approved by the Cabinet on Thursday, are lower by 10 to 32 per cent …
The government has a set a target to reduce the dependence on chemical fertilizer by at least 50 per cent in the next five years by encouraging farmers to use organic manure. Replying to R. Reddappa Reddy (Congress) during question hour in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Kanna …
This State of Indian Agriculture 2011-2012 released by the Agriculture Ministry calls for wide-ranging reforms in agriculture sector to enable it to meet the growing demands and meet challenges posed by the human & environmental factors. The report on the State of Indian Agriculture calls for wide-ranging reforms in agriculture …
In the remote Kailashnagar village (Jalore district), on the border of Rajasthan and Gujarat, lives Parbhu Ram, a farmer who has never been to either Punjab or Haryana. But Parbhu knows about the grievous damage to once-fertile soils of India’s grain bowl — all due to years of overuse of …
In a marked departure, the government would guarantee subsidy to new and expanded urea plants for eight years from the start of production provided the additional capacities are added within five years of the announcement of the New Investment Policy (NIP) 2012. “Only those units which start production within five …
