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 …
Calcutta, March 19: A state team will travel to Japan and South Korea to net investors for the Nayachar and Haldia chemical hub. Led by industry secretary Sabyasachi Sen, the team will be part of a larger delegation of the Union ministry for chemicals and fertilizers. It will meet top …
Giridih, March 16: The effect of nanotechnology on agriculture could generate some interesting results, feel scientists at the Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih centre. Chemical fertilisers and pesticides are harmful to the ecology. Thus, the Union ministry of science and technology has funded a research development programme of agro-enterotoxic nano-particles and …
Allaying all apprehensions, Union Chemicals and Fertilizer Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that there was no plan to close down production of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Company Limited (BVFCL) until a revamp plan is finalized. Virtually lobbing the ball to the next Central Govenrment
RUDRA BISWAS New initiative Ranchi, Feb. 25: If rains or pests pose a problem for farmers, experts of Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) would immediately email them a list of precautions that need to be taken. Those with specific queries would get answers emailed to their mailboxes. And since farmers here …
People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four …
Units Using Fuel Oil And LSHS As Fuel Will Be Given Additional Capital Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI IN WHAT will come as a major boost to companies like National Fertilisers and Gujarat Narmada Fertiliser Corporation (GNFC), the government on Wednesday pushed through a decision that aims to encourage non-gas based …
LUCKNOW: The cabinet at its meeting held recently under the chairmanship of CM Mayawati took a few pro-farmer decisions. The government has changed the rates of tax on gypsum, components of sprinkler sets and seeds under Vat Act, 2008. According to the cabinet decision, the four per cent tax levied …
Tropical forests can capture carbon FORESTS hold the centrestage in climate change. They can reduce carbon emissions up to 10-20 per cent of what has been projected by 2050. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that the greatest potential for carbon capture exists within tropical forests. Based on …
Need to de-control the sector ATUL CHATURVEDI Secretary Department Of Fertilisers AGRICULTURE has played the pivotal role in the evolution of human race in its present form leading a sheltered and sedentary life. Though the practice of agriculture has undergone large scientific and technological advances, today it faces looming food …
NEW DELHI: After projecting the fertiliser subsidy at a whopping Rs 1,02,000 crore for this fiscal, the Centre is aiming to restrict the burden at Rs 50,000 crore for fiscal 2010 as prices have plunged in the global markets.
The year 2008 was calamitous on many fronts for the State. Silver lining was the agriculture sector. The vagaries of nature did not deter the farming community from reaching its goal. Notwithstanding the series of calamities visiting the state year after year since 1998, Orissa has been able to attain …
Conceding that the State Government has failed to supply seeds in time to the farmers under Calamity Relief Fund (CRF), State Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma today blamed the revenue department for the sorry state of affairs.
Srinagar: Even as Kashmir loses thousands of hectares of its agricultural land to urbanisation, there is, yet, a silver lining. Paddy production has hit a record-breaking high due to the use of high-quality seeds and fertilisers. For the first time, paddy production has gone beyond five lakh tonnes, a record …
The farmers had to sell their paddy out of sheer distress, for not getting facilities to sell their produce in government- stipulated prices of Rs 900 a quintal. At a time like this, the unscrupulous traders are charging exorbitant rates for fertilisers in Midnapore East and West districts. For this …
