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Govt panel suggests cash fertiliser subsidy of Rs 5,000 per year per farmer

If the government accepts this recommendation, the ongoing practice of transferring subsidy to fertiliser-producing companies will be discontinued

Uttar Pradesh govt suspended licences of over 600 fertiliser sellers

The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended licences of over 600 fertiliser sellers and registered cases against 35, a statement issued here on Sunday said. The action was taken to check the black marketing of fertilisers. In a statewide action, 3,287 samples were collected from 9,747 shops, the government said in the statement. "After discrepancies were found, licences of 623 sellers were suspended, while show-cause notices have been issued to 517. FIRs have been registered against 35 sellers," the government said. As many as 17 shops have been sealed while 666 sellers have been given a warning, it said. According to Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi, an intensive surprise inspection was carried out across the state from August 19 to 20.

Will Beirut's deadly explosion be a catalyst for change in Lebanon?

People are seething with rage as they are pushed into even more poverty and despair by an accident that appears to have been completely avoidable

Subsidy dues balloon amid record fertiliser sales during Covid lockdown

While total requirement in the current fiscal is pegged at around Rs 128,000 crore, the 2020-21 Budget provided Rs 71,309 crore towards fertiliser subsidy

Pushing rural demand

That would depend on income generation through efficient, fair and transparent marketing of the farm produce, which the government needs to ensure

Coromandel International's Q4 PBT rises 91%, total income up 8.84%

The total income for the quarter rose 8.84 per cent to Rs 2880.82 crore from Rs 2646.96 crore in the year ago period.

Farm-to-fork logistics on the edge as Covid-19 disrupts supply chain

Shops selling fertiliser and seeds are closed, clouding even the prospect of sowing short-duration summer crops

Govt considering options to decontrol urea, says Fertiliser Minister

The government is seriously considering options for decontrolling urea by either fixing a nutrient-based subsidy(NBS) rate or making direct payment of subsidy to farmers' account, Fertiliser Minister Sadananda Gowda said on Wednesday. In 2010, the government had launched the NBS programme under which a fixed amount of subsidy, decided on an annual basis, is provided on each grade of subsidised phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilizers, except for urea, based on the nutrient content present in them. "As far as change in the urea policy is concerned, we are open to suggestions. It can be NBS for urea or direct subsidy to the farmers account with decontrol of fertilizer sector. These are some of the alternatives which are under discussion," Gowda said while addressing an event organised by the Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) here. He further said that the government is "actively pursuing the issue of revision of fixed cost under urea policy" and added that any change in policy

IFFCO reduces retail prices of non-urea fertilisers by up to Rs 50/bag

IFFCO has reduced the maximum retail price of DAP to Rs 1,200 per 50 kg bag from Rs 1,250 a bag

64% farmers don't prefer cash transfer for fertilisers, says survey

Most farmers prefer the current form of DBT being used just to identify beneficiaries.

I-Day gift to farmers: IFFCO cuts complex fertilisers rate by Rs 50 per bag

The rate cut will be applicable from August 15

Fertiliser stocks gain up to 10% as stagnant urea prices will benefit firms

Shares gain up to 10% as stagnant urea prices will benefit companies

Cabinet approves NBS rates for phosphatic and potassic fertilisers

CCEA has decided to roll over the existing subsidy rates for another six months till the end of the financial year 2016-17

Fertiliser imbalance

Policy changes are needed, not just advice to farmers