Fertilizer

State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India has given a record 11th extension to its 724,000-tonne green ammonia tender, with the last date for submission of bids now set as July 10 (online) and July 14 (offline).

Govt's new design for fertilizer bags carries PM Modi's appeal to farmers to reduce use of chemical crop nutrients

The appeal in Hindi says: "I appeal to farmers to take a great move of saving the mother earth by making reduced and balanced use of chemical fertilisers."

India cabinet raises minimum support price for all kharif crops for marketing season 2023-24

“The move has been taken to ensure remunerative prices to growers for their produce. This is the largest raise in MSP in the past several years,” Union Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters in New Delhi.

India mulls green Ammonia tender to curb fertilizer emissions

Talks are taking place between fertilizer manufacturers and the country’s renewable energy ministry to assess potential demand for the feedstock, Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, the department’s top bureaucrat, said in an interview.

Meghmani Organics forays into nano urea, to set up Rs 150-crore plant in Gujarat

Nano urea enhances the nutritional quality and productivity of a crop and is believed to be environmentally safe

India hopes UN-facilitated Black Sea grain and fertilizer package deal will be renewed soon

The UN-brokered deal expires on November 19. The agreement on July 22 allowed grain shipments to resume from certain Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, leading to some 10 million tonnes in shipments and helping to reduce international prices.

Today's fertilizer shortage is tomorrow's food crisis: PM Modi at G-20

In his address at the G-20 summit here, Modi also highlighted how India ensured food security for its 1.3 billion citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic while supplying food grains to many countries.

Coromandel International, Chambal Fertilizers and Indian Potash sign MOU with Canada's Canpotex

In a bid to lessen India's import dependence for potash on foreign countries and to mitigate supply side issues, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers oversaw the signing of an MoU between Canada based Canpotech and leading Indian fertilizer companies.

A $3.1 billion fertilizer plant risks aboriginal rock carvings

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said on Tuesday the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, representing the five traditional owners of the land in Western Australia, had agreed a number of rock carvings could be moved safely to an adjacent site.

Ukraine war: IMF says is concerned by food, fertilizer export restrictions

"We are very concerned by the use of food and fertilizer export restrictions, which can exacerbate global price increases and market volatility. So, this goes beyond India," IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice told reporters at a news conference here.

Chips, shipping, fertilizer hint inflation may have peaked

A bellwether semiconductor price -- a barometer of costs of finished electronics products as diverse as laptops, dishwashers, LED bulbs, and medical devices delivered worldwide -- is now half its July 2018 peak and down 14% from the middle of last year.

As Russia is hit by sanctions, fertilizer shortages threaten the world’s food supply

Western sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of potash, ammonia, urea and other soil nutrients, have disrupted global shipments of these key commodities. Fertilizer is key to keeping corn, soy, rice, and wheat yields high. Breeders are trying to adapt.

Budget 2022 | In election year, subsidies slashed 27% to Rs 3.18 lakh crore

Budget 2022 | Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s fourth budget has instituted broad cuts in subsidies for food, fertiliser and petroleum, just weeks before Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa go to the polls. Experts expected subsidies to rise as the economic churn and inflation continued two years into the pandemic.

Fertilizer shortage hit farmers ahead of Rabi season as global prices surge

In Rajasthan, during April-September this year, the central government supplied only 3.07 lakh tonnes of DAP against the demand of 4.50 lakh tonnes in the state.

Govt directs fertiliser companies not to hike prices of DAP, other phosphatic nutrients

The government, which increased subsidies on DAP and some other non-urea fertilisers, is unlikely to hike subsidies on non-urea fertilisers, sources said.

Union Cabinet approves nutrient-based subsidy for financial year 2021-22

The cabinet has also increased the subsidy for diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer by Rs 700 to Rs 2,400 per bag.

Railway wagon takes almost 4 years to reach destination 1,326 km away

The distance between Vishakhapatnam and Basti is otherwise covered in 42 hours and 13 minutes.

GNFC Q4 FY18 result review: Capital allocation would be key going forward

Given the improving performance, healthier balance sheet quality and a positive guidance from the management, we expect traction in earnings to continue which could lead to a further re-rating of the stock.

Deepak Fertilisers to set up brownfield IPA plant at Taloja

The expansion at Taloja in neighbouring Raigad district will share synergies in various storages and utilities with the existing isopropyl alcohol (IPA) plant, the company said in a release.

Rising global potash demand puts India's buyers on the back foot as contract talks start

Potash contracts signed by India, one of the world's top buyers of the crop nutrient, help set the global benchmark along with buying by China, the world's biggest consumer. Their contract prices are closely watched by other regional buyers Malaysia and Indonesia.

Economic Survey 2017: JAM,Centre-state cost sharing proviso for Universal Basic Income

The Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament today by the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has advocated the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) as an alternative to the various social welfare schemes in an effort to reduce poverty.

India Economic Survey 2017: Privatise aviation, banking, fertiliser firms ahead of others

The Survey also says that the capacity of the State in delivering essential services such as health and education is weak due to low capacity, with high levels of corruption, clientelism, rules and red tape.

PhilipCapital conclave to focus on future bottlenecks in agri

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Vineet Bhatnagar, MD of the company said that the larger thrust will be on future bottlenecks for the agriculture industry. Seed, fertilizer as well as irrigation are likely to be the focus areas.

GNFC hopeful of keeping same level of growth in 2nd half of FY17

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, MD of the company, said in the second quarter of this fiscal year the company declared a profit of Rs 228 crore. This is the highest-ever single profit declared by the company since its inception in 1982.