Urea

Companies in the private sector remain wary of committing large investments to urea manufacturing

A year on, India's maiden green ammonia tender remains a non-starter

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).

Budget 2025 likely to set aside Rs 1.7 lakh crore for fertiliser subsidy

The MDA scheme, aimed at promoting organic fertilisers and manure, is set to get an increased allocation of Rs 150 crore, up from Rs 100 crore in FY25

Budget 2024: Govt likely to stick to Rs 1.64 lakh crore fertiliser subsidy in FY25

The government will be aided in this by the fact that input costs have come off record highs, and a further boost to domestic urea production will also help. Moreover, according to a World Bank report, 'a resumption of China’s exports and lower-than-expected crop prices could contribute to further declines in fertiliser prices'.

Chart of the Day: India’s dependence on urea imports drops significantly

Production of the widely used crop nutrient increased by 63.4 lakh tonnes in the last two fiscal years

How India plans to bring down urea imports to zero

In line with its goal of eliminating urea imports by 2025, the government is scaling up Nano-Urea production to achieve self-sufficiency in urea production

India to stop importing urea by 2025 end: Mansukh Mandaviya

In an interaction with PTI, the minister noted that the availability of fertilisers is very important for Indian agriculture.

Finance Ministry aims to cut urea import bill by one-third in FY25

Budget 2024: A number of initiatives, including increasing urea production capacity in the country and making available urea substitutes, are expected to bear fruit and reduce the government’s urea import bill

Chart of the Day: Falling fertiliser prices to lighten government subsidy bill

Price of widely used urea dropped 52.7 percent in June 2023 quarter 

Exclusive: Govt to set up inter-ministerial committee for Urea Gold pricing, subsidy: Source

The sulphur coated urea is likely to be approved by the Union Cabinet soon, a government official said.

Chart of the day: Fertiliser subsidy may drop below budget estimates in FY24

The fall in raw material prices accelerated since the Union Budget on February 1

Fertiliser Subsidy: Scrap pricing scheme and decontrol urea

Bureaucrats are micro-managing the operations of urea plants through the New Pricing Scheme. This is the surest way to scuttle any initiative to cut costs and improve efficiency

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

GSFC shuts down urea-II plant for safety; to face production loss of 10,400 tons neem urea

The estimated time required to prepare stand-by-urea reactor (XUR-102) for lining up after following all statutory checks will be 12 days.

Adequate urea stocks in country; no need to import till December: Mandaviya

The minister said the government has already imported 16 lakh tonnes of urea, which will be shipped in the next 45 days.

Ukraine Conflict| Risks of fertiliser shortages, bloated subsidy bill loom for India

The latest updates from the world's largest fertiliser manufacturers indicate healthy global demand and constrained supplies of key crop nutrients

Fertiliser shortfall may persist despite a record subsidy payout

A rapid rise in gas prices drove up production costs even as major producers curbed exports, crimping supplies and making farmers unhappy

EXPLAINED | Fertiliser shortage before rabi sowing season in rice bowl

Farmers from some of the biggest agricultural states including Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Karnataka are facing a severe shortage, mainly of Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizers.

Fertiliser sales jump 83% to 111.61 lakh tonnes in April-June: Govt

Urea sales increased by 67 per cent to 64.82 lakh tonnes while the demand for DAP jumped two-folds to 22.46 lakh tonnes during the period under review.

Comment | Gadkari’s urine-to-urea idea is no laughing matter

We could use the urine storage idea to fix our sewage systems

Existing energy norms to continue for 2 years for 14 urea units: Govt

Under the new urea policy 2015, 27 urea units were to meet the energy efficiency norms by the end of this fiscal. Out of which, only 11 urea units have mostly achieved the target.

Urea to be sold in 45-kg bag from this month

The price is determined on the basis of government's fixed price of Rs 5,360 per tonne. The Centre bears the difference between the maximum retail price (MRP) and cost of production.

Urea imports down by 7.25% in April-October

The world's second largest urea consumer had, in contrast, imported 4 MT of the commodity in the first seven months of the last financial year. About 5-7 MT of urea is imported annually as domestic output is lower than the demand of 32 MT.

Odisha government to provide support for establishment of new urea unit

"Government of India will set up a new fertilizer manufacturing unit at the premises of the old plant of the FCI in Talcher. The state government will provide required support for setting up the new urea unit," chief secretary A P Padhi said after a high-level meeting with CEO of the Talcher fertiliser plant JS Saini.

Urea imports fall 35% in FY'17; may remain flat this fiscal

The country imported 84.74 lakh tonnes in 2015-16, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.