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    • To tackle the fertiliser shortage, make domestic manufacturing lucrative

      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

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

    • Fertiliser Subsidy: Scrap pricing scheme and decontrol urea

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

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

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

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

    • Fertiliser shortfall may persist despite a record subsidy payout

    • EXPLAINED | Fertiliser shortage before rabi sowing season in rice bowl

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

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

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

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

    • Urea imports down by 7.25% in April-October

    • Odisha government to provide support for establishment of new urea unit

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

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