The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on gas will have to take a call on several issues when it meets on Friday.

In a marked departure, the government would guarantee subsidy to new and expanded urea plants for eight years from the start of production provided the additional capacities are added within five y

State can’t control prices, says minister.

The race to buy mines is on not just in metals and coal. Agriculture is caught in an equally-intense struggle for new mines.

Urbanisation, influx of pilgrims, fertilizer-intensive farming, and indiscriminate sand-mining have impacted on the water quality of Manimala river, a major source of drinking water in Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts.

A report published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, an international journal devoted to progress in the use of monitoring data in assessing environmental risks to man and environment, highlights the deterioration in water quality caused by human intervention, especially in the upper reaches of the Manimala river.

The newly established Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, has been granted a patent by the Government of India for commercial production for the “Urea Detection in

New Delhi: The fertilisers ministry has opposed the petroleum ministry’s move to snap supply of cheaper gas from RIL’s Andhra offshore field to units manufacturing potassic and phosphatic fertilise

New Delhi Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called for a review of subsidies that lead to “disproportionate use of resources” and degradation of soil, and stressed the need for boosting pr

Secy to seek funds in addition to . 67700cr already received this fiscal year.

Farmers in Punjab and officials related to the agriculture sector have expressed a serious concern over the proposed suggestion by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) to the Empowered