The fertiliser industry is seeking a higher cap on urea cost than the proposed $340 a tonne for the purpose of calculating subsidy to the new plants.

Bhopal : Farmers in Madhya Pradesh will be able to lift additional quantity of fertilisers without any additional interest from March 1.

Puts Centre’s Initiative For Nutrient-Based Fertilizers In Jeopardy.

New Delhi A new policy on natural gas allocation for the next 10 years that is under discussion will benefit gas trading companies like Gail India but will make consumers pay more for not only power but also a clutch of industrial goods. It could also upset the government’s plan to reduce the subsidy on fertilisers.

This policy envisages mandatory use of imported liquefied natural gas or LNG (a minimum of 25% of the fuel/feedstock mix), which is substantially costlier than domestic natural gas that is expected to be in short supply.

Agartala: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will set up a Rs 5,000 crore, gas-based fertilizer plant in Tripura to meet the growing shortage of urea, the most commonly used soil ma

Close on the heels of the PMO stepping in to play a direct role in sorting out the fuel woes faced by coal-fired power project developers, a much-delayed ministerial panel meeting on gas allocation

NEW DELHI: The Fertiliser Ministry today rejected reports that it plans to decontrol the urea sector and effect a steep 40 per cent hike in retail prices of the product vis-a-vis the prevailing rat