A proposal for setting up a modern fertiliser unit to supplement the ageing units at the Namrup-based Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Ltd, the lone fertiliser unit of the region, is under active consideration.

According to BVFCL sources, the Centre is likely to take a decision on this in the next couple of months.

Several parties, including the main Opposition party, the AGP, as we

B G Shirsat / Mumbai October 15, 2010, 0:26 IST

Companies making fertiliser are likely to report strong second quarter (Q2) earnings on the back of a bountiful monsoon, which has led to an increase in fertiliser demand.

Fertiliser prices have witnessed a strong run-up during the quarter, with international diammonium phosphate (DAP) prices rising by 27 per cent, while urea prices have gone u

Imports Won

Lucknow: If Indian Farmers

NAMRUP, Sept 8

Sale Of Urea In Kharif 2010 Season Up To July 31 Rose To 73.59 LT From 68.05 LT In Year-Ago Period

THE newly-introduced nutrientbased subsidy (NBS) policy seems to have failed to change the consumption pattern with most farmers still preferring to use urea, the cheapest fertiliser.

Consumption of urea has increased in the first few months of the NBS policy, contrary to expectations

Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI

AUSTRALIA

Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday indicated that chief minister Ashok Chavan should crack the whip on those hoarding fertilisers to create an artificial shortage. Pawar said,

July 22: Spurious fertilisers are causing concern to farmers in Kadapa district. There is a great demand for fertilisers in the district as kharif season is coming to an end. In this backdrop, fake fertilisers are being imported into the district.

Mumbai: Residents of Dosti Acres and Bhakti Park in Wadala (East) are finally a relieved lot. After six months of complaining about the yellow ammonia fumes emitting from the Rashtriya Chemical Fertilisers (RCF) chimney, five RCF officials visited Dosti Acres on Monday to find remedial measures.