DH News Service, Chikkaballapura: Members of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha took out a protest march demanding government meet their various demands including satisfactory supply of fertilisers. Farmers who gathered in thousands took out a march in the main streets of the town raising slogans against the government. They demanded satisfactory supply of fertilisers, grant of fresh loans at 3 pc interest, regularisation of lands under unauthorised cultivation and issue of BPL cards to the poor of all categories.

Joe C Mathew / New Delhi July 09, 2008, 0:41 IST The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the implementation of the central government's pricing policy on single super phosphate (SSP) fertilisers. The decision may affect the supply of SSP in the state as the industry is apprehensive of selling the product without a valid pricing policy that prescribes high subsidy rates. SSP, an alternative to DAP (diammonium phosphate), is used in oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane and horticulture cultivation.

Warangal, July 8: The minister for agriculture, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, and the minister for major irrigation, Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, had a tough time in pacifying the irate farmers, who took the ministers to task on the shortage of fertilisers and the irregular power supply. The ministers had an embarrassing time in answering the farmers on various problems at the Rythu Sadassu meet at Agriculture Research Station here on Tuesday. The farmers challenged the agriculture minister to come along with them to the market and find for himself whether the fertilisers were available or not.

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CABINET DECISIONS DAP has been brought on a par with imports for calculating concessions. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a new concession scheme for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers that would reduce subsidy bill by Rs 1,163 crore, besides providing incentives to the industry to increase production. OTHER DECISIONS

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved the concession scheme of the Department of Fertiliser on de-controlled phosphatic and potassic fertilizers, which would reduce the subsidy bill by Rs. 1,163 crore, besides encouraging the industry to raise production. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Prithviraj Chavan, told newsmen here that the concession scheme , which lapsed on March 31, included DAP, MOP, MAP and 11 grades of complex fertilizers. The scheme would come into effect retrospectively from April 1, based on a revised framework.

Shailesh Menon & Gaurav Pai MUMBAI BULLS stormed fertiliser counters on Thursday, cheered by the government's measures aimed at improving profits of key companies in the sector. Most of these stocks shot up between 5% and 15% following the policy announcement.

MOVE TO ENCOURAGE RAISING LONG-TERM OUTPUT, CUT SOP BILL BY Rs 1,164 CR IN A move aimed at encouraging the fertiliser industry to raise its production outlay in the longer term, the government on Thursday announced a concession scheme for decontrolled phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers. The decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) will fix concessions to producers with reference to global prices.

Joe C Mathew With the Union Cabinet expected to consider a new pricing policy for phosphatic fertilisers tomorrow, the three-month long uncertainty of the fertiliser companies over the maximum possible farm gate prices of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers may come to an end.