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Centre bites bullet, to curb farm subsidy [1]

Cabinet Split On Fertilizer Price Fears

In a first step towards reining in a spiralling fertilizer subsidy bill that crossed Rs 100,000 crore in 2008-09, the cabinet bit the bullet on Thursday and decided to de-control prices of all fertilizers other than urea while fixing subsidy on these based on their nutrient content from April 1, 2010.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Green Revolution [4], Chemical Fertilisers [5], Energy [6], Subsidies [7], Fertiliser Industry [8], India [9], Fuel Pricing [10]

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