Fertiliser
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MP govt bans sales of subsidised fertilisers, farmers express concern as Kharif crops to be affected
Madhya Pradesh | Aug 15, 2026, 08:15 PM ISTThis decision, coming right after recent agitations, sparked significant outrage and apprehension among farmer organisations as there is a direct risk that Kharif crop yields will be adversely affected due to the unavailability of fertiliser at this critical juncture.
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Govt provided Rs 1.23 lakh crore to OMCs to keep fuel prices steady amid Middle East crisis: Sources
Business | Jun 09, 2026, 05:15 PM ISTAccording to sources, fuel retailers are still incurring a loss of Rs 650 crore per day by selling fuel at rates below prevailing global crude prices.
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Union govt raises APM gas price by 4 per cent: CNG, fertiliser and electricity costs set to rise
Business | Apr 01, 2025, 08:40 AM ISTAPM gas is produced by state-owned firms Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) from fields that were given to them on a nomination basis. This is the first increase in the APM gas price in two years and in accordance with the roadmap that was laid out by the government.
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Russia-Ukraine war has thrown up 'fuel, food and fertiliser' crisis: EAM S Jaishankar
India | Jun 10, 2022, 08:24 AM ISTThe minister said the country faced four major challenges in the last two years. These 4 issues were COVID, tension with China along the Line of Actual Control, the Afghanistan situation and the Ukraine war.
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Fertiliser shortage issue: Priyanka Gandhi meets kin of four farmers in UP's Lalitpur
India | Oct 29, 2021, 01:07 PM ISTPriyanka Gandhi claimed that the entire Bundelkhand region of UP is facing a severe shortage of fertiliser.
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PM Modi's historic step: Subsidy on DAP fertiliser hiked by 140%
India | May 19, 2021, 11:49 PM ISTThe decision was taken after PM Modi chaired a high level meeting on the issue of fertiliser prices.
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IFFCO cuts price of non-urea fertilisers by Rs 50 per bag
Business | Oct 11, 2019, 07:35 PM ISTLeading fertiliser cooperative IFFCO on Friday reduced the retail prices of its complex fertilisers including di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) by up to Rs 50 per bag, amid easing raw materials and manufactured fertilisers prices globally.
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Centre launches fertiliser DBT 2.0 initiatives
India | Jul 10, 2019, 08:17 PM ISTThe Centre on Wednesday launched three new technology initiatives to transfer over Rs 70,000-crore fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers' bank accounts.
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Iran for developing strategic partnership with India
World | Aug 12, 2015, 07:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Iran hopes Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake his visit to Tehran very soon as this would help the two nations draw up a joint strategy against geo-political challenges and set up joint
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UP's deepwater crisis grows 9 times in 11 years
India | Jul 22, 2015, 11:59 AM ISTAligarh District (Uttar Pradesh): Over the past three years, Sukhdev Garg, a 57-year-old, has lost two hours of his day. Here in the fields outside Biraula—a western UP village 350-km west of the state capital
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Weakening Re, subsidy system may impact fertiliser sector:Rabo
Jun 08, 2014, 04:22 PM ISTMumbai: A potentially weakening rupee and probability of disappointing monsoon due to El Niño effect, alongwith subsidy system may impact the fertiliser sector further, says a report.The demand remains under pressure with the Ministry of