India hands over 21,000 tonnes of fertilizer to Sri Lanka
"The fertilizer will contribute to food security and support the farmers of Sri Lanka," tweeted the High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Aug 22, 2022, 16:37 PM IST
India extends support to Sri Lanka amid contaminated fertilizer row with China
The development comes after Chinese organic fertilizer was found to be contaminated with bacteria.
Nov 06, 2021, 06:21 AM IST
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Ramdev Dhurandhar receives Shrilal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya Samman
The Shrilal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya Samman was started way back in 2011.
Dec 15, 2017, 20:19 PM IST
Setting up urine banks may help farmers with urea, says Nitin Gadkari
The government has a new idea up its sleeve. According to Union minister Nitin Gadkari, every tehsil/taluka should have urine banks to produce urea. The urea can then be used as fertilizer and given to the farmer. The idea behind this is to reduce farmer's dependency on urea import.
Nov 14, 2017, 14:35 PM IST
Pune: Farmer invents waste composting machine
Pune's local farmer, Sachin Bohr, invented a machine that can convert waste into compost and be used by farmers. He claimed that 100 KG of waste can generate 10 KG of fertilizer.
Jan 12, 2016, 20:29 PM IST
Core sector growth up 3.2% in September; fastest in 4 months
The eight core industries -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- comprising nearly 38 percent of India's total industrial production had grown at 2.6 percent in the same month of last year.
Nov 02, 2015, 18:36 PM IST
Growth of eight core industries rises 3.2% in September
As per government data released Monday, electricity and fertilizer production grew 10.8 percent and 18.1 percent respectively while that of steel, oil and cement production fell 2.5 percent. 0.1 percent and 1.5 percent, respectively.
Nov 02, 2015, 17:55 PM IST
Centre to bring more reforms, not to raise urea prices: Kumar
Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar Wednesday said government will continue with the second generation "farmer centric" reforms in the sector to make the country self-sufficient in urea without increasing its prices.
May 13, 2015, 22:49 PM IST
Core sector growth slows down to 1.4% in February
The eight core sector industries — coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizer, steel, cement and electricity.
Mar 31, 2015, 17:35 PM IST
Urea imports dip 34% to 27 LT in first 6 mths
Urea imports have decreased by 34 percent to 26.95 lakh tonne in the first 6 months of 2014-15, due to carry over stocks from the last fiscal.
Oct 02, 2014, 17:42 PM IST
Government plans urea price hike to curb fertiliser subsidies
The first major price hike in four years would mark an important step by Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s new government to cut wasteful use of urea.
Jun 09, 2014, 10:37 AM IST
