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Data dive: What the Centre's demand for additional funds tells us about the economy
1 week ago

Data dive: What the Centre's demand for additional funds tells us about the economy

Live Mint  

Every year, close to the budget presentation, the government tables supplementary demands for grants in Parliament to seek additional funding for different ministries and departments. This fiscal year, the first tranche of the demands, tabled last week, has been one of the lowest in recent years, with the net cash outgo the lowest since 2021-22. Notably, the Mahatma Gandhi National …

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What’s the next course?: Mridula Ramesh on the future of sustainable food
1 year, 2 months ago

What’s the next course?: Mridula Ramesh on the future of sustainable food

Hindustan Times  

What exactly is sustainable eating? Yet all of India’s coal plants — together — emit a sliver of global food waste emissions. India’s food waste alone, depending on which data set one considers, emits far more greenhouse gases than all the coal plants in South India put together. We waste food because we can afford to, underscoring again that India’s …

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Russian sellers stop fertiliser discounts to India amid tighter global supplies: Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Russian sellers stop fertiliser discounts to India amid tighter global supplies: Report

India Today  

Russian companies have ceased offering fertiliser such as di-ammonium phosphate to India at discounted prices due to tightening global supplies after becoming the biggest suppliers to the country last year, three industry sources told Reuters. The move in August by Russian companies to instead offer fertilisers at market prices could increase India's import costs and subsidy burden amid a rally …

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How the rise in global fertiliser prices will hit India’s subsidy bill
1 year, 4 months ago

How the rise in global fertiliser prices will hit India’s subsidy bill

Live Mint  

With global fertiliser prices on the rise again, the government has an emerging worry ahead of assembly elections in five crucial states later this year and the general elections next year. As India relies heavily on imports to boost crop productivity, Mint explains how the rising prices of fertilisers will hit India’s subsidy burden and import bills. Landed prices of …

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BRS fails to implement PMFBY: Kishan
1 year, 7 months ago

BRS fails to implement PMFBY: Kishan

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Squarely blaming Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar for not implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Union minister for tourism and culture, G. Kishan Reddy said, “BJP-led NDA government at Centre provides ₹18,240 per acre on fertiliser subsidy, which is double than the Rythu Bandhu being offered by the state government in Telangana state. When the BJP government provided tractors …

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Fertiliser subsidy is fully borne by the Centre, Kishan reminds KCR
2 years ago

Fertiliser subsidy is fully borne by the Centre, Kishan reminds KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy on Monday reminded Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of his past statements on fertiliser subsidy. Reddy used the recent decision of the ministry of finance to seek Parliament's nod for an additional spending of Rs 3.25 lakh crore for the purpose. After the Union Budget, the Chief Minister had pointed out that the fertiliser …

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Fertiliser, food subsidy set to touch record level
2 years ago

Fertiliser, food subsidy set to touch record level

Hindustan Times  

The Centre’s subsidies on fertilisers and food are set to touch a record level of nearly ₹5.6 lakh crore in the fiscal year ending March 2023, overshooting the earlier estimate by a third, people aware of the matter said on Friday, adding that an expected uptick in government revenues is likely to ensure the situation remains well within the fiscal …

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What is PM-PRANAM scheme? Why is it needed?
2 years, 3 months ago

What is PM-PRANAM scheme? Why is it needed?

Firstpost  

The Centre is introducing the PM-PRANAM scheme to encourage states to cut down on the use of fertilisers and promote healthy alternatives. The government under the proposed scheme will reduce the subsidy on chemical fertilisers which is expected to increase to Rs 2.25 lakh crore in 2022-2023 – a 39 per cent hike compared to the previous year’s Rs 1.62 …

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Explained | What is the Centre’s ‘One Nation One Fertilizer’ policy?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | What is the Centre’s ‘One Nation One Fertilizer’ policy?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In an order on Wednesday, August 24, the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers issued a memo announcing the implementation of the “One Nation One Fertiliser” scheme under which a single brand and logo for fertilisers will have to be used by all manufacturers under the Centre’s fertiliser subsidy scheme newly renamed as a Prime Minister’s …

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Fertiliser subsidy may exceed revised estimates by ₹10K cr
2 years, 9 months ago

Fertiliser subsidy may exceed revised estimates by ₹10K cr

Live Mint  

The government's fertiliser subsidy bill in the current fiscal year may go up by about ₹10,000 crore due to the Russia-Ukraine war, but higher tax revenues will help keep fiscal deficit close to the estimated 6.9% level, an official said. The Revised Estimates had pegged the fertiliser subsidy at over ₹1.40 lakh crore in current fiscal year, while the Budget …

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Govt to allocate $40 billion for food, fertiliser subsidy in Budget 22: Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Govt to allocate $40 billion for food, fertiliser subsidy in Budget 22: Report

Live Mint  

India is likely to set aside about 3 trillion rupees on food and fertiliser subsidies in its budget next week for 2022/23, officials said, roughly the same amount the government budgeted for this fiscal year ending in March. In the budget Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is due to present on Tuesday, the government will allocate 1.1 trillion rupees to fertiliser …

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To support agriculture, India must be self-reliant in production of urea
3 years ago

To support agriculture, India must be self-reliant in production of urea

Hindustan Times  

As per reports emanating from various quarters, the central government’s fertiliser subsidy bill is to increase by more than 50 per cent over the budgeted amount of ₹79,530 crore to more than ₹1.3 lakh crore this financial year. India has been importing urea for decades to meet the shortfall in the supply chain, but there is a need to become …

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Modi govt committed to farmers' welfare since day one: Nadda
3 years, 7 months ago

Modi govt committed to farmers' welfare since day one: Nadda

India TV News  

The BJP on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the increase in the subsidy for Di-Ammonium Phosphate fertiliser by 140 per cent, and said the move will ensure that the farmers get fertilisers at old rates despite international price rise. BJP national General Secretary and Rajya Sabha member Bhupendra Yadav tweeted, "The Centre has hiked DAP subsidy by 140 …

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PM Modi's historic step: Subsidy on DAP fertiliser hiked by 140%
3 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi's historic step: Subsidy on DAP fertiliser hiked by 140%

India TV News  

Underlining that welfare of farmers is at the core of his government's efforts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a historic step of hiking fertiliser subsidy by 140%. The decision would mean that farmers will now get subsidy of Rs 1200 per bag of DAP instead of Rs 500. So the actual price of a DAP bag is now …

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