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India may not need to import urea after 2025, says Mansukh Mandaviya

This is owing to rising domestic production, nano supplies

India to be self-sufficient in urea by 2025-end, says Mandaviya

India will not need to import urea by 2025-end as the domestic production of conventional urea and nano liquid urea is expected to be sufficient, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said

India to import 47,000 tonnes of urea from the US; more likely in future

The US is not a major urea exporting country, and govt data shows that Indian imports from Washington in 2019-20 were only 1.47 tonnes

Imported urea prices off December 2021 highs; remain elevated in May

The rates are still considerably higher than the same period last year by almost 95.4 per cent

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeks $55-mn loan from India for buying fertiliser

Wickremesinghe has said that within five to six months, the current agriculture shortages could be salvaged if swift action was taken to address the shortages faced by the farmers.

Centre seizes 35,000 bags of urea diverted from agricultural use

Being highly subsidised, there is always a tendency to divert urea towards non-agriculture purposes

Fertiliser prices likely to come down as India secures supplies till Dec

Fertiliser demand usually peaks between April and June for the kharif harvest; between October and December for the rabi sowing season

A first: After the success of nano urea, nano-DAP soon for farmers

Fertiliser major IFFCO has been asked to do the groundwork on this

Nano urea will boost crop production, increase farmers' income: IFFCO

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually inaugurated the world's first nano urea liquid plant by IFFCO near Kalol town of Gujarat's Gandhinagar district

Imported urea bag of 50 kg is given to farmers at Rs 300, says PM Modi

He also said that villages in Gujarat owe their prosperity to the dairy cooperative movement. The cooperative model is required for the development of villages, the prime minister said.

India extends support to Sri Lanka, to supply 65,000 MT of urea

Both Moragoda and Kumar Chaturvedi discussed possible ways and measures to ensure that chemical fertilizers from India to Sri Lanka are supplied continuously under the existing Credit Line and beyond

Fertiliser companies dig in for hard times amid Russia-Ukraine war

Russia-Ukraine war leaves them prey to rising costs, supply disruptions even as administered prices are unchanged

India plans urea import deal with Iran using rupee payments: Report

India plans to pay in rupees for its first long-term urea import deal with Iran to hedge itself from global supply disruptions, higher prices and forex volatilities

At current prices, FY23 fertiliser subsidy sufficient for 6-7 mths: Experts

However, the govt may have to infuse more fertiliser subsidy if global gas prices rise.

Ensure adequate availability of urea in Bihar: Lok Sabha MP to Mandaviya

Former Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha member Ram Kripal Yadav on Friday sought intervention of Chemical and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for ensuring adequate availability of urea in Bihar, saying farmers are facing problems due to the shortages. In a communication to the fertilisers minister, Yadav said that farmers in his parliamentary constituency Pataliputra are facing the problem of inadequate availability of urea. "I request the minister for adequate supply of urea to the state as per their demands," he said. The shortage is not there only in Pataliputra, but at all places in the state, he added. Domestic fertiliser production reached 28.5 million tonnes during the April-December period of 2021-22. Out of the total fertiliser production, urea output was at 18.7 million tonnes, Di Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) at 3 million tonnes and complex fertilisers at 6.8 million tonnes. The government is making available fertilisers, namely urea and different grades of P&K ...

Modi govt planning surge in fertiliser plants for second green revolution

The spectacular success of attaining self-reliance in food grain production and nutrition in the country has been achieved through a combination of factors

Rajasthan CM Gehlot writes to PM regarding 'inadequate' supply of urea

Gehlot has requested the prime minister to provide farmers adequate fertilizer

Led by urea, fertiliser subsidies to soar 62% this fiscal: Report

The Centre's fertiliser subsidy bill is set to soar by 62% over the budgeted amount to Rs 1.3 trillion this fiscal due to the massive rise in raw material prices despite lower demand, says a report

Govt approves subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification

Cabinet approved an exclusive subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification by Talcher Fertilizers Limited.

Falling gas prices offer a breather to a subsidy-ridden fertiliser sector

Estimates say a 25.1% fall in natural gas prices, which makes up 50-80% of raw material cost in urea, could lead to a 12% in manufacturing cost; 28 of 31 urea plants in India are gas-based