New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Government has significantly stepped up natural gas supply to urea plants, leading to a 23 per cent jump in domestic urea production ahead of the Kharif 2026 season, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers said on Thursday. The move comes as part of a broader strategy to ensure adequate fertiliser availability for farmers and to shield the sector from global supply disruptions, especially amid ongoing uncertainties in West Asia.By increasing gas supplies to urea plan…
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New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that the country currently holds a robust fertiliser stock of 163 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) for April. This represents a significant 26 per cent increase over the previous year’s stock of 128.54 LMT.The Minister stated that while sufficient stocks are available for the Kharif season, the government is already making provisions through supplementary demands to ensure the Department of Fertilisers can pr…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Addressing market speculation triggered by geopolitical disruptions in West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz, the Centre’s Department of Fertilisers on Friday firmly assured the farming community that India’s fertiliser stocks remain robust and are sufficient to handle the upcoming kharif season.The Department of Fertilisers said that the country’s reserve stocks of fertilisers have risen by a massive 36.5 per cent from 129.85 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) on March 6, 2025, t…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Fertiliser movement from the Centre to the states on Indian Railways, during the first nine months (April-December) of the financial year 2025-26, reached an all-time high with total supplies crossing 530.16 lakh metric tons to surpass the 500 lakh metric ton mark for the first time during this period, an official statement said on Friday.This represents a 12.2 per cent increase over the corresponding period of FY 2024–25 and is 8.5 per cent higher than the previous re…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Jagat Prakash Nadda on Thursday inaugurated the e-Bill System, which will enable the government to process the fertiliser subsidy of approximately Rs 2 lakh crore at Kartavya Bhawan in the national capital. Addressing the event, the Minister said that this online system would play a significant role in strengthening transparent, efficient and technology-driven governance.Secretary Fertilisers Rajat Kumar Mishra said that the la…