New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The government’s subsidy payment for fertilisers is likely to go up by around Rs 15,000 crore during the April-June quarter of the current financial year due to the rising costs of imports triggered by the West Asia crisis, source said.Additional Secretary, Department of Fertilisers, Aparna S. Sharma, on Monday, confirmed the rise but did not specify by how much.”The subsidy bill will go up, but by what percentage is something I cannot say.”Despite the cost pressures, …
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New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India’s fertiliser security remains strong and stable with the government having scaled up domestic production and imports to ensure availability consistently exceeds requirements of farmers across all major categories amid the Middle East crisis, a top official of the Department of Fertilisers said on Monday.The country currently holds a comfortable stock of 199.65 LMT, covering more than 51 per cent of the seasonal demand, which is a sharp increase from the usual buffe…