-Livemint.com A revision in nutrient-based subsidy rates is crucial to sustain credit profiles of fertiliser makers, Crisil said New Delhi: The central government’s Fertilizer subsidy outgo could touch an all-time high of ₹1.65 trillion in FY23, against the budgeted ₹1.05 trillion, due to an unprecedented rise in the cost of raw materials and prices of Fertilizers globally, rating agency Crisil said on Thursday. A revision in nutrient-based subsidy rates is crucial to sustain...
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Government set to raise subsidy on Fertilizers to cool prices for farmers -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com Fertilizer department said in the presentation that international prices of Fertilizers and raw materials have been constantly rising since January 2021 NEW DELHI: The central government is set to raise the subsidy on Fertilizers for the kharif crop season to cool prices to farmers, the department of Fertilizers said in a presentation on Tuesday even as worries of protracted disruptions in key commodities continued to rattle global commodity and financial markets....
More »CSE report: State of BioFertilizers and Organic Fertilizers in India (2022)
-Centre for Science and Environment It is becoming clearer by the day that chemical Fertilizers are not a sustainable solution to the problem of depletion of soil nutrients as a result of agriculture, particularly crop production. BioFertilizers and organic Fertilizers not only provide nutrients to crops, they also help in restoring soil health and ecological balance. As we (re)discover the power and potential of bioFertilizers and organic Fertilizers, we need to...
More »Is the govt. doing enough for the Jan Aushadhi scheme?
On Janaushadhi Diwas this year (i.e., March 7th, 2022), Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi stated that the poor and the middle-class benefited from the 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras' that were set up to provide generic drugs at affordable prices. He said that the poor and the middle class saved around Rs.13,000 crore through these stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of COVID 19 crisis, the 'Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India'...
More »Donor-funded evaluation shows “AGRA did not meet its headline goal” to reduce hunger in Africa, says a press statement by IATP
-Press release by Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP)* dated March 4, 2022 A new evaluation has exposed the serious failures of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) — in its attempt to address hunger and farmer poverty. Funded by Gates, USAID, and western governments, for 15 years AGRA has promoted high-input agriculture, synthetic Fertilizers, commercial seeds and subsidies to "catalyze a farming revolution in Africa." This evaluation...
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