Fertiliser Subsidy

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  Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies

  Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.

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  Centre Revises Gas Procurement Policy For Fertiliser Firms To Cut Costs: Report

  The government expects to cut its fertiliser subsidy bill by up to 240 billion rupees if the fifth of companies' supplies is bought through bilateral contracts orgasexchange, said one of the government officials,

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  Government To Spend Additional Rs 2 Lakh Crores To Check Inflation: Report

  Government is considering spending an additional Rs 2 lakh crores ($26 billion) in the current fiscal to cushion consumers from rising prices

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  Fuel Price Excise Duty Cut Burden Entirely On Central Government, Says Finance Minister

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that excise duty reduction has entirely been made in road and infrastructure cess

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  Centre Protecting Farmers: Finance Minister On Doubling Fertiliser Subsidy

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government has protected farmers from the rise in prices of fertilizers globally and an additional amount of Rs 1.10 lakh crore is being provided.

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  Government To Give Additional Fertiliser Subsidy To Farmers In 2022-23

  Government's total fertiliser subsidy is likely to touch a record Rs 2.15 lakh crore in 2022-23

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  Nirmala Sitharaman Urges States To Reduce VAT On Fuel After Excise Duty Cut

  Finance Minister urged all state governments, especially those which had not reduced excise duty on November 4, 2021, to also implement a similar cut

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  Government Says Fertiliser Subsidy May Rise To Rs 2.5 Lakh Crore In 2022-23

  Government has said that fertiliser subsidy for this fiscal might increase to around Rs 2.5 lakh crore

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  Fertiliser Subsidy Likely To Touch Rs 1.65 Lakh Crore In Current Fiscal: CRISIL

  Fertiliser subsidy bill is set to touch an all-time high of Rs 1.65 lakh crore this fiscal due to an unprecedented rise in the cost of raw materials

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  No Fertiliser Shortage In Kharif Season, Will Fix Subsidy For FY23 Soon: Government

  The government on Tuesday asserted that there will not be any fertiliser shortage in the upcoming kharif sowing season and said it will soon announce the subsidy rate for non-urea soil nutrients for the current fiscal.

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  Cabinet May Consider Raising Fertiliser Subsidy: Report

  Cabinet is likely to consider raising the country's fertiliser subsidy at a meeting on Wednesday, government sources said on Tuesday.

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  Centre Seeks Parliament Nod For Rs 1.07 Lakh Crore Extra Spending In 2021-22

  The Indian government sought parliamentary approval on Monday for net extra spending of Rs 1.07 lakh crore ($13.96 billion) in the current financial year ending in March 2022, that would include spending of Rs 14,900 crore on fertilisers subsidies.

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  Budget 2022: Food, Fertiliser & Petroleum Subsidies Reduced

  A substantial reduction in subsidies -- primarily for fertiliser, food and petroleum -- has been announced in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the financial year 2022-23 (FY23) on Tuesday.

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  Budget 2022: Government Plans Rs 1.4 Trillion Subsidy To Placate Farmers

  India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates

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  Fertiliser Stocks Surge On Subsidies Doubling Plan Report

  Shares in RCF, Chambal Fertilsers & Chemicals Ltd, National Fertilizers Ltd and Madras Fertilizers Ltd jumped between 6 per cent and 9 per cent