Morocco looking for more joint ventures with India: Ambassador (Interview-Second Lead)
July 29th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Morocco, the North African nation that supplies the bulk of India's needs for phosphate, a key ingredient in fertilisers, is looking for expansion in ties ... Read more...
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Morocco contributing to India’s food security: Ambassador (Lead)
July 29th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Morocco is contributing significantly to India's food security but wants its relations to expand beyond supply of phosphates, a key ingredient for fertilisers of which ... Read more...
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Morocco wants ties with India to go beyond food security
July 29th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Morocco wants its relations with India to expand beyond trade and supply of phosphates, a key ingredient for fertilizers of which it holds two-thirds of ... Read more...
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Scrap nutrient-based subsidy for fertilisers: Jayalalithaa
June 27th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) scheme for fertilisers and reintroduce the earlier ... Read more...
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India to cut subsidies on non-urea fertilisers next fiscal
March 1st, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) In a bid to control the widening fiscal deficit, the government Thursday said it will reduce subsidies on phosphate and potash-based fertilisers by over ... Read more...
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Indian fertiliser makers looking to buy mines in Africa
December 11th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Faced with increasing demand and rising cost of importing raw material, the Indian fertiliser industry is eying mineral assets in Africa."Today there is a possibility ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa to meet PM Tuesday
June 12th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 12 (IANS) A month after her AIADMK swept to power, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday and discuss important matters ... Read more...
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Ladakh farmers switch to organic farming
May 17th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir), May 17 (ANI): Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region are switching to organic farming and have decided to avoid the usage of pesticides and other chemicals that ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi calls for consensus on fertiliser subsidy
February 17th, 2010 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Tuesday called for political consensus on the issue of nutrient based subsidy (NBS) for fertilisers.
"I am also of the view that ... Read more...
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Farmers go on rampage in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr
November 23rd, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 23 (IANS) Hundreds of farmers, protesting the alleged black marketing of fertilisers by cooperative institutions, damaged several vehicles and public property, and clashed with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr ... Read more...
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12 farm suicides in four days in Vidarbha despite loan waiver
August 16th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Aug 16 (IANS) An unprecedented Rs.710 billion loan waiver has not stopped farm suicides in Vidarbha of Maharashtra with 12 such cases being reported in different parts of the region in ... Read more...
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Fertiliser vends in Tamil Nadu raided to check hoarding
June 25th, 2008 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 25 (IANS) Nearly 200 fertiliser vending units were raided Wednesday to prevent hoarding and black marketing of inorganic fertiliser Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), officials said here. "Hoarders and black market forces ... Read more...
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Central government to send fertilisers to Karnataka
June 12th, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 12 (IANS) Two days after one person was killed in police firing on farmers protesting against fertiliser and seed shortage, the central government has agreed to send adequate quantities of ... Read more...
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Central government to rush fertilisers to Karnataka (Lead)
June 12th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 12 (IANS) Two days after one person was killed in police firing on farmers protesting against fertiliser and seed shortage, the central government has decided to send adequate quantities of ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa asks police not to open fire at farmers
June 12th, 2008 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday ordered the state police not to open fire at agitating farmers, whatever be the provocation. The directive came a day after one ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa meets PM over fertilizer shortage (Second Lead)
June 12th, 2008 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Wednesday evening to seek an immediate supply of fertilizers for his state, which is grappling with ... Read more...
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