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Most have a roof over their heads, right? So head to the terrace and grow your garden right under the sun. And for those who don’t, this story is dedicated to you anyway. The open sky, the stars, the sun and the moon belong to you.
Most have a roof over their heads, right? So head to the terrace and grow your garden right under the sun. And for those who don’t, this story is dedicated to you anyway. The open sky, the stars, the sun and the moon belong to you.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday is learnt to have cleared fertiliser subsidy worth Rs 22,000 crore for the Rabi season, which runs from October 2023 till March 2024.
With India heavily dependent on imported fertilisers — to the extent that 30 per cent of its urea requirement is…
An ambitious scheme that aims to promote balanced use of fertilisers along with bio-fertilisers, called Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana or PM PRANAM, is likely to be formally unveiled by the Centre at the end of this month.
Speaking at the launch of IFFCO's Nano Liquid DAP, Union Cooperatives Minister Amit Shah called the initiative a step towards this end.
Energy and fertiliser requirements are one of the most immediate challenges being faced by the country, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Sources in the agricultural ministry in Bangladesh said there is adequate stock of all types of fertiliser in the country.
The Centre has initiated several schemes and programmes through which it promotes production and use of biofertilisers and organic fertilisers.
Studies indicate that soil in tropical regions has a poorer Carbon retention as compared to the temperate region. Stubble burning, scientifically, adds to this carbon content, but results in increased air pollution in the atmosphere.
"If there is a delay, a decision has been reached to import the nano-nitrogen fertilizer from India using air freight," Aluthgamage said.
