The government provides subsidy on both urea and non-urea fertilisers to ensure farmers get the soil nutrients at affordable rates
In a statement on Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called for a 'one nation, one power tariff' policy, saying some states have to pay more for electricity.
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved a subsidy of Rs 60,939.23 crore for phosphatic and potassic fertilizers, including DAP, for the first six months of this fiscal.
Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has announced new guidelines for releasing subsidies to farmers for the purchase of farm machinery and tools.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced measures aimed at reducing prices of plastic products, iron, steel, and cement.
Goyal, while responding to a query during the Question Hour in the Upper House on cut in budget for export promotion schemes, said the government has found "very good acceptance" of the RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes...
In a bid to reduce vehicular pollution, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed the three states to register only CNG and electric autos from January 1 and complete the phase out of the diesel ones in...
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated to decline by 39 per cent to Rs 4,33,108 crore in the current fiscal, according to the Budget document.
Deve Gowda has been in public life for nearly seven decades. He started at the very bottom, as a member of the Holenarasipur Taluk Development Board and...
22 lakh farmers in the state get Rs 1500 crore input subsidy. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi congratulate CM Bhupesh Baghel
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a PMO statement.
Amarinder Singh ordered that small and marginal farmers must be given priority while providing subsidized seeds.
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The waiver of subsidies will result in saving around Rs 17 crore annually, official sources said, adding that many food items will cost almost double than the...
With effect from October 5. the government had cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50 per litre and asked state-owned oil firms to subsidise the fuel...
"It is a historic judgement and the whole concept of unique identity number that has been accepted after judicial review is an extremely welcome decision,"...
The woman, Aasi, had gone to bring ration from the fair price shop and she objected to being given less ration.
The Delhi cabinet, early this month, had passed the bill to ensure doorstep delivery of monthly ration to beneficiaries on a timely basis.
A week ago, following a tussle with top bureaucrat Anshu Prakash, the Aam Aadmi Party had also decided to stop Aadhaar being mandatory for distribution of...
The apex court adjourned the hearing in the case till February 19.
The Indian government on Tuesday withdrew the subsidy to Hajj pilgrims in accordance to a 2012 Supreme Court
The govt said the decision is part of agenda of empowering minorities without trying to appease them.
Farmers won't need to have a debit or credit card to purchase as of now, they can pay in cash. But their Aadhar will be entered in the PoS machine nonetheless.
