Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee is Director, Country Relations and Business Affairs - New Delhi, ICRISAT. He has a Master’s degree in Agricultural Science from BHU and a PhD from the Indian Agricultural ...

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday decided to implement direct benefit transfer (DBT) for fertilizer subsidy payments across India, seeking to prevent diversion of fertilizers for commercial use and ...

Fertilizer companies were asked to ensure point of sale devices were deployed with all retailers by December 20 to enable implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) in fertilizers in the State ...

In a bid to overcome the connectivity (network) problems faced in carrying out transactions particularly in the rural areas, Aadhaar-enabled sale of fertilizers through e-PoS (electronic Point of Sale ...

Industry leaders claimed to be ready for the scheme to be rolled out in the nation. They believe that this will help in preventing subsidy leakage. In order to prevent subsidized fertilizers from ...

Splurge in fertiliser subsidy in the last three years is giving jitters to policy makers, especially the Union finance ministry, which has to foot the bills. Fertiliser subsidy amounts to payments ...