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: With pilot projects indicating success, direct benefit transfer (DBT) of fertilizer subsidy will be introduced across the country from next month, a government official aware of the plan ...

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 ...

The Cabinet approval of the proposal from Department of Fertilizers to continue urea subsidy scheme from 2017 up to 2020 at a total estimated cost of Rs 1,64,935 crore along with the nationwide ...

The time is running out fast for putting necessary things in place for the implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in fertilizer supply from January 1 next in Telangana with very few retailers ...

With a decline in food and fertilizer payouts, total Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) during the fiscal year 2024-25 dipped to lowest in three years, data from DBT portal showed. This is despite an ...

The government’s total subsidy payout in the current fiscal has come to ₹1.36 trillion. HT The government may also roll out an ambitious scheme to transfer the subsidy directly to the bank accounts of ...

THOOTHUKUDI: A mandatory ‘caste category’ entry introduced in point of sale (PoS) machines in fertilizer shops for getting fertilizer subsidies has enraged Tamil Nadu farmers. In a software update for ...