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 Chemicals


'Agrochemicals market to cross Rs 25K cr mark by 2015'
SME Times News Bureau | 11 May, 2012
Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 15 per cent, the agrochemicals sector in India is likely to cross Rs 25,000 crore mark by 2015, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said.
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Banned pesticides: HC wants report by Aug 17
SME Times News Bureau | 02 May, 2012
The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed an experts' committee to submit a report by Aug 17 containing guidelines to prevent the rampant use of banned pesticides in vegetables and fruits.
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India misses March urea production target
SME Times News Bureau | 01 May, 2012
India's production of urea, a widely used nitrogen-release fertilizer, failed to reach the target of 18.93 lakh metric tonne in March, according to official data released Tuesday.
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'No stamp scheme for providing subsidy on fertilisers'
SME Times News Bureau | 27 Apr, 2012
The centre is not considering any stamp scheme for providing subsidy on fertilisers, the Lok Sabha was informed Thursday.
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Plastics federation plans knowledge centre
SME Times News Bureau | 26 Apr, 2012
The Indian Plastics Federation will set up a Rs.25 crore knowledge centre in West Bengal to run courses on plastic processing, an official said.
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Anti-anaemia fortified salt launched by Tata Chemicals
SME Times News Bureau | 06 Apr, 2012
Tata Chemicals, the market leader in the branded salt segment, Thursday launched the country's first iron fortified iodized salt that consumers can use in their daily diet to fight anaemia.
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Customs duty exemption to fertilizer projects announced
SME Times News Bureau | 16 Mar, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday announced that imports of equipment for initial setting-up or substantial expansion of fertilizer projects are being fully exempted from basic customs duty of 5 per cent for a period of three years up to March 31, 2015.
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Subsidies on non-urea fertilisers to be cut
SME Times News Bureau | 02 Mar, 2012
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 20 percent in the next financial year beginning April 1.
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Ministerial panel approves investment policy on urea
SME Times News Bureau | 25 Feb, 2012
EGoM headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday approved a new investment policy to boost urea production.
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Organic fertilisers cut input costs, raise crops' life
SME Times News Bureau | 25 Feb, 2012
A senior professor at IIT Kharagpur says the use of organic fertilisers not only can reduce the production cost of the farmers but also increase the longevity of crops.
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