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Farmers claimed that the official price of a 45-kg urea bag is Rs 275, but they are "forced to buy a bag at a price as high as three to four times”.

Subsidised urea from market is being diverted to industries: farmers

August 25, 2025 9:02 am

Crackdown exposes ‘industrial misuse’.

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How can Indian farmers be weaned away from urea, DAP and potash?

February 24, 2025 11:42 am

All these three fertilisers are imported, whether directly or as inputs for domestic manufacturing. Capping or even reducing their consumption has become a strategic imperative of sorts for India. Can their use go down? If yes, how? We explain.

Scrap price controls on urea and DAP coated with micronutrients, says fertiliser firm MD

May 13, 2023 3:16 am

Price controls have resulted in companies now only “distributing” and not “marketing” fertilisers, says MD of Yara Fertilisers India Pvt. Ltd.

Gujarat: 9,200kg urea meant for agricultural use seized before being illegally diverted to industries, 3 booked

July 02, 2022 7:56 pm

The neem-coated urea used in farming was being repackaged and sold as technical grade urea for industrial use at Chanasma GIDC in Patan district of north Gujarat, the government said.

In a first, India to import large quantity of urea from the US

June 17, 2022 1:27 pm

“More vessels are likely from the US in the months ahead. It will help in diversifying our import sources and sending a message to other suppliers,” an industry expert told The Indian Express.

Tinkering at margins

October 19, 2020 1:55 am

Cap on subsidised fertiliser merely addresses issue of its diversion, doesn’t fix real problem — overuse by farmers.

Congress govts claim crisis almost over, urea stocks on way

December 30, 2018 6:57 am

In Madhya Pradesh, police had to be deployed for distribution of urea in Vidisha on Friday, while they resorted to lathicharge in Shivpuri and Raisen districts after desperate farmers turned unruly.

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A gadget that tells farmers how much urea to use on crops

November 07, 2015 1:21 am

The sensor-based equipment accurately measures the nitrogen content in leaves and immediately prompts the farmer by a voice message the exact quantity of urea needed.