October 28, 2021 6:54 AM

Chemicals, Fertilisers Ministry takes several initiatives to reduce India's dependency on import of fertilisers: Bhagwant Khuba

Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers has taken up several initiatives to reduce India's dependency on import of fertilisers and make India Atma Nirbhar by adopting the Make in India initiatives. Speaking to AIR News in Bengaluru the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mr. Bhagwant Khuba has informed that introduction of Nano Urea and increasing fertiliser's production within the country has helped reduce the country's dependency on import of fe...

April 26, 2020 2:37 PM

Chemicals, Petrochemicals industry becomes top exporting sector for 1st time

India's chemical exports rose by 7 per cent to 2.68 lakh crore rupees during April-January period of the last fiscal, and became the top exporting sector in the country for the first time. Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda congratulated the chemicals and petrochemicals industry on becoming the top exporting sector of the country for the first time.   Mr Gowda informed that during April 2019-January 2020, the export of chemicals grew by 7.43 per cent over the...