New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Climate Connect Digital (CCD) has released a white paper quantifying the permanence risk posed by increasingly intense forest fires across the Indian subcontinent. This will potentially have a significant impact on nature-based carbon projects, and the voluntary carbon markets.

The subsidy approved by Cabinet for the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) Rabi-2022 will be Rs 51,875 crore including support for indigenous fertiliser (SSP) through freight subsidy.

China National Statistics Bureau data says the business volume of industries such as retail, aviation, transportation, hospitality and catering dropped in October.

Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): China's factory-gate inflation in July reached the lowest since February last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): The India Climate Collaborative on Wednesday launched its report 'India Advancing with Nature: the current state of play of Nature-based Solutions (NbS)'. The knowledge product for the first time presents a comprehensive understanding of land-based NbS in the Indian context.

Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang admitted that the country faces many challenges in job creation due to recent virus outbreaks and added that the total number of new job seekers this year would hit 16.6 million, including a record 10.6 million university graduates.

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI The government on Saturday decided to make changes to the existing nutrient based subsidy NBS policy to promote domestic production of phosphatic and potassic PK fertilisers amid a sharp rise in global prices A decision in this regard was taken in a high-level meeting chaired by Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya In the meeting it was decided to continue support to the domestic industry for production of PK fertilisers and propose additional provisions in the present NBS Policy to promote domestic production of PK fertilisers in the country an official statement said This decision will help in utilising the unutilised domestic production capacity of these fertilisers and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat it added Under the NBS policy being implemented since April 2010 a fixed amount of subsidy which is decided on an annual basis is provided on PK fertilisers depending on their nutrient content Under this policy maximum retail price MRP of PK fertilisers is fixed by the fertiliser companies as per the market dynamics at reasonable levels which is monitored by the government However in the current 2020-21 fiscal the government notified NBS rates for PK fertilisers twice in order to keep domestic prices of these soil nutrients reasonable to farmers and ensure adequate supply Keeping in account high global prices the Centre has also provided a special one time package for additional subsidy over above the NBS rates for period from October 2021 till March 2022 for Diammonium Phosphate DAP and three most consumed NPK fertilisers The government has also included potash derived from molasses under the NBS scheme with effect from October 2021 The country imports PK fertilisers to meet its domestic demand Global prices of these soil nutrients have increased continuously since early this year For instance global prices of DAP had increased to USD 730 per tonne in September from USD 565 per tonne in May They have further risen now from that level PTI LUX MR MR

New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday chaired a high-level meeting at Nirman Bhawan with the officials and it was decided that the ministry will continue to support the domestic industries for the production of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilizers.

Beijing [China], October 18 (ANI): China's third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at a dismal 4.9 per cent amid slow industrial activity in the month of September.

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Wednesday inaugurated a community policing programme 'Ummeed' in the northeast district of Delhi.