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Monday, June 22, 2026
TopicFertilisers

Topic: Fertilisers

India fertiliser offers sink in sign of easing supply strain

Strait of Hormuz's near-closure since war outbreak has sent global costs soaring. India paid $935 to $959 per ton to procure supply in April, close to double pre-war levels.

India’s urea output set to normalise as gas supplies recover

Production, hit by West Asia-linked gas disruptions, fell by 800,000 tonnes in March. Flows are now at 95 percent ahead of key monsoon sowing season.

India must reduce its dependence on fertiliser imports before it’s too late

What worsens India’s dependence on fertiliser imports is not merely the volume of imports, but the inefficiency with which the country utilises them.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

Pakistan ‘natural fit’ as intermediary, Modi’s Israel visit made India’s stance on Iran ‘awkward’—global media

Global media also reports on how India’s fertiliser supplies could take a hit if Israel-Iran war continues and New Delhi’s crackdown on Maoists.

Israel’s ICL Group opens fertiliser plant in Maharashtra amid supply risk due to Iran war

Facility will cover an area of 28,000 sq m and replicate the ICL’s advanced production model, which is currently operating in Israel.

Indian urea producers shut plants as Iran war cuts Qatari supplies of LNG

LNG is primary feedstock for urea production & a key input in the world’s most widely used fertiliser.

New report finds the source of ‘hidden hunger’—India’s fertiliser policy is degrading soil

An ICRIER study shows that Indian soils are increasingly deficient in sulphur, zinc, iron and magnesium, with excessive dependence on a single nutrient—nitrogen.

Potassium fertilisers can improve crop yields. Indian farmers must reduce nitrogen usage

Our study presents evidence suggestive of the fact that farmers who demonstrate greater knowledge about the importance of potassium tend to achieve higher yields and revenues.

China’s Wang Yi assures Jaishankar of addressing key Indian concerns on rare earths, fertilisers, TBMs

Assurance comes ahead of PM Modi’s likely visit to China later this month and amid a rough patch in India-US ties. Beijing has restarted export of urea earlier this month.

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