IFFCO silences critics; announces sale of stocks at old rates
Union Minister Gowda thanks IFFCO for continuing with the old rates
Helping farmers and also being viable is a tough call, co-op titan IFFCO is learning the hard way. And sometimes this tightrope walking does not appeal to vested interests. The recent controversy over DAP price hike is a case in point.
IFFCO’s MD, the PR team as well as its Marketing Dept have been clarifying that IFFCO will sell the huge stock of Complex Fertiliser at its disposal at the old rates but the vested interests are not eager to register the truth.
Sadananda Gowda inspects HURL plant in Gorakhpur, UP CM expresses gratitude ANI | Updated: Mar 04, 2021 17:33 IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday expressed gratitude to Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Sadanand Gowda for investing Rs 8,000 crores in the Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited (HURL) plant. It is a matter of pride for all of us that Union Minister Sadananda Gowda has come to inspect the Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited (HURL) plant. We thank him for investing Rs 8,000 crores in the project, said Adityanath via videoconference.
Gowda inspected the under-construction HURL plant where he was accompanied by Adityanath. After his visit, the Union Minister said that there was a plan to start the fertilizer factory in July this year.
Thousands Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Widows Wait For Pension For 13 Months Thousands Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Widows Wait For Pension For 13 Months In 2010, following a recommendation of a group of ministers, a pension of Rs 500 per month was approved for the widows. It was later hiked to Rs 1,000 per month, until it was stopped in December 2019.
Raisa Bi is among thousands of women who lost their husbands in the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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Some 5,000 widows of the Bhopal gas tragedy haven t got pension for the last 13 months. The Rs 1,000 per month pension was stopped by the previous government led by former chief minister Kamal Nath in December 2019.
Bengaluru: Rs 1.16 lac crore central funds to improve Shiradi, Charmadi ghats - Nitin Gadkari
Sun, Dec 20 2020 08:55:53 AM
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Bengaluru, Dec 20: Nitin Gadkari, union minister of road transport and highways, micro, small and medium enterprises, on Saturday December 19 said that the union government will invest an amount of Rs 1,16,144 crore to augment the road network in Karnataka in coming years.
The amount has been sanctioned to carry out three projects with a view of safety of road users on Shiradi ghat, Charmadi ghat and Sampaje ghat, he said.
Speaking after dedicating 33 National Highway projects worth Rs 10,904 crore covering 1,197 km length in a virtual event held here, Gadkari said that under the Bharatmala and other schemes, as many as 19 works at a cost of Rs 31,035 crore are already under progress.
Updated Dec 19, 2020 | 17:33 IST
Gadkari further informed that the Union Government shall invest approximately an amount of Rs 1,16,144 crore in Karnataka State in the coming years Nitin Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation for 33 highway projects worth Rs 11,000 crore in Karnataka 
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday (December 19) inaugurated and laid the foundation of 33 NH projects in Karnataka today via virtual mode.
These projects include 1197 kms long roads worth Rs 10,904 crore. The event was presided over by Chief Minister YS Yeddiyurappa, and was attended by former Prime Minister H D Devegowda, Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi, Sadanand Gowda, Gen Dr V K Singh, ministers from the State and senior officers.