Aug 22:  8Shri Shashank Priya, AS & FA, Department of Commerce, MOC&I, Govt. of India is appointed as Part-Time Govt Nominee Director in MMTC Limited w.e.f. 19.08.2019. Shri. Shashank Priya’s appointment is approved by the Board in Circulation on 21.08.2019. 
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Aug 22: 8Two Ammonia Shipment is coming up on 26 August 2019.
8Two Phos acid Shipment is coming up on 22 August 2019.
8Two Sulphuric acid Shipment is coming up on 23 & 24 August 2019
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Aug 22: 8Swiss Singapore is an L1 bidder for the supply of Sulphur to an Indian Fertilizer company, Which bid closing date was 8 August 2019.
8The financial bid has been opened and evaluation is ongoing.
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Aug 21: The Team of Ministers, headed by Nitin Gatkari, is doing a review of the proposal to disburse Rs 350/tonne increase in fixed cost to urea units
8Gatkari does not seem to be convinced of the merits of the proposal as yet
8Pressure for release of  the fixed cost subsidy is being mounted from a rather unusual source.
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Aug 21: GNVFC has posted power revenues in Q-1, 2019-20 in comparison to the previous quarter
8Cost of raw materials have remained the same though
8The result is a sharp lowering of profits
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Aug 21: Granular Single Super Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 148 crore
8Project Event: The project is in its initial stage. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in October 2019 in place of July 2019 due to internal finalization delays
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Aug 21: DAP Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 442 crore
8Project Event: Commissioning is in August, 2020. Jacobs is the EPCM.  Equipment has reached the site but installation will start from December 2019.
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Aug 21: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Corrigendum: Repair of journal portion of screw compressor rotor pair at vendor works Details
8Repairing of package AC at R and D Biola storage Plant Details
8Supply of Motors Details
8Corrigendum: Supply of Cables Details
8Corrigendum: Supply of Hydrolyser Feed Pump Details
8Supply of Foreman/ Supervisor, skilled and Unskilled manpower Details
8Supply of Certified Wheat Seed for Rabi Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following reports:
8Balancing research, policy and practice could help agriculture meet Sustainable Development Goals: A Paper Details
8Action on Agricultural Emissions: An Analysis Details
8Methodological Protocol to assess the impacts of pesticide and fertiliser use on adjacent pollinator conservation measures: A Paper Details
8Electrical Robot for Autonomous Spraying in Agriculture: An Analysis Details
8Coromandel International Limited: An Analysis Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Pulse weekly outlook: India’s monsoons catch up, but crops still at risk Details
8Climate change will cripple economies regardless of countries' wealth- report Details
8Leading farms to digital revolution Details
8Water pollution threat to economic growth, public health, says World Bank water quality report Details
8Why DBT of fertiliser subsidy won’t happen anytime soon Details
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Aug 21: 8 Two are in the race to supply of NPK (12:32:16) for a total of 50,000 MT to NFL with bid closing date was 19 August 2019.
8 The technical bid has been opened and price bid is still to be opened.
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Aug 21: 8 Three Urea Shipment is coming up on 21,22 & 24 August 2019.
8 One Rock Phosphate Shipment is coming up on 28 August 2019.
8 One DAP Shipment is coming up on 22 August 2019.
8 One Ammonia Shipment is coming up on 21 August 2019.
8 Two Sulphuric acid Shipment is coming up on 20 & 24 August 2019.
8 One Phos acid Shipment is coming up on 28 August 2019.
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Aug 21: 8NFL has reduced the MRP of Imported Kisan DAP (18:46), NPK (12:32:16) and NPK (10:26:26) w.e.f. 16.08.2019. 
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Aug 20: It is learned from Kribhco sources that Manoj Misra has applied for the slot of MD in Kribhco. His application was received well before the August 11, 2019 deadline
8With four years behind him as CMD of NFL, he outguns Kribhco's well liked finance director Ranjan Choudhury, who is the only other eligible internal candidate, in terms of experience of running a large fertilizer company.
8Misra has a lot to preen about in his biodata. He has been able to vastly expand NFL's footprint in the four years he has been at the helm of the company: sales are expected to touch around 6 million tonnes in 2019-20 from around 3.7 million tonnes in 2015-16. The incremental sales is out of imported urea. When Ramagundam comes into production, sales will swing up by an extra 1.3 million tonnes. This would mean that sales would have doubled since he joined NFL.
8Then again, NFL has been very aggressive is selling decontrolled fertilizers, sales are going to touch 1 million tonnes this year from nearly nothing in 2015-16.
8Misra has successfully used global tenders for import of DAP, instead of the traditional MOU route, pushing down prices and setting benchmark DAP import prices not just for India but globally while at the same time expanding his marketing network to the North East and the South.
8Juxtaposed against Misra is Choudhury, who has been finance director in Kribhco for six years. He is well liked within the company, and he has been credited with astutely managing the finances of the cooperative through stressful periods.
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Aug 20: Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 250 crore
8Project Event: The fact that all is not well within the subsidy-driven urea industry is evident from the inability of this company to go ahead with its ammonia-urea energy saving project. It just does not have the money for it. As per new energy norms of the government, the company's already dire situation will worsen when it begins paying penalties for non-conformance. Delayed payment of subsidy and consequent higher working capital loans have caused many urea companies to report cash flow problems, so much so that even their basic upgradations are now being ignored.
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Aug 20: It is not just any ordinary cash strapped urea company which seems to be falling behind in pushing through its energy saving investment, a company as big as NFL has not bee able to do it on time.
8NFL has now made an ardent plea for extension of the current energy norms for the period from FY2021 to FY2025 for the Nangal, Bhatinda and Panipat plants. Alternatively, the company has requested for a one-time capital subsidy pay out to recover the investment in the energy savings projects and reduce reliance on debt. 
8This will ensure the company’s ability to maintain cash inflows from its urea operations and service the debt related to the capex
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Aug 20: Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Ltd has improved its profits in Q-1, 2019-20 in relation to the previous quarter
8This is despite the fact that fertilizer revenues are down to Rs. 341 crores in Q1 FY20 as compared to ~Rs. 429 crores in Q1 FY19.
8The company has cut down on fertilizer trading, instead concentrating on branded and differentiated NPK grade, which posted an increase in sales
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Aug 20: Mozaic India Pvt Ltd has received a freight subsidy of Rs. 410 crore which had been pending for payment from GoI since FY2013 owing to the issues related to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules in retail.
8With the receipt of this subsidy, the liquidity position of the company has improved substantially in FY2019 leading to lower reliance on working capital debt.
8The company, which has the backing of the one of the largest P&K manufacturers in the world, though the sales volume of DAP witnessed a degrowth in FY2019.
8But MOP sales volumes have witnessed healthy growth in FY2019 giving the company a  market share of a significant 7% in the country within four years of getting licence to sell MOP in India.
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Aug 20: Effluent Treatment Plant Up-gradation Project
8Cost - Rs 101 crore
8Project Event: The RFQ for the LSTK contractor has been out and bid closing date is 20 August, but due to lack of bidder due date may be extended. The company is also trying to amendment in NIT
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Aug 20: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Corrigendum: Supply of Red earth ,Farm Yard Manure and Yellow Murum Details
8Supply of 200 MT Mono Potassium Phosphate Details
8Supply of 300 MT Ammonium Sulphate Details
8Global Pre-qualification of vendors for supply of Rock Phosphate Details
8Miscellaneous mechanical maintenance jobs in SNN Plant Details
8Installation of Motor driven BFW pump and its accessories in Steam Generation Plant Details
8Supply of Certified Wheat Seed for Rabi-2019-20 for marketing Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following reports:
8Linking farmers to futures market in India: A Paper Details
8Critical Policy Interventions to fast forward Micro Irrigation in India: An Analysis Details
8Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals: An Analysis Details
8Investor Presentation of Nutrien [August 2019] Details
8Fertilize Drought-Resistant Plants Sustainably and Effectively: A Paper Details
8Crop Selection and international differences in Aggregate Agricultural Productivity: A Paper Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8The corporate capture of agriculture Details
8Industry must leverage right technology to reduce its own water consumption Details
8L&T Technology Services launches unique incentive-based waste management program in DUMAD village near Vadodara Details
8Farmers optimistic over project recycling agricultural waste Details
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Aug 19: After RCF, it is now the time for NFL's future outlook has now been dubbed as "negative".
8Two of the country's largest public sector companies, despite a sovereign guarantee from the government of India, now suffer a negative outlook
8NFL's revision has been prompted by a deterioration of its credit metrics owing to the significant increase in the working capital debt of the company driven by the delay in the subsidy receipts from the GoI.
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Aug 19: 8One Rock Phos Shipment is arriving on 20 August 2019.
8One Sulphuric acid Shipment is reaching on 20 August 2019.
8Two Ammonia Shipment is coming up on 19 & 22 August 2019.
8Two Urea Shipment is arriving on 19 & 21 August 2019.
8One DAP Shipment is likely to berth up on 22 August 2019.
8Two Phos acid Shipment is coming up on 18 & 20 August 2019.
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