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Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-12-19): During the year, the Department of Fertilizer is implementing schemes such as Urea Subsidy Scheme, Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme (NBS) and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) projects for fertilizer subsidy payments which are implemented on a PAN India basis for ensuring adequate availability of fertilizers to the farmers. [...] Department of Fertilizers (DoF) has implemented Direct Beneﬁt Transfer (DBT) project for fertilizer subsidy payment with a view to improve fertilizer service delivery to farmers. Under the fertilizer DBT system, 100% subsidy on various fertilizer grades is released to the fertilizer companies on the basis of actual sales made by the retailers to the beneﬁciaries. Sale of all subsidized fertilizers to farmers/buyers is made through Point of Sale (PoS) devices installed at each retailer shop and the beneﬁciaries are identiﬁed through Aadhaar Card, KCC, Voter Identity Card etc. [...] - - 100% payment of subsidy to the fertilizer manufacturing/ importing companies on the basis of actual sale by the retailers to the beneficiary.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-09-20): Government Initiatives and Schemes - Neem Coating of Urea: The Department of Fertilizers (DoF) has made it mandatory for all the domestic producers to produce 100% urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU). - New Urea Policy (NUP) 2015: Objectives of the policy are- - To maximize indigenous urea production. [...] - It aims at ensuring the balanced use of fertilizers, improving agricultural productivity, promoting the growth of the indigenous fertilizers industry and also reducing the burden of Subsidy.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-05-26): - Department of Fertilisers: The main objective of the Department of Fertilizers is to ensure adequate and timely availability of fertilizers at affordable prices for maximizing agricultural production in the country. [...] The benefits of use of NCU are as under:- - Improvement in soil health - Reduction in usage of plant protection chemicals - Reduction in pest and disease attack - An increase in yield of paddy, sugarcane, maize, soybean, Tur/Red Gram - Negligible diversion towards non-agricultural purposes. - Due to slow release of Nitrogen, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) of Neem Coated Urea increases resulting in reduced consumption of NCU as compared to normal urea - Objectives of the policy are- - To maximize indigenous urea production.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2015-07-22): Department of Fertilizers has issued Notification dt. Since NCU cannot be used for industrial purposes, illegal diversion of subsidized urea to non-agricultural uses would not be possible. By curbing this illegal diversion of Urea for non-agricultural purposes, the Government aims to prevent the subsidy leakages. [...] (A) It has been made mandatory for the fertilizer companies to submit, the cost data of their fertilizer products from 2012-13 onwards in prescribed format on six monthly basis. The Department has also appointed Cost Accountants/Firms to scrutinize the said cost data to ensure that the prices fixed by the fertilizers companies are reasonable. [...] Department of Fertilizers has issued New Urea Policy 2015 on 25th May, 2015 with twin objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production and promoting energy efficiency in the urea units to reduce the subsidy burden on the Government.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2015-09-01): Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 100% Neem Coating of Urea improves Soil Health, boosts Yields and curbs Diversion: DACFW Study [...] Giving a background of the Neem Coating of urea in the country, the Minister informed that on 2nd June 2008, the Government had notified the policy for encouraging production and availability of fortified and coated fertilizers in the country wherein the indigenous manufacturers/producers of the subsidized fertilizers were allowed to produce fortified/coated subsidized fertilizers up to a maximum of 20% of their total production of respective subsidized fertilizers. This ceiling of production of Neem Coated Urea(NCU) was increased from the limit of 20% to a maximum of 35% of their total production vide notification dated 11th January, 2011. Shri Mandaviya said that the Government, on 24th March, 2015 made mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 75% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea. Subsequently, on 25th May 2015, Department of Fertilizers made it mandatory for all the domestic producers of urea to produce 100% as Neem Coated Urea with an extra MRP of 5% (of Rs. 5360/- per MT) to be charged by the fertilizer manufacturing entities from farmers. Entire quantity of indigenously produced urea and imported urea is being neem coated w.e.f 1st September, 2015 and 1st December, 2015 respectively.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2010-04-01): The Government of India has also notified the New Urea Policy (NUP) – 2015 on 25th May, 2015 for existing gas based urea units with the objective of maximizing indigenous urea production; promoting energy efficiency in urea production; and rationalizing subsidy burden on the Government. NUP-2015 has led to additional production of approximately 20 LMT as compared to 2014-15, from the existing gas based urea plants and the total production of urea during the year 2015-16 was 244.75 LMT, i.e. the highest ever urea production in the country. The indigenous urea production for the years 2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-19 was 242.01 LMT, 240.23 LMT & 240 LMT respectively which is significantly higher than the production in 2014-15. [...] Based on CCEA decision, vide notification dated 25th May,2015 Department of Fertilizers had made it mandatory for all the domestic producers of urea to produce 100% as Neem Coated Urea, with the objective of promoting the balanced use of fertilizers. Entire quantity of indigenously produced urea and imported urea is being neem coated w.e.f 1st September, 2015 and w.e.f 1st December, 2015 respectively. [...] The Department of fertilizers has also implemented Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) System across all States/UTs w.e.f. March, 2018. Under the DBT system, 100% subsidy on various fertilizer grades is released to the fertilizer companies, on the basis of actual sales made by the retailers to the beneficiaries through Point of Sale (PoS) devices installed at each retailer shop and the beneficiaries are identified through Aadhaar Card, Kisan Credit Card, Voter Identity Card etc.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-11-09): Before we move to the government policy on Neem Coated Urea, we need to understand what is Neem coated Urea and what are its advantages vis-a-vis uncoated urea. [...] - Neem-coating will help check heavily subsidized urea’s pilferage to chemical industry and other uses such as making of adulterated milk. [...] In January 2015, the government allowed the urea producers to produce up to 100% of production as Neem coated urea. Further, the government made it mandatory to produce at least 75% of domestic Urea as Neem coated. The current policy is that Government has mandated all indigenous producers of Urea to produce 100% of urea as Neem coated urea only.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-03-24): Neem Coated Urea in Rajya Sabha today, said that the Department of Agriculture, [...] Giving a background of the Neem Coating of urea in the country, the Minister informed that on 2nd June 2008, the Government had notified the policy for encouraging production and availability of fortified and coated fertilizers in the country wherein the indigenous manufacturers/producers of the subsidized fertilizers were allowed to produce fortified/coated subsidized fertilizers up to a maximum of 20% of their total production of respective subsidized fertilizers. This ceiling of production of Neem Coated Urea(NCU) was increased from the limit of 20% to a maximum of 35% of their total production vide notification dated 11th January, 2011. Shri Mandaviya said that the Government, on 24th March, 2015 made mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 75% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea. Subsequently, on 25th May 2015, Department of Fertilizers made it mandatory for all the domestic producers of urea to produce 100% as Neem Coated Urea with an extra MRP of 5% (of Rs. 5360/- per
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2019-02-25): Fact: It is true that through a notification in May 2015, Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU). However, the impacts of this are not yet published by any government report/source. Moreover, successive governments (starting with UPA 1) have progressively increased the limit of neem coating on subsidized urea. Hence, the 100% mandatory part is TRUE while the impacts remain UNVERIFIED.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-08-09): Neem Coated Urea was developed by National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) back in 2002. Since then National Fertilizers Limited standardized the techniques for production of Neem Coated Urea at its Panipat Unit. In 2008, the ministry allowed production (not mandatory) of NCU up to 20 per cent. In January 2010, the ministry increased this to 35 per cent. And in March 2015, the NDA government made it mandatory for domestic manufacturers to produce 75 per cent NCU, which was further extended to 100 per cent on May 25, 2015. Modi Sarkar is repeatedly claiming that the NCU is its own initiative. But it was there, well over 13 back in time, before it was made mandatory in the urea production. The year wise production of NCU in metric ton is available before it was made mandatory in 2015. [...] However, Neem-coated urea is being used in India since 2002. Only 100% production policy was adopted by Modi Government in 2015, which defuse Modi Sarkar’s indirect claim on NCU. Neem-coating makes it costlier for black marketers to divert urea to industrial consumers. But it cannot prevent smuggling of subsidised fertilisers in other countries. Prime Minister’s remark on Neem coating urea is baseless wild claim. It might have effectively substituted the standard urea, but there are no studies or reports of direct benefits from Neem coated urea.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-03-06): Neem-coated urea (NCU) is very popular in India and is garnering continuous attention from scientific communities across the world (Ramappa et al., 2022). Sireesha et al. (2020) reported that 100% of NCU increased NUE (32.59 %) when compared with 100% of prilled urea (20.68 %). In addition to NUE, the grain yield of lowland rice was increased by 14% in 100% NCU in comparison with 100% prilled urea. Conducting research with eco-friendly NCU in wetland transplanted rice cultivation, Shivay et al. (2001) showed that NCU increased NUE and rice grain yield. [...] Ramappa, K. B., Jadhav, V., and Manjunatha, A. V. (2022). A benchmark study on economic impact of Neem Coated Urea on Indian agriculture. Sci. Rep. 12, 1–14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12708-1 [...] Sireesha, A., Krishna, J. R., and Satyanarayana, P. V. (2020). Effect of neem coated urea on nitrogen uptake, nitrogen use efficiency and yield of rice under low land ecosystem of Godavari Delta of Andhra Pradesh. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 9, 2086–2091. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.237
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
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Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-12-20): Featured Benefits ofNeemCoated Urea 1.Slow down the process of nitrification of urea. [...] 16 21. Government Policy on Neem Coated Urea •In January 2015, the government allowed the urea producers to produce up to 100% of production as Neem coated urea. [...] • The current policy is that Government has mandated all indigenous producers of Urea to produce 100% of urea as Neem coated urea only.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
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Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-06-13): - The government has taken a number of measures to reduce urea consumption. It introduced neem-coated urea to reduce illegal diversion of urea for non-agricultural uses. It also stepped up the promotion of organic and zero-budget farming. [...] Neem Coating of Urea: [...] - Due to slow release of Nitrogen, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) of Neem Coated Urea increases resulting in reduced consumption of NCU as compared to normal urea.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-01-01): Leaf Colour Chart (LCC) based N application enhanced yield by 10.3-13.3% and 9.9-10.9% over conventionally applied urea (RDF urea) in direct seeded (DSR) and transplanted rice (PTR), respectively. Yield enhancement with neem coated urea (NCU) when applied conventionally was 7.1-13.4% and 6.8- 10.0% respectively. Whereas NCU when applied on the basis of LCC, the yield enhancement over conventionally applied urea was 21.2-22.9% and 14.6-15.9% respectively for DSR and PTR. [...] As compared to conventionally applied urea, LCC based urea reduced NO₃ - N leaching by 29.8% in direct seeded aerobic rice. Neem coated urea could reduce NO₃ - N leaching by 18.6% as compared to urea when applied conventionally. Whereas NCU when applied on the basis of LCC recommendation the extent to reduction was as high as 39.8%. [...] If all the farmers use Leaf Colour Chart (LCC) in Rice and other Crops in India on a consistent basis, the savings of Subsidy on Urea for the Central and State Governments and the savings on the cost of purchasing Urea for the farmers amounts to INR. 18000 Crores per year approximately.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-07-04): This is to curbing illegal diversion of Urea to non-agricultural purposes Since NCU cannot be used for industrial purposes, illegal diversion of subsidized urea to non-agricultural use would not be possible. By curbing this illegal diversion of Urea for non-agricultural purposes, the government aims to prevent subsidy leakages.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-05-31): The policy of mandatory production and distribution of Neem Coated Urea (NCU) was implemented by the Government of India since 2015. In this article, authors have made an attempt to explore the benefits of NCU recognized by the producers of six major crops such as paddy, maize, sugarcane, tur, jute and soybean across six major states viz., Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab and Assam. The results reveal that NCU use has contributed positively in terms of increasing the yield levels of main product and by-products, as well as net returns with regard to almost all reference crops however; the extent varies from crop to crop. Moreover, NCU has helped reduce the cost of production by minimizing the cost of urea as well as other fertilizers and pesticides usage. Interestingly, the diversion of urea has stopped completely, post the production and distribution of NCU. Hence, it is concluded that the application of NCU has a positive impact on Indian agriculture, by way of increasing yield levels & returns for the farming community. These results are in line with the PM's vision of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 and Sustainable Development Goals of the Country.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Jat and Pal, 2002). In March 2015, the government of India made it mandatory for fertilizer producers to produce NCU up to 70% of capacity and finally in May 2015 directed to manufacture full capacity. This decision was motivated not only by the better performance of NCU vis-à-vis prilled urea in terms of paddy production, but also by an expectation that it will cut down the consumption of urea for paddy cultivation. With NCU already being supplied to farmers as fertilizer N in India, it is not yet clear as to what extent it will lead to increased paddy production and/or reduced demand for urea. Therefore, research investigations based on scientifically-sound experiments and published in peer-reviewed journals have been critically analyzed to better understand the agronomic benefits of neem coated urea vis-à-vis prilled urea. [...] However, subsidized urea is diverted towards other industries like chemical industry, automobile systems and laboratories. This often leads to a shortage of urea for the intended beneficiary of the subsidy i.e. the farmer. Government of India has taken measures to control the black marketing of Urea, through a new policy of promoting neem coated urea. Indigenous manufacturers of urea have to mandatorily produce 75% of the subsidized urea as neem coated urea. Further, they are free to produce the whole amount of subsidized urea as NCU. NCU is not only environment friendly but it also prevents the usage of urea for non agricultural purposes.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-12-12): - Subsidy on Urea: [...] - Neem Coating of Urea: [...] - Subsidized urea is getting diverted to bulk buyers/traders or even non-agricultural users such as plywood and animal feed makers.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-08-24): - The government has taken a number of measures to reduce urea consumption. It introduced neem-coated urea to reduce illegal diversion of urea for non-agricultural uses. It also stepped up the promotion of organic and zero-budget farming. [...] - Neem Coating of Urea: - The Department of Fertilizers (DoF) has made it mandatory for all the domestic producers to produce 100% urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU), to Improve soil health, Reduce usage of plant protection chemicals etc.
Claim: Department of Fertilizers has made it mandatory for all the indigenous producers of urea to produce 100% of their total production of subsidized urea as Neem Coated Urea (NCU) (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-12-28): New Urea Policy – 2015 was notified on 25th May, 2015:- - to maximize indigenous urea production; [...] NEEM COATING OF UREA - 100 % Neem Coated production made mandatory on 25.05.2015. - 100 % of Neem Coating achieved - 1st September, 2015: indigenous urea - 1st December, 2015: imported urea
Claim: Visulas of the recent Turkey earthquake (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-10)
Evidence (2023-02-10): Both videos are old and unrelated to Turkey. One was captured in 2011 when Tsunami and earthquake hit Japan. The other one is an incident in Japan in 2016, in which the front panel of a building came off due to heavy winds. Hence the claim made in the post is False.
Claim: Visulas of the recent Turkey earthquake (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-10)
Evidence (2023-02-06): Turkey earthquake: The eyewitnesses who captured the quake on social media [...] The tremors of the main quake - which happened at 04:17 local time - were felt more than a hundred miles in each direction from the epicentre - across southern Turkey and in northern Syria. [...] Videos have emerged showing large fires in southern Turkey, with people claiming the earthquake has caused gas pipelines to burst and burn out of control.
Claim: Visulas of the recent Turkey earthquake (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-10)
Evidence (2023-02-06): In the early morning of February 6, a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. Numerous aftershocks followed, the strongest nearly rivaling the power of the main quake, at magnitude 7.5. By evening, the death toll had climbed to more than 3,700 across both countries, according to Reuters, and was expected to continue to rise. [...] The entire country is hemmed in by strike-slip, or sideways-sliding, fault zones: the North Anatolian Fault that runs roughly parallel to the Black Sea, and the East Anatolian Fault, near the border with Syria. As a result, Turkey is highly seismically active. Even so, Monday’s quake, which occurred on the East Anatolian Fault, was the strongest to strike the region since 1939, when a magnitude 7.8 quake killed 30,000 people.