Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014)....Read More
Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014).
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Corn import tariffs India: For now, it is unlikely that India will relent to the US demand to cut...
Mon, Sep 15, 2025Sep 15, 2025 07:05 IST
Tractor sales are buoyant this year and poised to cross the one-million mark for the first time, on...
Mon, Sep 15, 2025Sep 08, 2025 06:30 IST
India may be the world’s fastest-growing economy. Yet, it is not attracting commensurate foreign...
Mon, Sep 08, 2025Sep 01, 2025 06:00 IST
A good monsoon has meant farmers planting more kharif crops, pushing up fertiliser demand. This,...
Mon, Sep 01, 2025Aug 28, 2025 04:20 IST
The Finance Ministry, on August 18, had issued a notification doing away with the 11% tariff on...
Thu, Aug 28, 2025Aug 25, 2025 07:00 IST
India remains a relatively low-cost milk producer. But that global price competitiveness, based...
Mon, Aug 25, 2025Aug 21, 2025 04:20 IST
While shortages of DAP — a fertiliser with 46% P that is essential for root development and early...
Thu, Aug 21, 2025Aug 13, 2025 06:45 IST
Trump has extended his trade truce with China. Apart from its control over the rare-earth elements...
Wed, Aug 13, 2025Aug 11, 2025 07:30 IST
The country’s merchandise exports are flat, if not declining, while agri exports are set to touch...
Mon, Aug 11, 2025Aug 08, 2025 10:57 IST
What are the concerns specific to the three primary agricultural producer-stakeholders that have...
Fri, Aug 08, 2025Aug 07, 2025 05:10 IST
During January-June 2025, India’s imports of agricultural products from the US were, at $1,693.2...
Thu, Aug 07, 2025Aug 04, 2025 06:30 IST
The growth is now coming not from insecticides or fungicides, but herbicides. And the driver for...
Mon, Aug 04, 2025Jul 25, 2025 18:36 IST
A tight global supply, the result of lower production in the Philippines and Indonesia, plus...
Sat, Jul 26, 2025Jul 21, 2025 06:30 IST
A second successive good monsoon, combined with the government allowing imports of pulses and...
Mon, Jul 21, 2025Jul 14, 2025 08:16 IST
The bodies that helped seed India’s Green Revolution are looking at New Delhi for help after...
Mon, Jul 14, 2025Jul 11, 2025 06:56 IST
The Mexico-headquartered centre, responsible for India’s Wheat Revolution, faces acute global...
Fri, Jul 11, 2025Jul 07, 2025 07:30 IST
India’s foreign exchange earnings from services and private remittance transfers today exceed...
Mon, Jul 07, 2025Jul 03, 2025 04:20 IST
India has maintained that agriculture and dairy are its “red lines” in its ongoing negotiations...
Thu, Jul 03, 2025Jun 30, 2025 07:30 IST
From being India’s top supplier to stopping exports, China has triggered a shortage of the key...
Mon, Jun 30, 2025Jun 23, 2025 07:03 IST
Given the US’s high stakes in corn, ethanol and soyabean and the imperative to find a big...
Mon, Jun 23, 2025Jun 14, 2025 18:27 IST
Imports of pulses and edible oils have scaled new highs, even as cultivation of these crops have...
Mon, Jun 16, 2025May 30, 2025 12:03 IST
Pakistan has dispensed with MSP procurement, decided to wind up its FCI-equivalent state agency and...
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India’s agriculture exports are currently higher than its imports. But that trade surplus could...
Thu, May 29, 2025May 19, 2025 06:55 IST
For long, inflation was being driven by food prices. It led to demands for RBI to focus on...
Tue, May 20, 2025May 12, 2025 06:30 IST
The reason isn’t assured MSP procurement alone. It is also because of the two cereal crops...
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