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).
Feb 28, 2022 03:30 IST
For sugarcane farmers in the district, and the rest of Uttar Pradesh, the new mill is a potential...
Mon, Feb 28, 2022
Feb 25, 2022 03:40 IST
India consumes around 2.5 million tonnes (MT) of sunflower oil annually. That makes it the fourth...
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
Feb 24, 2022 23:20 IST
Last time, the party swept all seven seats of this district. This time, the battle is tough even in...
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
Feb 22, 2022 04:08 IST
The effects of cattle slaughter ban – its strict enforcement by the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP...
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
Feb 05, 2022 03:30 IST
The next government in Lucknow should work at making sugarcane part of a ‘circular economy’ and...
Fri, Feb 23, 2024
Feb 02, 2022 02:19 IST
The Centre’s food subsidy bill hit an all-time high of Rs 541,330.14 crore in...
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
Feb 01, 2022 08:31 IST
Union Budget 2022-23 Explained: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday presented the Union...
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
Jan 24, 2022 03:00 IST
🔴 After falling for several years, the food and fertiliser subsidy outlay has reversed the trend...
Mon, Jan 24, 2022
Jan 02, 2022 04:04 IST
🔴 Alamgir estimates that about 100 trucks, each loaded with some 500 50-kg bags of potatoes, go...
Sun, Jan 02, 2022
Dec 17, 2021 03:42 IST
🔴 UP cane farmers grow mustard, wheat and vegetables on same...
Fri, Dec 17, 2021
Dec 02, 2021 02:44 IST
🔴 Sales of both DAP and MOP have taken a huge knock in the ongoing planting season due to...
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
Nov 29, 2021 04:00 IST
🔴 The unions want the Modi government to enact legislation conferring mandatory status to MSP,...
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
Nov 25, 2021 21:00 IST
Remembering Dr Verghese Kurien, the ‘Milkman of India’ who would have turned hundred today. How...
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
Nov 19, 2021 15:30 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on repealing the farm laws may have helped stave off...
Sat, Nov 20, 2021
Nov 08, 2021 01:21 IST
Fuel, food and fertilisers are all globally on fire today. And that is almost history repeating...
Tue, Nov 09, 2021
Nov 02, 2021 03:10 IST
Data from the Department of Fertilisers shows DAP stocks at 14.63 lakh tonnes (lt) as on October...
Tue, Nov 02, 2021
Oct 22, 2021 04:14 IST
Shortage situation forces Centre to plan supplies based on real-time district and crop level...
Fri, Oct 22, 2021
Oct 17, 2021 04:06 IST
DAP and MOP stocks now down to less than half of last...
Sun, Oct 17, 2021
Oct 04, 2021 04:23 IST
Harish Damodaran, Samridhi Agarwal write: It may be closer to 40 million than the consensus range...
Tue, Oct 05, 2021
Sep 28, 2021 04:09 IST
The varieties — Pusa Basmati 1979 and Pusa Basmati 1985 — contain a mutated acetolactate...
Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Sep 16, 2021 04:01 IST
The Delhi Police has pointed out that tractor sales growth, year-on-year, in Punjab were 43.53 per...
Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Sep 02, 2021 03:15 IST
This comes ahead of the ensuing rabi planting season from October-November and also Assembly polls...
Thu, Sep 02, 2021
Aug 29, 2021 03:02 IST
“It rained well in the first half of June. But we were advised on DD Kisan channel not to sow, as...
Sun, Aug 29, 2021
Aug 13, 2021 03:22 IST
Soyabean meal, the protein-rich cake remaining after extraction of oil from the bean, is a key...
Fri, Aug 13, 2021
Aug 06, 2021 03:01 IST
Supply crunch may hit during rabi season ahead of UP, Punjab polls....
Fri, Aug 06, 2021