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 05, 2021 04:10 IST
This is thanks to agricultural production being relatively unaffected by the Covid-19-induced...
Fri, Feb 05, 2021
Feb 02, 2021 03:59 IST
Until recently, the Centre was following a "no denial" policy; anybody could purchase any quantity...
Tue, Feb 02, 2021
Feb 02, 2021 02:36 IST
Had the 2 subsidy bills not exceeded their BE, the fiscal deficit would have been only 7.6%, as...
Tue, Feb 02, 2021
Feb 01, 2021 14:20 IST
The reason for it is that unbranded petrol was earlier attracting a basic excise duty (BED) of Rs...
Wed, Feb 03, 2021
Feb 01, 2021 12:35 IST
Budget 2021 explained: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed many new measures in the Budget...
Wed, Feb 03, 2021
Jan 30, 2021 06:10 IST
The younger Rakesh Tikait has also had a none-too-illustrious political career. He contested the...
Sat, Jan 30, 2021
Jan 23, 2021 04:15 IST
Apart from repeal of farm laws, farmers are demanding guaranteed minimum support prices, which have...
Sat, Jan 30, 2021
Jan 22, 2021 05:32 IST
On Tuesday, skim milk powder (SMP) prices at Global Dairy Trade (GDT), the fortnightly auction...
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
Jan 19, 2021 02:22 IST
Bottled-up anger against unpaid cane dues, stagnant prices and increase in input costs is now...
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
Jan 14, 2021 04:59 IST
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday upped its forecast of Indian wheat exports for...
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
Jan 12, 2021 04:28 IST
Since last Wednesday, when reports of deaths of birds from the disease started coming in, farmgate...
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
Jan 09, 2021 05:26 IST
FAO's global food price index has hit the highest since November...
Sat, Jan 09, 2021
Jan 09, 2021 04:10 IST
It isn’t just the bigger decline in GVA/GDP this time that is striking. Equally significant is...
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
Jan 07, 2021 05:01 IST
Non-payment of last season’s dues and no SAP being declared for 2020-21, with more than two...
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
Jan 04, 2021 03:05 IST
Set to cross all-time-high increase of $110.5 billion recorded in...
Tue, Jan 05, 2021
Dec 29, 2020 03:30 IST
The Centre is within its rights to enact laws promoting barrier-free trade of farm produce (inter-...
Tue, Dec 29, 2020
Dec 16, 2020 07:11 IST
The farmer protests have led to questions being raised on the extensive cultivation of paddy and...
Mon, Dec 21, 2020
Dec 13, 2020 05:01 IST
Today, the government does not feel the need to buy much from Punjab. Economists, too, see it as an...
Fri, Dec 18, 2020
Dec 13, 2020 05:00 IST
With farmers rejecting the government’s offer and deciding to continue their protest against the...
Sun, Dec 13, 2020
Dec 12, 2020 04:30 IST
If the stated objective behind enacting an anti-slaughter legislation is “preservation of...
Tue, Dec 15, 2020
Dec 10, 2020 01:12 IST
Commission agents play a complex and important role in the agri economy. Their role also differs...
Tue, Dec 15, 2020
Dec 05, 2020 03:30 IST
Post 2014, two centralisations — of political and economic power — continue to reinforce each...
Sat, Dec 05, 2020
Dec 04, 2020 04:13 IST
Farmers' protest Explained: These sections represent the heart of the APMC bypass legislation....
Thu, Dec 10, 2020
Dec 02, 2020 05:30 IST
The "free time" is something the government may not have fully anticipated. The timing of the...
Wed, Dec 02, 2020
Nov 30, 2020 04:10 IST
Farmers' protest: Much of the opposition is to just one of the three new laws. It is the FPTC Act...
Mon, Feb 15, 2021