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).
Aug 24, 2020 04:34 IST
The country’s GDP registered an annual decline, at minus 5.2%, last in 1979-80. But that year...
Mon, Aug 24, 2020
Aug 22, 2020 02:48 IST
UP’s indigenous mangoes include Dussehri, Lucknow Safeda, Rataul, Langra and Chausa. The total...
Sat, Aug 22, 2020
Aug 17, 2020 04:25 IST
Current economic contraction is different from previous ones. Governments should borrow and...
Mon, Aug 17, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 05:14 IST
"Opposition-ruled Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh record highest coverage, even as many...
Tue, Aug 11, 2020
Aug 03, 2020 04:30 IST
Robust kharif plantings and fertiliser sales are a good sign, both with a strong correlation with...
Mon, Aug 03, 2020
Jul 28, 2020 01:37 IST
The dairy industry's problems will only intensify with animals calving and production going up in...
Tue, Jul 28, 2020
Jul 20, 2020 04:42 IST
On Friday, all-India retail prices of potato and tomato, according to the Department of Consumer...
Mon, Jul 20, 2020
Jul 18, 2020 04:21 IST
For July 1, the normative minimum stocks to run the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) and...
Sat, Jul 18, 2020
Jul 13, 2020 02:07 IST
Four new urea plants will be commissioned before 2021, and a fifth is expected in 2023. The lumpsum...
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
Jul 11, 2020 04:31 IST
An example is the Karnataka government’s Ksheera Bhagya scheme, which offers free milk over and...
Sat, Jul 11, 2020
Jul 03, 2020 07:07 IST
A more than 11/litre jump in the price of the fuel, used for powering tractors, combines and...
Fri, Jul 03, 2020
Jul 01, 2020 01:49 IST
Analysis of data from the Department of Food and Public Distribution’s Foodgrain Bulletin for May...
Wed, Jul 01, 2020
Jun 25, 2020 04:25 IST
That’s the actual liquidity pumped into rural areas by government post lockdown – through grain...
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
Jun 23, 2020 03:17 IST
At their respective minimum support prices (MSP) of Rs 1,925, Rs 1,815, Rs 4,875, Rs 4,425 and Rs...
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Jun 19, 2020 01:20 IST
Procurement of wheat during the current rabi marketing season (April-June) has crossed 382 lakh...
Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Jun 18, 2020 01:27 IST
In this E-Xplained event on Zoom, Manish Sabharwal, chairman & co-founder of the staffing and...
Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Jun 11, 2020 01:39 IST
The feed grain is a major crop in nine districts covering 50 out of the state’s 243 Assembly...
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
Jun 09, 2020 01:03 IST
Coimbatore’s Rs 13,000 crore-plus castings industry highlights India’s manufacturing woes....
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
Jun 01, 2020 22:55 IST
Data from the Department of Fertilisers shows all-India nutrient sales at 40.02 lakh tonnes (lt) in...
Tue, Jun 02, 2020
May 31, 2020 04:34 IST
Locust plague cycles – defined as a period of two or more consecutive years of widespread...
Sun, May 31, 2020
May 28, 2020 19:20 IST
Locust Attack in India: The danger from the swarms is not now, but when they breed after July with...
Tue, Jun 02, 2020
May 28, 2020 08:06 IST
Last year, by producing more ethanol, we took away 10 mt of sugar from the world market, but for...
Fri, May 29, 2020
May 28, 2020 02:19 IST
Eduardo Leão de Sousa, executive director of Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, said Indian...
Thu, May 28, 2020
May 26, 2020 04:32 IST
Among Covid-19’s casualties are the postponing of Census operations and undertaking of key...
Wed, May 27, 2020
May 19, 2020 01:50 IST
Agriculture being a state subject under the Constitution, any central legislation seeking to remove...
Tue, May 19, 2020