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).
May 16, 2020 05:20 IST
Third tranche of COVID-19 economic package: Not only can farmers sell to anyone and anywhere, but...
Sat, May 16, 2020
May 15, 2020 00:43 IST
MGNREGA employment down more than half in April. Currently, out of the 13.74 crore MNREGS job cards...
Fri, May 15, 2020
May 14, 2020 04:30 IST
A technology that allows farmers to sow paddy seeds directly could be a solution to shortage of...
Thu, May 14, 2020
May 12, 2020 02:12 IST
UP mills have, in the current 2019-20 sugar season (October-September) as of May 8, crushed...
Tue, May 12, 2020
May 06, 2020 04:35 IST
Lockdown has led to demand destruction similar to demonetisation even for commodities such as...
Thu, May 07, 2020
May 04, 2020 01:19 IST
Lockdown makes no difference to demand, as nutrient sales posts sixth consecutive month of...
Mon, May 04, 2020
May 02, 2020 02:00 IST
The big opportunity the Indian industry has to undertake is manufacturing of active ingredients...
Sat, May 02, 2020
Apr 30, 2020 04:08 IST
Paddy transplanting in the two states is done by over 10 lakh labourers, mostly seasonal migrants...
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
Apr 27, 2020 04:42 IST
The wheat stocks of 24.7 mt were 3.3 times the necessary level of 7.46 mt for April 1, when the...
Mon, Apr 27, 2020
Apr 26, 2020 06:04 IST
The share of money held in the form of currency, both by the public and as cash with banks, has hit...
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
Apr 24, 2020 04:31 IST
Exports slowing down and not much domestic lifting of sugar by institutional consumers has...
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
Apr 24, 2020 00:27 IST
Despite odds and amid crises, farmers deliver produce. Today, farmers need...
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
Apr 18, 2020 02:03 IST
The Ways and Means Advances (WMA) window is intended only to tide over temporary mismatches in cash...
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
Apr 17, 2020 20:26 IST
Companies are racing against time to make available hybrids and high yielding varieties of paddy,...
Sat, Apr 18, 2020
Apr 13, 2020 04:54 IST
Farmers generally keep the crop harvested in March-April in these on-field raised platform...
Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Apr 10, 2020 03:45 IST
On Tuesday, 19 states sought to borrow an aggregate sum of Rs 37,500 crore through sale of bonds,...
Fri, Apr 10, 2020
Apr 09, 2020 10:20 IST
Simply put, the borrowing costs for states have gone up by almost one percentage point in less than...
Thu, Apr 09, 2020
Apr 07, 2020 03:04 IST
India’s imports of crude palm oil (CPO) and RBD (refined, bleached and de-odourised) palmolein...
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
Apr 07, 2020 00:38 IST
After the lockdown, what kind of manufacturing can be allowed to minimise risk of COVID-19 spread?...
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
Apr 05, 2020 18:45 IST
Significantly, until at least mid-March, there was talk of India’s milk output falling for the...
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Apr 03, 2020 04:49 IST
When lockdown lifts, will need trained, skilled labour pool, says Coimbatore-based KPR Mill which...
Fri, Apr 03, 2020
Mar 28, 2020 01:03 IST
Will farmers, labourers and machines (combines, threshers and tractor trolleys) be able to move...
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
Mar 27, 2020 00:42 IST
For poor households and small businesses, today’s crisis is a crisis of liquidity. The nationwide...
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 04:41 IST
India coronavirus lockdown: What is the domestic availability situation in foodstuffs? To what...
Wed, Mar 25, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 05:45 IST
What does a fast-spreading virus, one that has led the government to impose restrictions on travel...
Sun, Mar 22, 2020