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).
Mar 19, 2020 05:25 IST
Apart from the wide geographical variation, these states also represent wide variation in terms of...
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
Mar 19, 2020 05:24 IST
In 2017-18, Assam, Kerala and Chhattisgarh spent most in excess of the national average on both...
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
Mar 19, 2020 05:17 IST
Be it raising revenues or spending money, there is wide gap between what states promise to do in...
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
Mar 19, 2020 04:30 IST
All states, barring Assam, found their revenue receipts plummet through the current financial year....
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
Mar 16, 2020 01:40 IST
The thundershowers aren’t good for the wheat, mustard, chana (chickpea), masur (red lentil),...
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
Mar 06, 2020 04:42 IST
In January 2020, ex-farm broiler rates in Maharashtra, at Rs 75.56 per kg, averaged higher than the...
Fri, Mar 06, 2020
Mar 05, 2020 04:15 IST
The spread of coronavirus is happening just when a bumper rabi harvest awaits farmers and prices,...
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
Feb 27, 2020 04:54 IST
The government’s estimates do not square up with NSO household consumption...
Thu, Feb 27, 2020
Feb 24, 2020 05:36 IST
Veteran agriculture economist Ashok Gulati feels the stagnant consumption trend in both milk and...
Mon, Feb 24, 2020
Feb 20, 2020 01:20 IST
There has been a lot of speculation about India offering to open up its dairy and poultry market,...
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Feb 19, 2020 04:32 IST
After a period of divergence, domestic and global food prices are rising in tandem. Coronavirus,...
Wed, Feb 19, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 05:10 IST
India’s farm exports have fallen this year even as imports are...
Thu, Feb 13, 2020
Feb 06, 2020 03:46 IST
Modi government is seeking to leverage schemes such as PMGSY to nudge states to liberalise their...
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Feb 03, 2020 04:54 IST
The apprehension regarding “creeping socialism” is based mainly on the tax proposals in recent...
Mon, Feb 03, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 02:02 IST
By getting FCI to borrow more to fund food subsidy, Centre has managed to keep its own outgo lower....
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Feb 01, 2020 10:03 IST
Union Budget important points Explained, highlights: Here's an explanation and analysis of the...
Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Jan 30, 2020 05:02 IST
Turnaround in farm prices is the only good news in today’s overall dismal economic...
Thu, Jan 30, 2020
Jan 23, 2020 05:51 IST
India’s premier farm research and education institute has a full-time director after nearly four...
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Jan 21, 2020 00:05 IST
It’s possible that the minister’s harangue against Amazon was aimed more at small shopkeepers...
Tue, Jan 21, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 04:47 IST
Retail food inflation for December has touched a more than six-year high. When are prices likely to...
Wed, Jan 15, 2020
Jan 09, 2020 00:59 IST
NDDB not keeping a reserve stock of milk powder and butter has proved costly for both producers and...
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Jan 04, 2020 07:24 IST
Rice exporters alone are said to be stuck with receivables of Rs 800-900 crore against shipments...
Sat, Jan 04, 2020
Jan 02, 2020 04:48 IST
2019 was extraordinary for crop damage caused by too much rather than too little rain. The...
Thu, Jan 02, 2020
Dec 30, 2019 00:02 IST
The current protests are, by contrast, not confined to any particular community or sector. Their...
Mon, Dec 30, 2019
Dec 26, 2019 04:57 IST
Farm prices looking up, along with bumper rabi production, can set the stage for long overdue...
Thu, Dec 26, 2019