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 30, 2019 04:46 IST
In other words, despite the Modi government’s emphasis on digital payments and a less-cash...
Fri, Aug 30, 2019
Aug 29, 2019 04:00 IST
The Modi government is readying a plan to pay fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers through...
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
Aug 29, 2019 01:30 IST
Monsoon rains have recharged the groundwater and filled up reservoirs. That, along with companies...
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
Aug 26, 2019 01:30 IST
Fixing the economy today cannot happen through consumption; revival in investment is what's...
Tue, Dec 13, 2022
Aug 22, 2019 00:15 IST
Subsidies for farmers shouldn’t end up benefiting consumers and depressing market prices...
Thu, Aug 22, 2019
Aug 15, 2019 04:25 IST
Breeding for resistance, rather than spraying pesticides, is the way ahead to secure a $ 5-billion...
Thu, Aug 15, 2019
Aug 13, 2019 02:30 IST
The certainty that producers once enjoyed — of finding buyers for their wares without doing much...
Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Aug 10, 2019 04:33 IST
The increase is more than 238 per cent (from 15.22 million to 51.47 million) for exotic/crossbred...
Sat, Aug 10, 2019
Aug 08, 2019 04:34 IST
In June, the country as a whole received an area-weighted rainfall of just 112.1 mm, almost a third...
Thu, Aug 08, 2019
Aug 01, 2019 04:30 IST
The country may turn a zero urea importer even before the Modi government’s second term...
Thu, Aug 01, 2019
Aug 01, 2019 04:21 IST
In June, domestic and imported re-gasified liquefied natural gas (R-LNG) was being delivered to...
Thu, Aug 01, 2019
Jul 25, 2019 00:32 IST
Unlike other industries that fear “dumping” from China (steel), South Korea (chemicals) or...
Thu, Jul 25, 2019
Jul 21, 2019 00:08 IST
The opposition to GM crops is clearly not from farmers. Were that so, the global annual area...
Sun, Jul 21, 2019
Jul 18, 2019 05:30 IST
A 2 per cent TDS on cash withdrawals beyond Rs 1 crore may hit the farm trade...
Thu, Jul 18, 2019
Jul 12, 2019 02:43 IST
Clearing cane growers’ dues will take time, says firm. As on June 30, cane over-dues payable to...
Fri, Jul 12, 2019
Jul 11, 2019 02:12 IST
Reducing import dependence in vegetable fats is going to be far more tougher than in...
Thu, Jul 11, 2019
Jul 04, 2019 00:33 IST
The impending bankruptcy of India’s biggest sugar producer may create new legal precedent after...
Thu, Jul 04, 2019
Jun 29, 2019 04:50 IST
According to the Agriculture Ministry’s latest sowing data released Friday, the total area...
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
Jun 29, 2019 01:31 IST
The Indian economy’s crisis is not of GDP growth, but a drying up of animal...
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
Jun 27, 2019 00:11 IST
The PMFBY’s operational guidelines require state governments to carry out at least four CCEs in...
Thu, Jun 27, 2019
Jun 20, 2019 01:22 IST
According to official data, annual inflation in the wholesale price index (WPI) for food articles...
Thu, Jun 20, 2019
Jun 16, 2019 04:48 IST
This will help prevent a repeat of prices going through the roof as seen before in 2015, ahead of...
Sun, Jun 16, 2019
Jun 03, 2019 05:00 IST
Between December 2018 and April 2019, annual wholesale food price inflation rose from –0.42% to...
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
Jun 01, 2019 04:55 IST
During 2014-15 to 2018-19, about 1.55 crore houses and 2.18 lakh km of all-weather roads were built...
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
May 18, 2019 05:19 IST
While Uttar Pradesh’s sugar belt has post-Independence shifted to the western and central...
Sat, May 18, 2019