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 14, 2019 00:55 IST
Food inflation has ruled below general inflation now for 29 months running, which has economic and...
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
Feb 07, 2019 00:17 IST
Farmers’ woes in recent times has been partly global prices-driven, but also...
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
Feb 02, 2019 04:55 IST
Last year, the Government blinked on this uncompromising stance, fiscal deficit deepened from the...
Sat, Feb 02, 2019
Feb 02, 2019 04:55 IST
Under the Pradhan Mantri — Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, all farmers cultivating up to two hectares...
Sat, Feb 02, 2019
Jan 31, 2019 00:39 IST
From growing 17 ratoon cane crops to selling branded jaggery and flattened rice flakes, V Antony...
Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Jan 24, 2019 01:24 IST
A single statement in the Budget — farmers would have the right to be paid up to Rs 2 lakh a day...
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
Jan 19, 2019 01:02 IST
An important treatise on the predicament of Indian farmers and how to contextualise their...
Sat, Jan 19, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 00:16 IST
Demonetisation, coupled with daily limits on cash transactions and fear of being tracked by revenue...
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 00:05 IST
It would have made more sense — economically, legally, politically, morally, constitutionally —...
Mon, Jan 14, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 00:45 IST
The unprecedented procurement of pulses and oilseeds in the last couple of years has created...
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
Jan 07, 2019 04:35 IST
In Uttar Pradesh, mills are blaming low sugar prices for the inability to pay SAP to farmers. At...
Mon, Jan 07, 2019
Jan 06, 2019 01:34 IST
For the farmer, the cow today is purely a milch animal, valued only so long as it gives milk....
Sun, Jan 06, 2019
Jan 03, 2019 02:41 IST
As PM Hasina storms back to power, her country stands on the cusp of transformative social and...
Thu, Jan 03, 2019
Dec 30, 2018 01:31 IST
In both onion and pulses, the NDA government’s trade policy has seen a distinct shift over the...
Sun, Dec 30, 2018
Dec 26, 2018 00:50 IST
The new year could witness the first national elections being fought on farmers’ issues. And it...
Wed, Dec 26, 2018
Dec 20, 2018 04:30 IST
Congress’ MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan to waive nearly Rs 60,000 crore; BJP-ruled UP, Maharashtra...
Thu, Dec 20, 2018
Dec 17, 2018 02:46 IST
Food inflation has been low for an extended period. What can it mean, economically and...
Mon, Dec 17, 2018
Dec 12, 2018 06:11 IST
“Incomes” not rising, due to low crop prices and stagnating wages, has more than offset any...
Wed, Dec 12, 2018
Dec 05, 2018 00:52 IST
After number fell from 2003 to 2014, UN data find trend reversed. Yet since 2014, global farm...
Wed, Dec 05, 2018
Nov 28, 2018 01:42 IST
Farmers issues will likely play a key role as Madhya Pradesh votes today. While the current...
Wed, Nov 28, 2018
Nov 21, 2018 00:51 IST
The crop has often helped shape poll outcomes in Malwa, which accounts for more than half the...
Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Nov 19, 2018 02:09 IST
Jitendra Agarwal, secretary of the Anaj Tilhan Vyapari Sangh at Ujjain’s Chimanganj mandi, the...
Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Nov 18, 2018 04:40 IST
A flat Rs 500/quintal payment on soyabean and maize is the latest of the ruling BJP's many...
Sun, Nov 18, 2018
Nov 17, 2018 04:03 IST
The Indian Express saw farmers desperately queuing up at fertiliser outlets in many places,...
Sat, Nov 17, 2018
Nov 06, 2018 00:20 IST
Why one should not discount the interests of the business community behind the TDP-Congress...
Tue, Nov 06, 2018