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).
Nov 01, 2018 00:48 IST
Forcing machinery on farmers without giving a thought to the economics of their utilisation can...
Thu, Nov 01, 2018
Oct 25, 2018 00:30 IST
First, it was low prices and, now, with soaring input costs, farmers may cut back on sowings ...
Thu, Oct 25, 2018
Oct 18, 2018 01:52 IST
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) here has bred a hybrid maize — Pusa Vivek QPM 9...
Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Oct 15, 2018 00:05 IST
Government and RBI should pay little attention to the demand of bond vigilantes to hike...
Mon, Oct 15, 2018
Oct 14, 2018 04:59 IST
The GEAC has decided to write to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) “to obtain...
Sun, Oct 14, 2018
Oct 10, 2018 00:10 IST
How top-down decision-making, delusions of grandeur led a strong government to poor...
Wed, Oct 10, 2018
Oct 09, 2018 03:25 IST
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel: The two men awarded have...
Tue, Oct 09, 2018
Oct 05, 2018 01:04 IST
For the upcoming 2018-19 rabi planting season, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices...
Fri, Oct 05, 2018
Oct 04, 2018 04:46 IST
The latest MSP hike takes the total increase during the current NDA government’s tenure from...
Thu, Oct 04, 2018
Oct 04, 2018 02:46 IST
For the Modi government and farmers, it’s not MSPs for rabi, but below-MSP rates for kharif crops...
Thu, Oct 04, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 01:05 IST
With raising working capital from banks going to pose a huge challenge, it leaves the only one...
Thu, Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 00:51 IST
The Centre has no time to lose to address an unprecedented sugar glut ahead of the next crushing...
Thu, Sep 13, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 04:47 IST
The Rs 5,535-crore amount would include Rs 1,010 crore to be disbursed to 24 cooperative factories...
Tue, Sep 11, 2018
Sep 06, 2018 01:20 IST
It is not only diesel but also fertilisers and pesticides that have become almost 25 per cent...
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
Sep 01, 2018 00:52 IST
The fact of farm prices rising at a slower pace than general inflation probably explains the spurt...
Sat, Sep 01, 2018
Aug 22, 2018 00:08 IST
Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee stewarded projects that defied the constraints of their...
Wed, Aug 22, 2018
Aug 19, 2018 04:59 IST
According to the survey, whose reference period is 2015-16, the average net monthly income of...
Sun, Aug 19, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 04:08 IST
Till the advent of KCC, farmers had to apply for fresh loans ahead of every cropping...
Fri, Aug 17, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 03:16 IST
The last 2012 Livestock Census showed India’s total male buffalo population at 16.10 million, as...
Tue, Sep 11, 2018
Aug 09, 2018 00:58 IST
Double whammy on top of costlier diesel neutralises MSP hike...
Thu, Aug 09, 2018
Aug 02, 2018 00:30 IST
Agricultural exports from India have started picking up again, which is good news for farmers...
Thu, Aug 02, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 05:25 IST
One reason for the MSPs not having the desired impact could be the delayed announcement. Farmers...
Sat, Jul 28, 2018
Jul 26, 2018 04:00 IST
The total area sown to crops in the current kharif season so far is not only 9.3 per cent lower...
Thu, Jul 26, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 01:51 IST
Farmers are getting less for milk, but retail prices are unchanged. Global skimmed milk powder...
Tue, Jul 24, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 00:41 IST
The catch, however, is that the new FRP of Rs 275 per quintal is linked to a higher basic sugar...
Thu, Jul 19, 2018