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).
Jul 19, 2018 00:33 IST
The real problems in these two major farm commodities may surface only after...
Thu, Jul 19, 2018
Jul 15, 2018 03:40 IST
Much of India’s non-basmati exports — which have zoomed from just one lakh tonnes to over 8.6...
Sun, Jul 15, 2018
Jul 11, 2018 05:02 IST
With China clamping a 25 per cent duty on US soyabean with effect from July 6 — as part of...
Wed, Jul 11, 2018
Jul 06, 2018 01:02 IST
The Budget for 2018-19 announced that MSPs would henceforth be fixed at 1½ times of the production...
Fri, Jul 06, 2018
Jul 05, 2018 02:01 IST
In its last year, the Modi government has abandoned its previous conservative policy on MSP hike ...
Thu, Jul 05, 2018
Jul 03, 2018 04:52 IST
The reason isn’t just high global crude prices and a weak rupee, which, far from helping raise...
Tue, Jul 03, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 01:11 IST
The more immediate consequence of the resultant uncertainty on the intellectual property rights...
Thu, Jun 28, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 04:45 IST
This is the second such committee set up by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)...
Sun, Jun 24, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 01:00 IST
New RBI data on India’s Balance of Payments (BoP) for 2017-18 show current account deficit (CAD)...
Tue, Jun 19, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 01:00 IST
We have, indeed, entered a regime of “permanent surpluses” in most crops — a reality our...
Tue, Jun 12, 2018
Jun 10, 2018 05:26 IST
With India and China signing an agreement on Saturday to amend a protocol on phytosanitary...
Sun, Jun 10, 2018
Jun 07, 2018 00:14 IST
Behind the agitation, stagnant income and deteriorating terms of trade for...
Thu, Jun 07, 2018
Jun 03, 2018 02:55 IST
The result in the Kairana Lok Sabha seat bypoll, where ganna payment was the main issue, brought...
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
May 31, 2018 01:09 IST
India’s pulses production increased by nearly half in the space of two years, from 16-17 million...
Thu, May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 01:09 IST
Farmers in the Green Revolution regions show less interest in seed technology that has produced...
Thu, May 31, 2018
May 24, 2018 00:19 IST
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has developed WheatCam, a picture-based...
Thu, May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 00:10 IST
Arrears cross Rs 23,000 crore but farmers stick to cane as it is one of the most profitable crops...
Thu, May 24, 2018
May 21, 2018 04:58 IST
Kairana constituency has six sugar mills: four private (the Shamli factory of Sir Shadi Lal...
Mon, May 21, 2018
May 18, 2018 02:08 IST
From every tonne of cane crushed, mills produce about 107 kg of sugar and 46 kg of molasses. That,...
Fri, May 18, 2018
May 07, 2018 00:48 IST
Govt has cleared assistance plan to help mills amid crisis caused by overproduction. Will Rs...
Mon, May 07, 2018
May 02, 2018 14:54 IST
In August 2013, Siddaramaiah government launched a ‘Ksheera Bhagya’ scheme which provides a...
Thu, May 03, 2018
Apr 26, 2018 05:48 IST
Delayed premium subsidy payments and yield data submission by states result in low payouts to...
Thu, Apr 26, 2018
Apr 26, 2018 00:32 IST
The crop in a well-marked plot of this field is, then, harvested, threshed, winnowed and weighed....
Thu, Apr 26, 2018
Apr 19, 2018 03:49 IST
The main problem for farmers today is not production or having sufficient crop to sell. Instead, it...
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 03:44 IST
This moderation in food inflation now being seen for consumers, though, is price deflation for...
Fri, Apr 13, 2018