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).
Apr 13, 2018 03:41 IST
The Narendra Modi government may find itself in a tricky situation over the issue of extending...
Fri, Apr 13, 2018
Apr 06, 2018 00:05 IST
When it comes to cattle, the dominant beliefs of current religious and political leaders are...
Fri, Apr 06, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 05:19 IST
A unique solar-powered lift micro-irrigation project in Punjab shows the way for efficient delivery...
Thu, Mar 29, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 02:21 IST
Farmers’ Right to Guaranteed Remunerative MSPs for Agricultural Commodities: The MSPs would...
Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 00:31 IST
The main reason for rising governmental procurement of wheat and paddy has been the steady increase...
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
Mar 18, 2018 05:05 IST
According to the latest data from the UP Cane Commissioner’s Office in Lucknow, UP mills had, as...
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
Mar 17, 2018 05:19 IST
Currently, over two lakh hectares area in MP is reported to be under cultivation of improved...
Sat, Mar 17, 2018
Mar 15, 2018 07:15 IST
The government’s projections of milk production almost doubling and incomes of farmers more than...
Thu, Mar 15, 2018
Mar 01, 2018 19:07 IST
Significantly the MCLR increases – which would ultimately translate into higher equated monthly...
Thu, Mar 01, 2018
Feb 25, 2018 04:23 IST
The main reason that the 20th Livestock Census — a once in five years, nationwide headcount of...
Sun, Feb 25, 2018
Feb 22, 2018 02:07 IST
Tomatoes from Kolar are even exported to countries like Dubai and...
Thu, Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018 02:00 IST
India’s vegetable production has doubled since the start of this century; the credit for it goes...
Thu, Feb 22, 2018
Feb 19, 2018 05:02 IST
The farmer leader, Puttannaiah, who is also a sitting Independent MLA from Melukote Assembly...
Mon, Feb 19, 2018
Feb 15, 2018 04:03 IST
This cost includes all paid-out expenses incurred by the farmer — on seed, fertiliser, pesticide,...
Thu, Feb 15, 2018
Feb 13, 2018 00:30 IST
Minimum temperatures are likely to come down by 2-3 degrees Celsius in Northwest, Central and...
Tue, Feb 13, 2018
Feb 08, 2018 01:55 IST
The MSP for a 450-gram packet of Bt cotton seeds is now Rs 800, of which Rs 49 is the royalty...
Thu, Feb 08, 2018
Feb 03, 2018 05:40 IST
Whether it is the Budget, the Swaminathan formula or the BJP manifesto, none of them has quite...
Sat, Feb 03, 2018
Feb 02, 2018 05:45 IST
All that is stated in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s speech is that the “Niti Aayog, in...
Fri, Feb 02, 2018
Feb 02, 2018 05:30 IST
Even for the current fiscal, the Centre had budgeted a figure of Rs 70,000 crore, which has,...
Fri, Feb 02, 2018
Feb 02, 2018 01:12 IST
Union Budget 2018: The most anticipated event of the Indian financial calendar is over. What...
Fri, Feb 02, 2018
Feb 01, 2018 12:11 IST
Union Budget 2018: The favourable tax treatment for farmer producer companies is a good move....
Thu, Feb 01, 2018
Feb 01, 2018 10:24 IST
Arun Jaitley's Union Budget 2018 EXPLAINED: Here's what our experts — National Editor, Policy,...
Fri, Feb 02, 2018
Feb 01, 2018 05:37 IST
UNION BUDGET 2018: As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rises to present the last full Budget of the...
Thu, Feb 01, 2018
Jan 29, 2018 00:15 IST
What happens at the meeting of the Fed’s Open Market Committee on January 31 will matter to the...
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Jan 25, 2018 02:11 IST
UP mills have in the current 2017-18 sugar season (October-September), as on Wednesday, bought cane...
Thu, Jan 25, 2018