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 20, 2017 04:51 IST
The consecutive monsoon failures have led to an almost continuous decline in both sugarcane crushed...
Thu, Jul 20, 2017
Jul 13, 2017 01:43 IST
MRP paid by farmers in India for DAP (exclusive of taxes) has remained practically flat at Rs...
Thu, Jul 13, 2017
Jul 13, 2017 01:36 IST
Phosphoric acid and ammonia — which are the sources of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N),...
Thu, Jul 13, 2017
Jul 06, 2017 06:40 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, a top government official admitted, “It is a sensitive issue,...
Thu, Jul 06, 2017
Jul 06, 2017 03:21 IST
Subsidy release linked to actual sales through PoS machines to farmers not to be implemented this...
Thu, Jul 06, 2017
Jul 06, 2017 03:00 IST
The story of how a company has turned neem fruit sourcing for coating of urea into a women-centered...
Thu, Jul 06, 2017
Jun 27, 2017 06:22 IST
July is the peak month for fertiliser sales, with the south-west monsoon covering the country, and...
Tue, Jun 27, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 02:06 IST
The M S Swaminathan committee’s widely disseminated recommendation, to fix MSP at levels “at...
Thu, Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 01:49 IST
The fibre crop, along with maize, seems the most attractive planting option for farmers this...
Thu, Jun 22, 2017
Jun 15, 2017 02:28 IST
According to Davish Jain, chairman of the Indore-based Soyabean Processors Association of India,...
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
Jun 15, 2017 02:01 IST
Allege that Siddaramaiah government’s Rs 5/litre incentive to farmers causing ‘dumping’ of...
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
Jun 12, 2017 05:42 IST
Demonetisation may not have hit agriculture production but it is the cause for the current unrest...
Mon, Jun 12, 2017
Jun 07, 2017 05:17 IST
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore and a job to the...
Wed, Jun 07, 2017
Jun 05, 2017 00:53 IST
Sub-par growth and overachievement in meeting inflation targets may put the Reserve Bank under...
Mon, Jun 05, 2017
Jun 01, 2017 02:12 IST
Between 2013-14 and 2016-17, India’s exports of agricultural commodities have dipped from $43.2...
Thu, Jun 01, 2017
Jun 01, 2017 01:04 IST
GM mustard exposes our double standards when it comes to technology for farmers...
Thu, Jun 01, 2017
May 27, 2017 05:14 IST
It restricts the scope of “animal markets” only to trading of cattle “bought for agricultural...
Sat, May 27, 2017
May 20, 2017 04:39 IST
The total state levies on the basic grain purchase price — not counting the 2.5 per cent fee...
Sat, May 20, 2017
May 18, 2017 01:57 IST
The case of an industry that wants no duty exemption on its product under the Goods and Services...
Thu, May 18, 2017
May 11, 2017 02:42 IST
Rearing male buffalo calves for meat could be the way forward for sustaining India’s Pink...
Thu, May 11, 2017
May 07, 2017 01:19 IST
The Indian Express travels down the meat value chain in Uttar Pradesh to find a seamless system...
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
Apr 24, 2017 03:16 IST
If the 10 million or so cattle that possibly end up at the abattoir every year are not culled,...
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
Apr 20, 2017 03:24 IST
Achievement, a result of the spread of a high-yielding, early-maturing wonder cane...
Thu, Apr 20, 2017
Apr 10, 2017 03:23 IST
Rising cow vigilantism will impact not just the meat trade. These could even hurt the dairy...
Mon, Apr 10, 2017
Apr 06, 2017 02:48 IST
A new wheat variety that could address the threat to India’s second largest crop from rising...
Thu, Apr 06, 2017