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).
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The Chinese retaliatory tariffs have not been sweeping and across-the-board. But even while...
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American agricultural producers receive much more government financial assistance than their Indian...
Fri, Mar 14, 2025
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Mon, Mar 10, 2025
Mar 04, 2025 07:10 IST
Farm exports have posted above-average growth, with basmati rice, spices, coffee and tobacco...
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Mon, Feb 17, 2025
Feb 12, 2025 07:00 IST
The countries against whom the US President has imposed new import tariffs – China, Canada and...
Wed, Feb 12, 2025
Feb 03, 2025 07:25 IST
The Union Budget’s Rs 1,000-crore mission for achieving self-reliance in pulses comes even as...
Mon, Feb 03, 2025
Feb 02, 2025 04:57 IST
If this proposal in the latest Union Budget fructifies into investment, it would be the eighth new...
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
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Rs 426,216 crore provided towards all Central subsidies for coming financial...
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Feb 01, 2025 10:15 IST
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Jan 27, 2025 06:40 IST
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Jan 20, 2025 07:01 IST
India has emerged as a major exporter of French Fries, which owes much to companies procuring...
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
Jan 10, 2025 07:20 IST
It is a strategic imperative and in enlightened consumer self-interest to make our farmers farm...
Fri, Jan 10, 2025
Jan 08, 2025 18:02 IST
As many as six new plants, and a seventh in the pipeline, have been commissioned at a cost of over...
Tue, Jan 14, 2025
Jan 02, 2025 04:20 IST
Fertiliser companies are being given a subsidy of Rs 21,911 per tonne on DAP, plus the “one-time...
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Dec 27, 2024 10:13 IST
The undoubted architect of India’s liberalisation, it was he who announced, “Let the whole...
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The real effective exchange rate (REER) index of the rupee touched a record 108.14 in November,...
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Dec 23, 2024 06:18 IST
Crop prices haven’t kept pace with production costs, whereas the growth in agricultural wages...
Mon, Dec 23, 2024
Dec 19, 2024 22:21 IST
The Centre has not permitted sugar exports since 2023-24, after three years of record shipments led...
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Dec 16, 2024 07:05 IST
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Dec 04, 2024 04:20 IST
Fall in sales unlikely to hit crop yields, as farmers opt for complex fertilisers with less P...
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