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).
Oct 08, 2015 03:10 IST
Apart from 59.5 lt of meat, India also produced 90.40 lt of fish in 2012-13, with Andhra Pradesh...
Thu, Oct 08, 2015
Oct 01, 2015 03:08 IST
The effects of a ‘strong’ El Nino event ultimately proved too much, more than neutralising any...
Thu, Oct 01, 2015
Sep 24, 2015 01:26 IST
Unlike petroleum, India’s edible oil imports are showing no signs of...
Thu, Sep 24, 2015
Sep 19, 2015 00:00 IST
Turning merchant speculators into industrialists was part of the Nehruvian economic...
Sat, Sep 19, 2015
Sep 17, 2015 03:34 IST
Monsanto’s global commercial business head refutes monopoly...
Thu, Sep 17, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 03:18 IST
The NABCON report has considered the entire cold-chain infrastructure, encompassing all components...
Thu, Sep 10, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 03:11 IST
Growers see more value in supplying for cattle than...
Thu, Sep 10, 2015
Sep 04, 2015 00:45 IST
The government’s Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has warned that the economy may be...
Fri, Sep 04, 2015
Aug 29, 2015 04:02 IST
IARI’s last director H S Gupta retired last year on August 7, having been on extension after the...
Sat, Aug 29, 2015
Aug 27, 2015 02:41 IST
Sharad Pawar noted that while he had nothing against the ruling BJP-led government’s...
Thu, Aug 27, 2015
Aug 27, 2015 00:54 IST
Three-time Maharashtra chief minister Sharad Pawar, analyses the current agricultural situation and...
Thu, Aug 27, 2015
Aug 25, 2015 04:45 IST
India is unique as an EME that is predominantly an importer rather than exporter of...
Tue, Aug 25, 2015
Aug 20, 2015 03:04 IST
The Central and state governments have contributed no less to the current woes facing cane...
Thu, Aug 20, 2015
Aug 15, 2015 00:45 IST
And that’s why The Indian Express will cover Nabarangpur, Odisha, for a...
Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Aug 13, 2015 02:17 IST
When National Commission on Farmers that he headed in 2004-06 recommended that MSP for crops be at...
Thu, Aug 13, 2015
Aug 12, 2015 00:00 IST
India emerged as the world’s largest beef exporter in 2014, ironically the first year of the...
Wed, Aug 12, 2015
Aug 06, 2015 03:27 IST
The proposed revival of closed urea plants in the eastern region makes little economic...
Thu, Aug 06, 2015
Aug 03, 2015 00:03 IST
Growers of the humble bulb have become victims of political expediency and the official commitment...
Mon, Aug 03, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 03:53 IST
The monsoon’s revival after a dry spell from late-June to mid-July raises hopes of a normal...
Thu, Jul 30, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 00:00 IST
Domestic gold prices have plunged below Rs 25,000 per 10 g for the first time since August 2011,...
Thu, Jul 23, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 00:00 IST
A village in Maharashtra farms almost fully with drip...
Thu, Jul 23, 2015
Jul 16, 2015 04:53 IST
The story of how Jalgaon district in Maharashtra has become the world’s seventh largest producer...
Thu, Jul 16, 2015
Jul 09, 2015 00:00 IST
This exercise, throws up valuable insights into the socio-economic status and living conditions of...
Thu, Jul 09, 2015
Jul 06, 2015 04:22 IST
The SECC has identified 14 parameters of exclusion. Fulfilling even one of them would result in a...
Mon, Jul 06, 2015
Jul 04, 2015 04:14 IST
Of the country’s total 17.92 crore rural households, 10.08 crore or 56 per cent do not own any...
Thu, Jul 09, 2015