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).
Jan 31, 2015 03:59 IST
The clearence committee was headed by Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy...
Sat, Jan 31, 2015Jan 30, 2015 02:45 IST
Harish Damodaran explains what’s on the table along with mangoes, chicken legs and global...
Fri, Jan 30, 2015Jan 28, 2015 02:24 IST
Traders wants the coming Union Budget to clamp a “minimum 20 per cent” import duty on pulses,...
Wed, Jan 28, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 00:33 IST
Large dairy farmers are driving change at the country’s largest milk...
Sun, Jan 25, 2015
Jan 23, 2015 02:38 IST
Justifies move : Panel recommended govt to cut food security coverage from 67% to 40%...
Fri, Jan 23, 2015Jan 22, 2015 04:30 IST
The identification of “eligible households” has been left to the state...
Thu, Jan 22, 2015
Jan 22, 2015 04:02 IST
Decontrol of urea and ushering in a system of crediting subsidy payments directly into the bank...
Thu, Jan 22, 2015
Jan 19, 2015 02:48 IST
Out of the Centre’s fertiliser subsidy of Rs 72,970.30 crore budgeted for 2014-15, Rs 48,300...
Mon, Jan 19, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 00:32 IST
Agriculture could be headed for an extended period of stress following the end of a decade-long...
Fri, Jan 16, 2015Jan 14, 2015 01:08 IST
Expenditure Reforms Commission bats for DBT to cover all...
Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Jan 09, 2015 01:49 IST
Commercial dairying is a big draw for community in northern...
Fri, Jan 09, 2015
Jan 07, 2015 04:03 IST
RBI Governor had linked inflation to wages; this may set the stage for rate...
Wed, Jan 07, 2015
Jan 03, 2015 04:34 IST
This is the first time since 2004 that rainfall deficiency has been recorded in both south-west and...
Sat, Jan 03, 2015
Dec 26, 2014 02:03 IST
In 2009-10, the GCMMF unions together procured an average 90.93 lakh litres per day (LLPD) —...
Fri, Dec 26, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 01:15 IST
Net receipts from cultivation and rearing of animals accounted for just 59.8 % of the avg Indian...
Mon, Dec 22, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 04:04 IST
As veterinary graduates prefer govt jobs, pvt sector stares at a crisis...
Mon, Dec 15, 2014Dec 13, 2014 04:40 IST
The rabi setback comes on top of a not-so-good kharif (summer-autumn) season that saw production...
Sat, Dec 13, 2014Dec 12, 2014 02:13 IST
The new mechanism basically removes uncertainty with regard to both pricing and...
Fri, Dec 12, 2014Dec 11, 2014 01:47 IST
Italian farm machinery maker Same Deutz-Fahr (SDF) plans to launch tractors in the 35 to 42...
Thu, Dec 11, 2014
Dec 09, 2014 02:16 IST
As states face a renewed fiscal crisis, the Modi government should shed Delhi’s old patronising...
Wed, Dec 10, 2014Dec 05, 2014 02:26 IST
Yields on 10-year Government of India bonds have dropped to 7.97 per cent, below the Reserve Bank...
Fri, Dec 05, 2014
Dec 01, 2014 04:16 IST
The existing FRBM laws cap annual borrowings — that is, the gross fiscal deficit — to a maximum...
Mon, Dec 01, 2014Dec 01, 2014 01:13 IST
The biggest driving factor behind the marked change in interest rate outlook in the last two months...
Mon, Dec 01, 2014
Nov 28, 2014 20:56 IST
Move follows Indo-US deal "permanent solution" deal at WTO....
Fri, Nov 28, 2014Nov 27, 2014 01:12 IST
It is this gap, arising from the government practically exiting farm extension activity, which MNCs...
Thu, Nov 27, 2014