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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Decades ago, between the late 1930s and 1970s, there existed a thriving industrial township —a...
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Nov 03, 2025 08:00 IST
Consumption of the highly subsidised price-controlled fertiliser is growing much faster than...
Sun, Nov 02, 2025
Oct 20, 2025 05:30 IST
Till last year, reining in food inflation was a top policy priority. But now, with a glut situation...
Wed, Oct 22, 2025
Oct 13, 2025 07:20 IST
A programme that was originally meant to support sugarcane growers has attracted Rs 40,000 crore of...
Mon, Oct 13, 2025
Oct 06, 2025 06:03 IST
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Mon, Oct 06, 2025
Oct 03, 2025 04:20 IST
The CACP's proposal on banning/restricting the imports of the three major pulses comes ahead of the...
Fri, Oct 03, 2025
Sep 18, 2025 07:08 IST
The 42-year-old PhD in economics from Harvard University was the head of Trump’s Council of...
Thu, Sep 18, 2025
Sep 15, 2025 18:10 IST
Corn import tariffs India: For now, it is unlikely that India will relent to the US demand to cut...
Tue, Sep 16, 2025
Sep 15, 2025 07:05 IST
Tractor sales are buoyant this year and poised to cross the one-million mark for the first time, on...
Mon, Sep 15, 2025
Sep 08, 2025 06:30 IST
India may be the world’s fastest-growing economy. Yet, it is not attracting commensurate foreign...
Mon, Sep 08, 2025
Sep 01, 2025 06:00 IST
A good monsoon has meant farmers planting more kharif crops, pushing up fertiliser demand. This,...
Mon, Sep 01, 2025
Aug 28, 2025 04:20 IST
The Finance Ministry, on August 18, had issued a notification doing away with the 11% tariff on...
Thu, Aug 28, 2025
Aug 25, 2025 07:00 IST
India remains a relatively low-cost milk producer. But that global price competitiveness, based...
Mon, Aug 25, 2025
Aug 21, 2025 04:20 IST
While shortages of DAP — a fertiliser with 46% P that is essential for root development and early...
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
Aug 13, 2025 06:45 IST
Trump has extended his trade truce with China. Apart from its control over the rare-earth elements...
Wed, Aug 13, 2025
Aug 11, 2025 07:30 IST
The country’s merchandise exports are flat, if not declining, while agri exports are set to touch...
Mon, Aug 11, 2025
Aug 08, 2025 10:57 IST
What are the concerns specific to the three primary agricultural producer-stakeholders that have...
Fri, Aug 08, 2025
Aug 07, 2025 05:10 IST
During January-June 2025, India’s imports of agricultural products from the US were, at $1,693.2...
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
Aug 04, 2025 06:30 IST
The growth is now coming not from insecticides or fungicides, but herbicides. And the driver for...
Mon, Aug 04, 2025
Jul 25, 2025 18:36 IST
A tight global supply, the result of lower production in the Philippines and Indonesia, plus...
Sat, Jul 26, 2025
Jul 21, 2025 06:30 IST
A second successive good monsoon, combined with the government allowing imports of pulses and...
Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Jul 14, 2025 08:16 IST
The bodies that helped seed India’s Green Revolution are looking at New Delhi for help after...
Mon, Jul 14, 2025
Jul 11, 2025 06:56 IST
The Mexico-headquartered centre, responsible for India’s Wheat Revolution, faces acute global...
Fri, Jul 11, 2025
Jul 07, 2025 07:30 IST
India’s foreign exchange earnings from services and private remittance transfers today exceed...
Mon, Jul 07, 2025
Jul 03, 2025 04:20 IST
India has maintained that agriculture and dairy are its “red lines” in its ongoing negotiations...
Thu, Jul 03, 2025