Partha Sarathi Biwas is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express with 10+ years of experience in reporting on Agriculture, Commodities and Developmental issues. He has been with The Indian Express since 2011 and earlier worked with DNA....Read More
Partha Sarathi Biwas is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express with 10+ years of experience in reporting on Agriculture, Commodities and Developmental issues. He has been with The Indian Express since 2011 and earlier worked with DNA. Partha's report about Farmers Producer Companies (FPC) as well long pieces on various agricultural issues have been cited by various academic publications including those published by the Government of India. He is often invited as a visiting faculty to various schools of journalism to talk about development journalism and rural reporting. In his spare time Partha trains for marathons and has participated in multiple marathons and half marathons.
Sep 11, 2025 12:13 IST
Swach, a cooperative of self-employed waste collectors in Pune, has sought clarity from the PMC on...
Thu, Sep 11, 2025Sep 10, 2025 15:44 IST
The central government’s decision to offload the procured onions in the open market would depress...
Wed, Sep 10, 2025Sep 09, 2025 18:15 IST
Data shared by the sugar commissioner’s office shows that 146 sugar mills have cleared all their...
Tue, Sep 09, 2025Sep 03, 2025 13:35 IST
Sugar industry leaders seek government approval for exports to manage surplus inventories,...
Wed, Sep 03, 2025Sep 02, 2025 13:11 IST
Last month, the Central Government decided to remove the 11 per cent import duty on cotton to...
Tue, Sep 02, 2025Aug 31, 2025 13:18 IST
The heavy rain received in the second week of August led to most of the crop damage in...
Sun, Aug 31, 2025Aug 30, 2025 12:30 IST
To speed up land acquisition for Purandar airport, farmers who willingly give consent would be...
Sat, Aug 30, 2025Aug 27, 2025 21:30 IST
Those opposing him, including from BJP, have never milked a cow, says the MLC from Sangli district...
Sun, Aug 31, 2025Aug 27, 2025 14:12 IST
With the monsoon season coming to an end, farmers in Maharashtra are concerned about the upcoming...
Wed, Aug 27, 2025Aug 23, 2025 23:32 IST
Wadekar said they had chosen Sahyadri Hospital as it is supposed to be a specialty...
Sun, Aug 24, 2025Aug 22, 2025 12:48 IST
S Soundararadjane, the CEO of HyFarm, said the need of the hour is to have experienced breeders...
Fri, Aug 22, 2025Aug 19, 2025 22:02 IST
The three villages in Ardhapur taluka of Nanded, have sustained maximum hit due to the floods. The...
Tue, Aug 19, 2025Aug 19, 2025 18:59 IST
On Tuesday, the central government declared the removal of the 11 per cent import duty on...
Tue, Aug 19, 2025Aug 19, 2025 13:39 IST
Ajit Pawar’s recent remarks on cow vigilantes have hurt the sentiments of BJP workers, MLA...
Tue, Aug 19, 2025Aug 18, 2025 06:56 IST
Mahendi, the founder of Uttar Pradesh-based Panth Foundation, said that there are multiple reasons...
Mon, Aug 18, 2025Aug 13, 2025 19:16 IST
Trade bodies and sugar industry associations have started lobbying for an early declaration of...
Wed, Aug 13, 2025Aug 13, 2025 13:36 IST
The Maharashtra Animal Husbandry department has said that the current outbreak of the lumpy skin...
Wed, Aug 13, 2025Aug 11, 2025 22:54 IST
The central government has been pushing sugar mills to opt for ethanol production since...
Tue, Aug 12, 2025Aug 10, 2025 11:28 IST
Cattle traders in Maharashtra allege that cow vigilantes are damaging their vehicles and...
Sun, Aug 10, 2025Aug 04, 2025 19:21 IST
Farmer enrolment in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana crop insurance scheme has come down from...
Mon, Aug 04, 2025Aug 03, 2025 17:29 IST
Till July 15, Maharashtra reported 98.70 per cent of clearance of cane...
Sun, Aug 03, 2025Aug 02, 2025 18:42 IST
The PMC had given contractual employment to 25 transgender persons through its contractors two...
Sat, Aug 02, 2025Aug 01, 2025 20:37 IST
The controversy arose when the animal rights NGO People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)...
Fri, Aug 01, 2025Jul 31, 2025 19:26 IST
Farmers in the onion growing zone of Nashik-Pune-Ahilyanagar (formerly Ahmednagar) districts of...
Thu, Jul 31, 2025Jul 30, 2025 00:20 IST
Located across the ranges of the Western Ghats, all the 23 villages are located at an elevation....
Wed, Jul 30, 2025