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.
Jul 10, 2020 23:14 IST
The announcement of the lockdown has caused great constrain in the industrial heartland, which has...
Sat, Jul 11, 2020Jul 09, 2020 22:41 IST
Germination failure stumped farmers in Maharashtra, who took advantage of the timely advent of the...
Thu, Jul 09, 2020Jul 08, 2020 02:36 IST
The Aadhaar-authenticated process came to a standstill during the first phase of a countrywide...
Wed, Jul 08, 2020Jul 07, 2020 03:28 IST
Narayangaon wholesale market for tomatoes in Junnar taluka of Pune district has seen no drop in...
Tue, Jul 07, 2020Jul 06, 2020 23:47 IST
Dairies convert excess milk stock into anhydrous SMP and white butter to be supplement their needs....
Mon, Jul 06, 2020Jul 05, 2020 20:54 IST
For the last three years, banks in Maharashtra have reported low levels of financing to the...
Sun, Jul 05, 2020Jul 04, 2020 23:20 IST
As many as 58 of the 102 cooperative mills in the state have faced problems in raising capital due...
Sat, Jul 04, 2020Jul 03, 2020 00:14 IST
Right from the beginning of the oil marketing season last November, concerns had surfaced about the...
Fri, Jul 03, 2020Jul 03, 2020 00:04 IST
With the stoppage of imports from Bangladesh at the land ports between two countries in West Bengal...
Fri, Jul 03, 2020Jul 02, 2020 20:38 IST
According to experts, subsidised electricity in the agricultural sector has often led to over...
Thu, Jul 02, 2020Jun 30, 2020 03:06 IST
Maharashtra reported an all-time high 44 lakh hectares of cotton acreage and production of 407 lakh...
Tue, Jun 30, 2020Jun 26, 2020 23:23 IST
This year, not only have the locusts been sighted almost two months in advance, but also instead of...
Fri, Jun 26, 2020Jun 25, 2020 23:43 IST
“The small stalls or restaurants who sustain mainly on takeaway can survive but sit-in...
Thu, Jun 25, 2020Jun 24, 2020 23:06 IST
By June 14, almost all of Maharashtra was covered by the monsoon, with drought-prone Marathwada and...
Wed, Jun 24, 2020Jun 23, 2020 04:03 IST
Growers in some parts of the state have blamed inferior quality of seed, while in some cases,...
Tue, Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020 00:48 IST
Growers in some parts of the state have blamed inferior quality of seed, while in some cases,...
Tue, Jun 23, 2020Jun 22, 2020 23:20 IST
The financial results of the bank show that the bank has reported record disbursal of loans worth...
Mon, Jun 22, 2020Jun 20, 2020 22:09 IST
The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown had brought both domestic and international sales...
Sat, Jun 20, 2020Jun 18, 2020 21:31 IST
In view of the open feud, Shetti has announced that he will not accept the MLC nomination. Leaders...
Thu, Jun 18, 2020Jun 18, 2020 03:08 IST
On Tuesday, Shetti, along with party leader Rajendra Dhavan Patil, had met Pawar at the latter’s...
Thu, Jun 18, 2020Jun 17, 2020 03:04 IST
While the target for the agriculture sector fixed by the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) in...
Wed, Jun 17, 2020Jun 11, 2020 04:25 IST
In the current kharif season, farmers would undertake mass sowing of GM seeds for maize, soyabean,...
Fri, Jun 12, 2020Jun 10, 2020 23:01 IST
The new born tested negative for COVID and when the hospital decided to discharge her on Tuesday,...
Wed, Jun 10, 2020Jun 08, 2020 22:53 IST
The scheme was introduced to help farmers get a flat price for their milk, after dairies slashed...
Mon, Jun 08, 2020Jun 08, 2020 22:32 IST
Efforts by the state government and the easing of the lockdown has seen supplies and functioning of...
Mon, Jun 08, 2020