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.
Feb 17, 2020 03:06 IST
Anup Kumar, Principal Secretary of Animal Husbandry, Marketing and Dairy Development Department...
Mon, Feb 17, 2020
Feb 16, 2020 03:38 IST
The main aim of the committee is to advise the government on various dynamics of the sector and...
Tue, Feb 18, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 17:13 IST
After two years of surplus sugar production, the world sugar market has entered a period of...
Thu, Feb 13, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 11:23 IST
Cindy Brown, Global Pulse Confederation (GPC) president while talking to The Indian Express, said...
Thu, Feb 13, 2020
Feb 12, 2020 02:00 IST
The Sugarcane Control Order of 1966 mandates that mills pay the basic FRP within 14 days of...
Wed, Feb 12, 2020
Feb 07, 2020 07:08 IST
Ginners from Khandesh — comprising Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts —...
Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Feb 06, 2020 08:07 IST
Since the spread of the Coronavirus, posts on social media, especially WhatsApp forwards, have...
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Feb 06, 2020 03:52 IST
Banks have lent just over Rs 1,700 crore against NWRs in eight years and, that too, mostly to...
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 03:03 IST
In her Budget speech, the Finance Minister also mentioned about the government’s plan to...
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Jan 30, 2020 04:05 IST
Last September, the vineyards of Nashik encountered heavy destruction, as unseasonal rain lashed...
Thu, Jan 30, 2020
Jan 29, 2020 03:01 IST
At Latur’s wholesale market, which is the largest oilseed and pulses market in the country, the...
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
Jan 26, 2020 04:31 IST
As with the elections of local self-government bodies, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government lost no...
Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Jan 23, 2020 05:44 IST
A simple low-cost intervention — moisture testing machine — has enabled cotton growers of this...
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Jan 22, 2020 10:13 IST
After his expulsion from the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana, led by former MP and farmers’ leader...
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
Jan 16, 2020 02:19 IST
Between September and December, when retail onion prices soared from around Rs 30 to Rs 100-plus...
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
Jan 12, 2020 03:32 IST
Urban consumers will have to pay more for green vegetables due to the sudden rise in wholesale and...
Sun, Jan 12, 2020
Jan 09, 2020 09:04 IST
Meanwhile, Dilip Mohite Patil, NCP MLA from Khed constituency in Pune and the chairman of...
Thu, Jan 09, 2020
Jan 09, 2020 00:45 IST
Cotton growers are realising decent rates despite bumper crop this time, thanks to government...
Thu, Jan 09, 2020
Jan 06, 2020 05:23 IST
Does away with need for village revenue officer’s signature; guards against crop insurance...
Mon, Jan 06, 2020
Jan 04, 2020 03:35 IST
To help the farm sector, state governments have time and again announced loan waiver schemes. Back...
Sat, Jan 04, 2020
Dec 31, 2019 01:56 IST
This is a four-time rise compared to the just four ministers in the previous Devendra Fadnavis...
Tue, Dec 31, 2019
Dec 29, 2019 08:05 IST
Unlike the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana, the farm loan waiver announced by...
Sun, Dec 29, 2019
Dec 29, 2019 04:25 IST
The meeting, to be held on January 3 and chaired by the secretary of the Department of Animal...
Sun, Dec 29, 2019
Dec 27, 2019 08:57 IST
Mills in Sangli and Kolhapur have complained of a 1.25 per cent dip in sugar recovery (ratio...
Fri, Dec 27, 2019
Dec 25, 2019 09:55 IST
Notwithstanding the delay in its onset, the monsoon has been more than bountiful this...
Wed, Dec 25, 2019