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.
Oct 26, 2015 01:18 IST
The idea of using video-conferencing was mooted by all the SIC benches in order to help applicants...
Mon, Oct 26, 2015
Oct 26, 2015 01:16 IST
The SIC’s report, among other things, takes note of the various administrative and functional...
Mon, Oct 26, 2015
Oct 20, 2015 00:33 IST
Cites non-compliance of its previous recommendations by the state...
Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Oct 19, 2015 02:23 IST
To sustain trading, Khadki and Chinchwad markets likely to be shifted...
Mon, Oct 19, 2015
Oct 18, 2015 00:11 IST
Activists, kin reportedly called up by Intelligence agencies; questioned about political...
Sun, Oct 18, 2015
Oct 17, 2015 00:20 IST
Pune has around 116 villages in the tribal sub plan (TSP) areas of Ambegaon and Junnar...
Sat, Oct 17, 2015
Oct 14, 2015 03:55 IST
The official spokesperson of Amazon India, speaking about the tie-up, said the footprint and...
Wed, Oct 14, 2015
Oct 14, 2015 02:17 IST
The murder of Dr Narendra Dabholkar in 2013 had propelled the Maharashtra government to pass its...
Wed, Oct 14, 2015
Oct 11, 2015 00:05 IST
Pune’s real estate market over the past few years has been witnessing a steady slowdown....
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
Oct 11, 2015 00:00 IST
The festive season might not bring any cheer to the real estate sector this year....
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
Oct 07, 2015 01:07 IST
The German car manufacturer has been at the centre of a worldwide emission scandal, which has...
Wed, Oct 07, 2015
Oct 07, 2015 01:01 IST
Party leader Ashutosh would take up the future course of action in the state...
Wed, Oct 07, 2015Oct 06, 2015 02:37 IST
In March 2015, the state government had amended the Maharashtra Animal Protection Act, 1976 and...
Tue, Oct 06, 2015
Oct 02, 2015 09:52 IST
Over the past few years, Pune’s real estate market has seen accumulation of unsold stock with...
Fri, Oct 02, 2015Sep 29, 2015 01:23 IST
Rationalists in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka have decided to form a network of their...
Fri, Dec 25, 2015Sep 27, 2015 02:14 IST
The farmgate price of poultry in Maharashtra is around Rs 48 per kg while dressed chicken is sold...
Sun, Sep 27, 2015
Sep 24, 2015 00:50 IST
As per Department of Industries, mega projects involve more than Rs 500 crore and provide...
Thu, Sep 24, 2015
Sep 23, 2015 00:00 IST
Last year, India’s vegetable exports had dipped to Rs 176.47 crore from Rs 188.44 crore in...
Wed, Sep 23, 2015Sep 21, 2015 00:28 IST
This field of health-care allows for patient-doctor consultation through the virtual world of...
Mon, Sep 21, 2015Sep 20, 2015 03:19 IST
In such a scenario, Chavan asked the government to pay the difference directly to the farmer’s...
Sun, Sep 20, 2015
Sep 19, 2015 00:46 IST
The centre had in March announced an incentive of Rs 4,000 per tonne for export of 1.4 million...
Sat, Sep 19, 2015
Sep 16, 2015 00:40 IST
Rs 1 lakh-plus credit card purchases, mobile bills also under...
Wed, Sep 16, 2015
Sep 15, 2015 00:49 IST
Spread over 81 acres of land in Moshi, the landfill site deals with 450 metric tonnes of MSW on a...
Tue, Sep 15, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 03:56 IST
LFW is the result of three years of collaboration between US-based NGO GRIT and Pinnacle...
Thu, Sep 10, 2015
Sep 06, 2015 05:43 IST
August saw the total sale of 8 lakh tonnes of sugar, which brought down the sugar stock to 42 lakh...
Sun, Sep 06, 2015