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 05, 2015 01:55 IST
Draining over a watershed area of 50.95 square kilometres, the Ram Nadi originates near the...
Sat, Sep 05, 2015
Sep 04, 2015 01:51 IST
Overall, Maharashtra has seen a reduction in cane area by approximately 67,457 hectares in the...
Fri, Sep 04, 2015
Sep 03, 2015 02:46 IST
At present, the Maratha community has been given 16 per cent reservations in educational institutes...
Thu, Sep 03, 2015
Sep 01, 2015 03:17 IST
The poor monsoon in these areas is being attributed to the decline in crop area. ...
Tue, Sep 01, 2015
Aug 25, 2015 01:46 IST
Sharp decline in arrival of onion at Lasalgaon market, government on guard against any hoarding by...
Tue, Aug 25, 2015
Aug 22, 2015 01:20 IST
The average price of onions at the Lasalgaon market hit a two-year high Thursday....
Sat, Aug 22, 2015
Aug 18, 2015 07:42 IST
Price breaches Rs 4,000 per quintal mark...
Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Aug 11, 2015 01:12 IST
However, over the past few days, Singh said talks with the Delhi government had failed to decide...
Tue, Aug 11, 2015
Aug 09, 2015 01:50 IST
Pune RTO says number of taxi permits jumped from 933 to 3,210 in one...
Sun, Aug 09, 2015
Aug 05, 2015 03:03 IST
Sushil Chavan, radiation officer of the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB),...
Wed, Aug 05, 2015
Aug 02, 2015 03:44 IST
‘CM Fadnavis’s promise to compensate with stamp duty collection is...
Sun, Aug 02, 2015
Jul 31, 2015 03:56 IST
Few districts have managed to implement PMEGP scheme, introduced in...
Fri, Jul 31, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 03:34 IST
‘Where are the permanent shelters for us ?....They are giving us a place which is fraught with...
Thu, Jul 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 00:44 IST
10 neighbouring villages too have abandoned this traditional hill slope...
Thu, Jul 30, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 02:05 IST
A total of 178 factories had crushed 929.5 lakh metric tonnes of cane and the sugar production had...
Tue, Jul 28, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 02:47 IST
Records now show that as of December 2013, 19 such societies had closed down....
Fri, Jul 17, 2015
Jul 14, 2015 03:37 IST
Farmers, traders say location not feasible for...
Tue, Jul 14, 2015
Jul 10, 2015 09:40 IST
The authorities say that measures have been taken to eliminate the physical handling of night soil,...
Fri, Jul 10, 2015
Jul 07, 2015 01:42 IST
After recording over 28 per cent excess rainfall in June, the start of July has seen rains mostly...
Tue, Jul 07, 2015
Jun 30, 2015 02:18 IST
‘Bench’ concept dies, now hiring only if...
Tue, Jun 30, 2015
Jun 28, 2015 02:13 IST
Slaps a fine of Rs 3,000 on PIO for failing to reply to one such...
Sun, Jun 28, 2015
May 31, 2015 03:25 IST
22 non-working, 18 in red: RTI reply to query filed by The Sunday...
Sun, May 31, 2015
May 27, 2015 02:13 IST
IMD data shows the LPA for July is 289.2 mm of rain with the month recording the highest rainfall...
Wed, May 27, 2015
May 24, 2015 03:40 IST
Staff crunch shackles the sector that is set to add four lakh jobs by...
Sun, May 24, 2015
May 21, 2015 05:26 IST
In just a few months, online sale of fruits and vegetables has seen rapid growth in...
Thu, May 21, 2015