Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014)....Read More
Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014).
Apr 23, 2015 00:59 IST
Though the state government is yet to assess the extent of damage to crops, Purnia suffered maximum...
Thu, Apr 23, 2015
Apr 12, 2015 02:17 IST
Harish Damodaran explains the relationship between El Niño and the Indian monsoon, and the...
Mon, Apr 13, 2015
Apr 09, 2015 02:19 IST
The relief is subject to a cap of two hectares per...
Thu, Apr 09, 2015
Apr 07, 2015 03:56 IST
Domestic private dairies, however, are feeling the...
Tue, Apr 07, 2015
Apr 04, 2015 02:41 IST
Private dairies in North India are now paying farmers R30-31 per litre for buffalo milk against...
Sat, Apr 04, 2015
Apr 03, 2015 04:33 IST
Anti-slaughter laws don’t recognise the reality: the cow has a future only in states that permit...
Fri, Apr 03, 2015
Mar 30, 2015 01:12 IST
Last year, SABMiller procured 41,000-odd tonnes of the crop from over 9,500 farmers, 80% were from...
Mon, Mar 30, 2015
Mar 20, 2015 01:51 IST
Unseasonal rain in large parts of north, west and central India since early this month brought a...
Fri, Mar 20, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 03:37 IST
IARI’s last director H S Gupta retired on August 7 last year, after being on extension following...
Thu, Mar 19, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 03:13 IST
The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) had, prior to Gupta’s leaving, advertised...
Mon, Mar 16, 2015
Mar 08, 2015 00:45 IST
Arvind Subramanian counters criticism of the Budget having ‘cut’ welfare schemes and not hiked...
Tue, Dec 22, 2015
Mar 05, 2015 00:22 IST
In a country like India, inflation targeting could create anti-farmer policy...
Thu, Mar 05, 2015
Mar 03, 2015 04:56 IST
The current wet spell is result of a low pressure induced by western disturbances over North...
Tue, Mar 03, 2015
Mar 01, 2015 04:10 IST
Jaitley’s speech didn’t make even any mention of food and fertiliser subsidies, which were left...
Sun, Mar 01, 2015
Mar 01, 2015 02:30 IST
The agriculture ministry’s flagship programmes under the UPA like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana...
Sun, Mar 01, 2015
Mar 01, 2015 02:25 IST
Reduced subsidy provision on account of fall in crude...
Sun, Mar 01, 2015
Mar 01, 2015 01:22 IST
But the Budget has proposed a revised roadmap for even the deficit on revenue account....
Sun, Mar 01, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 00:00 IST
Post-reform India has had three gamechanging budgets. Will Arun Jaitley’s be the...
Fri, Feb 27, 2015
Feb 23, 2015 01:35 IST
As global prices rose, the ruling UPA, then, was forced to hike minimum support prices (MSP) to...
Mon, Feb 23, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 00:04 IST
Harish Damodaran explains what the scheme entails and its potential benefits for Indian...
Sun, Feb 22, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 04:00 IST
We need new public-private partnership models to address Indian agriculture’s weakest link —...
Tue, Feb 17, 2015
Feb 16, 2015 04:03 IST
Shortage: Imports surged only after rabi planting started in...
Mon, Feb 16, 2015
Feb 12, 2015 02:50 IST
This time, the AAP has won all 14 rural seats — 13 of them by huge, five-digit margins....
Thu, Feb 12, 2015Feb 12, 2015 02:16 IST
Inflation in manufacturing has tended to be lower than for other...
Thu, Feb 12, 2015Feb 06, 2015 02:07 IST
The current fiscal crunch has also led to Kerala diluting its earlier plans to implement...
Fri, Feb 06, 2015