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).
Mar 05, 2015 00:22 IST
In a country like India, inflation targeting could create anti-farmer policy...
Thu, Mar 05, 2015Mar 03, 2015 04:56 IST
The current wet spell is result of a low pressure induced by western disturbances over North...
Tue, Mar 03, 2015Mar 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, 2015Mar 01, 2015 02:30 IST
The agriculture ministry’s flagship programmes under the UPA like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana...
Sun, Mar 01, 2015Mar 01, 2015 02:25 IST
Reduced subsidy provision on account of fall in crude...
Sun, Mar 01, 2015Mar 01, 2015 01:22 IST
But the Budget has proposed a revised roadmap for even the deficit on revenue account....
Sun, Mar 01, 2015Feb 27, 2015 00:00 IST
Post-reform India has had three gamechanging budgets. Will Arun Jaitley’s be the...
Fri, Feb 27, 2015Feb 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, 2015Feb 22, 2015 00:04 IST
Harish Damodaran explains what the scheme entails and its potential benefits for Indian...
Sun, Feb 22, 2015Feb 17, 2015 04:00 IST
We need new public-private partnership models to address Indian agriculture’s weakest link —...
Tue, Feb 17, 2015Feb 16, 2015 04:03 IST
Shortage: Imports surged only after rabi planting started in...
Mon, Feb 16, 2015Feb 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, 2015Feb 05, 2015 00:47 IST
Consumers save on fuel, govt on subsidies; both left with more money for better...
Fri, Feb 06, 2015Feb 04, 2015 01:34 IST
Along with Chhattisgarh and Orissa, Bihar recorded highest...
Wed, Feb 04, 2015Feb 01, 2015 00:02 IST
Economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo talks about NREGA and Right To...
Sun, Feb 01, 2015Jan 31, 2015 03:59 IST
The clearence committee was headed by Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy...
Sat, Jan 31, 2015Jan 30, 2015 02:45 IST
Harish Damodaran explains what’s on the table along with mangoes, chicken legs and global...
Fri, Jan 30, 2015Jan 28, 2015 02:24 IST
Traders wants the coming Union Budget to clamp a “minimum 20 per cent” import duty on pulses,...
Wed, Jan 28, 2015Jan 25, 2015 00:33 IST
Large dairy farmers are driving change at the country’s largest milk...
Sun, Jan 25, 2015Jan 23, 2015 02:38 IST
Justifies move : Panel recommended govt to cut food security coverage from 67% to 40%...
Fri, Jan 23, 2015Jan 22, 2015 04:30 IST
The identification of “eligible households” has been left to the state...
Thu, Jan 22, 2015Jan 22, 2015 04:02 IST
Decontrol of urea and ushering in a system of crediting subsidy payments directly into the bank...
Thu, Jan 22, 2015Jan 19, 2015 02:48 IST
Out of the Centre’s fertiliser subsidy of Rs 72,970.30 crore budgeted for 2014-15, Rs 48,300...
Mon, Jan 19, 2015