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).
Jan 16, 2015 00:32 IST
Agriculture could be headed for an extended period of stress following the end of a decade-long...
Fri, Jan 16, 2015Jan 14, 2015 01:08 IST
Expenditure Reforms Commission bats for DBT to cover all...
Wed, Jan 14, 2015Jan 09, 2015 01:49 IST
Commercial dairying is a big draw for community in northern...
Fri, Jan 09, 2015Jan 07, 2015 04:03 IST
RBI Governor had linked inflation to wages; this may set the stage for rate...
Wed, Jan 07, 2015Jan 03, 2015 04:34 IST
This is the first time since 2004 that rainfall deficiency has been recorded in both south-west and...
Sat, Jan 03, 2015Dec 26, 2014 02:03 IST
In 2009-10, the GCMMF unions together procured an average 90.93 lakh litres per day (LLPD) —...
Fri, Dec 26, 2014Dec 22, 2014 01:15 IST
Net receipts from cultivation and rearing of animals accounted for just 59.8 % of the avg Indian...
Mon, Dec 22, 2014Dec 15, 2014 04:04 IST
As veterinary graduates prefer govt jobs, pvt sector stares at a crisis...
Mon, Dec 15, 2014Dec 13, 2014 04:40 IST
The rabi setback comes on top of a not-so-good kharif (summer-autumn) season that saw production...
Sat, Dec 13, 2014Dec 12, 2014 02:13 IST
The new mechanism basically removes uncertainty with regard to both pricing and...
Fri, Dec 12, 2014Dec 11, 2014 01:47 IST
Italian farm machinery maker Same Deutz-Fahr (SDF) plans to launch tractors in the 35 to 42...
Thu, Dec 11, 2014Dec 09, 2014 02:16 IST
As states face a renewed fiscal crisis, the Modi government should shed Delhi’s old patronising...
Wed, Dec 10, 2014Dec 05, 2014 02:26 IST
Yields on 10-year Government of India bonds have dropped to 7.97 per cent, below the Reserve Bank...
Fri, Dec 05, 2014Dec 01, 2014 04:16 IST
The existing FRBM laws cap annual borrowings — that is, the gross fiscal deficit — to a maximum...
Mon, Dec 01, 2014Dec 01, 2014 01:13 IST
The biggest driving factor behind the marked change in interest rate outlook in the last two months...
Mon, Dec 01, 2014Nov 28, 2014 20:56 IST
Move follows Indo-US deal "permanent solution" deal at WTO....
Fri, Nov 28, 2014Nov 27, 2014 01:12 IST
It is this gap, arising from the government practically exiting farm extension activity, which MNCs...
Thu, Nov 27, 2014Nov 20, 2014 00:16 IST
Our policymakers need to shift focus from sugar to cane. Or, the farmer will continue to pay the...
Thu, Nov 20, 2014Nov 17, 2014 02:52 IST
The deal is seen as a breakthrough, ending the impasse that had stalled the implementation of a...
Mon, Nov 17, 2014Nov 14, 2014 01:36 IST
It is another thing, though, that this seemingly unstated policy is different from the language...
Fri, Nov 14, 2014Nov 12, 2014 00:14 IST
Over the past week, The Indian Express has reported on a looming farm crisis as global agri product...
Thu, Nov 13, 2014Nov 05, 2014 05:36 IST
Over the last five-six months, corn, wheat and soybean prices have crashed to $ 3.7, $ 5.4 and $...
Fri, Nov 07, 2014Oct 26, 2014 03:02 IST
A basmati rice variety grown in 5 lakh hectares this kharif season, up from 5,000 last year; a...
Sun, Oct 26, 2014Oct 23, 2014 00:42 IST
Banks, on their part, have held that their lending interests stand jeopardised by the latest...
Thu, Oct 23, 2014Oct 22, 2014 03:04 IST
The sugar year ended September saw 64 private factories crush and produce 22.37 lakh tonnes (lt),...
Wed, Oct 22, 2014