Sanjeeb Mukherjee
 "Sanjeeb Mukherjee")
Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Sanjeeb Mukherjee is a journalist with over 20 years of experience covering various news beats, mainly in the agriculture, commodities, rural, and food policy space. He has worked at several places, including United News of India (UNI), Dow Jones Newswires, and Financial Express. Currently, he is working as the Agriculture Editor at Business Standard. His work has taken him to some of the most remote areas of the country, allowing him to gain invaluable insights into the dynamics of rural agriculture markets. He has honed his skills in analysing and providing commentary on India's farm sector policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications for climate change.
Sanjeeb Mukherjee is a journalist with over 20 years of experience covering various news beats, mainly in the agriculture, commodities, rural, and food policy space. He has worked at several places, including United News of India (UNI), Dow Jones Newswires, and Financial Express. Currently, he is working as the Agriculture Editor at Business Standard. His work has taken him to some of the most remote areas of the country, allowing him to gain invaluable insights into the dynamics of rural agriculture markets. He has honed his skills in analysing and providing commentary on India's farm sector policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications for climate change.
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Sugar output slips, but is India really staring at a festival season crunch?
While the top industry body is confident of adequate supplies, some fear that an early festival season this year could be marred by lower-than-usual level of sugar stocks
 "Sugar output slips, but is India really staring at a festival season crunch?")
India's shrimp exports to US seen badly hit due to high reciprocal tariffs
Experts suggest scouting new markets in China, Europe and Middle-East for Indian shrimps
 "India's shrimp exports to US seen badly hit due to high reciprocal tariffs")
Parl panel seeks Rs 400 daily MGNREGA wage, higher social security pensions
"Without a fair wage, the scheme fails in its objective of providing economic security to rural workers," the panel said
 "Parl panel seeks Rs 400 daily MGNREGA wage, higher social security pensions")
US slams India's high farm tariffs, seeks more dairy market access
It said India's World Trade Organization (WTO) bound tariff rates on agricultural products are among the highest in the world, averaging 113.1 per cent and ranging as high as 300 per cent
 "US slams India's high farm tariffs, seeks more dairy market access")
April-June expected to be hotter than usual, more heatwave days likely: IMD
The prices of perishable food items could also be affected if temperatures rise unusually high during the summer months
 "April-June expected to be hotter than usual, more heatwave days likely: IMD")
MGNREGA ends FY25 with 2.1% higher work demand, shows govt data
According to data sourced from the MGNREGA website as on March 31, 2025 at 1400 hours' total expenditure on the scheme (this included due payment) in Fy-25 was around Rs 125,219 crore
 "MGNREGA ends FY25 with 2.1% higher work demand, shows govt data")
Arya.ag NBFC arm does Rs 2,000 crore commodity financing in FY25
"Most of the NBFCs working on our space do a commodity finance of around Rs 1000 crore maximum, but we are among the first to have reached this milestone," said Anand Chandra, co-promoter of Arya.ag
 "Arya.ag NBFC arm does Rs 2,000 crore commodity financing in FY25")
Centre hikes non-urea fertiliser subsidies with allocation of Rs 37K cr
Says FY25 subsidy now totals Rs 1.91 trn versus BE of Rs 1.68 trn
 "Centre hikes non-urea fertiliser subsidies with allocation of Rs 37K cr")
Centre approves direct procurement of chana, mustard and lentil at MSP
Farmers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat will benefit from this decision, an official statement said
 "Centre approves direct procurement of chana, mustard and lentil at MSP")
Wheat procurement starts on a brisk note in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
The government has estimated 2025-26 wheat production to be a record over 115 million tonnes, higher than this year's 113.29 million tonnes
 "Wheat procurement starts on a brisk note in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan")
Global farm firms come together to train 500,000 rural entrepreneurs
The academy, which has been set up with a starting capital of $3 million, will seek to address critical challenges in smallholder farming
 "Global farm firms come together to train 500,000 rural entrepreneurs")
Agri sector waits to see if new NBS will absorb special incentive on DAP
The special incentive as well as the increase in NBS rates has also meant that DAP is now the second fertiliser, the other being urea, fpr which the Centre is keeping its prices artificially low
 "Agri sector waits to see if new NBS will absorb special incentive on DAP")
Centre withdraws 20% onion export duty as prices slump
India has exported around 1.71 million tonnes of onions in FY24 while in FY25 (till March 18) around 1.16 million tonnes has already been exported
 "Centre withdraws 20% onion export duty as prices slump")
Next round of talks with protesting farmers on May 22, says Chouhan
Chouhan also said farmers are the food providers, serving the farmers is like worshipping God for us, this is the view of the BJP
 "Next round of talks with protesting farmers on May 22, says Chouhan")
Farmer leaders detained as Centre fixes next round for talks on May 4
It was the seventh round of talks between the two sides since February last year
 "Farmer leaders detained as Centre fixes next round for talks on May 4")
Set up Indian Council for Fisheries to tap sector's full potential: Panel
The Council on Fisheries as per the Panel would not only facilitate focussed and in-depth research, but also address the challenges faced by the fishery sector
 "Set up Indian Council for Fisheries to tap sector's full potential: Panel")
Six years on, has PM-Kisan lived up to its promise of farmer relief?
The programme, meant to give a helping hand to small farmers, is the world's largest direct benefit transfer scheme and unarguably the Modi-led government's most ambitious
 "Six years on, has PM-Kisan lived up to its promise of farmer relief?")
Will a poor monsoon have the same effect in 2025 as it did earlier?
India's agricultural sector is still largely dependent on the four-month-long Southwest monsoon, but that correlation may be weakening as irrigation infra develops
 "Will a poor monsoon have the same effect in 2025 as it did earlier?")
Isma further lowers net sugar production estimate, no effect on supplies
Isma had, in January, estimated net sugar production at 27.2 million tonnes after accounting for a diversion of 3.7 million tonnes towards ethanol
 "Isma further lowers net sugar production estimate, no effect on supplies")
Centre expects record 115.43 mn tonnes wheat output in 2024-25 rabi season
At present, wheat prices in the Delhi mandis are ruling at around ₹3,000 per quintal, almost 24 per cent higher than the minimum support price (MSP) of ₹2,425 per quintal
 "Centre expects record 115.43 mn tonnes wheat output in 2024-25 rabi season")