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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.
Prime Minister takes ministers to task for missing Parliament sessions
In a Q&A, he also says problems under GST are transitory and it will be beneficial in long run
Farm loan waivers may give 'significant' deflationary risks to economy
Last date for submitting claims for kharif 2017 ended on July 31
Rajasthan University product, presently Columbia Univ professor, considered an advocate of growth-boosting and market-oriented policies
On cards are lateral entry of a higher number of technocrats, appraisal system for civil servants
Farmers may have shifted to cotton farming, offering a better price
CEA's earlier report on rejuvenating pulses' cultivation and his suggestions may find mention
Modi govt is preparing for three months of political manoeuvring
Move follows a sharp increase in the retail prices of tomatoes in the past 2 months
Move could bring down the price of fertiliser as the current tax rates range from 6-8%
Kharif sowing up 19%; however, significantly less than average downpour in some parts
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets industry bigwigs; officials on stand-by
The team is also expected to highlight state's not so good record on managing the fiscal deficit
Changes could clear confusion on several issues including possible exclusion of buffalo from the ban
More than the promises, it's their tardy implementation that is hurting the rural population more
Mandsaur farmer and trade union bodies, both are planning to organise mass agitations
Food prices entered a deflationary zone in May, with Consumer Food Price Index at minus 1.05%
Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave's death has added a fresh twist to the entire episode
Centre created 8.13 billion person-days of jobs in rural sector in 3 years