Sanjeeb Mukherjee
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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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Budget mantra: Rural outlay may go up 23% to reduce pains of demonetisation
The Budget may also introduce a new scheme to pull the poor in the rural areas out of poverty.
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Former Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri passes away at 63
The eminent economist breathed his last in Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday morning
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Win up to Rs 1 crore: Centre dangles cash prize to promote digital transactions
To incentivise transactions through the digital mode
 "Win up to Rs 1 crore: Centre dangles cash prize to promote digital transactions")
PM reviews cash shortage; withdrawal limits likely to continue beyond Jan 2017
PM reviews situation of cash shortage; withdrawal limits likely to continue
 "PM reviews cash shortage; withdrawal limits likely to continue beyond Jan 2017")
Wheat import duty might return with new crop
Production in the 2015-16 crop year, marketed in 2016-17, has been estimated at a little over 93 million tonnes
 "Wheat import duty might return with new crop")
It's rabi sowing, not cash crunch: What slowed demand for work under MNREGA
This is the time when farm labour is engaged in the fields which result in a dip in demand for work under MNREGA
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FM Jaitley hints at tax rate cut; says demonetisation will increase taxation base
In a statement released to the media, Jaitley said that a substantial quantum of future transactions would be digital as India moves towards a less-cash society.
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Rush for less cash: A list of incentives to encourage digital payments
Here's a list of the top initiatives that ministries and departments have announced recently
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Did Centre scrap wheat import duties to safeguard PDS next year?
In 2016-17, wheat procurement dropped to 23 MT against a targeted 28 MT because actual harvest failed govt estimates
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Demonetisation impact? Wheat acreage 0.5 million hectares less than normal
Despite Centre's assertion, the acute cash crunch in rural India is having some impact on sowing of crops
Cashless India: Buying petrol, insurance with cards to be cheaper
Government lines up sops after month of queues
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Discounts on petrol, railways, LIC: Govt rolls out sops for cashless India
Discounts rolled out for a host of digital transactions
 "Discounts on petrol, railways, LIC: Govt rolls out sops for cashless India")
Wheat import duty waived
The duty has been waived for an indefinite period, according to an official notification placed in Parliament
P&K fertiliser subsidy stays unchanged
Approval to the first two phases of a Metro rail for Pune, covering 31 km, total cost will be Rs 11,420 crore
 "P&K fertiliser subsidy stays unchanged")
'Expect all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to come back into the system': Arvind Panagariya
Defending IDS-2, Panagariya said that it is not unusual for govts to change laws in response to changing circumstances
 "'Expect all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to come back into the system': Arvind Panagariya")
Creating separate agency to manage pulses buffer not feasible: CACP Chief
Interview with Vijay Paul Sharma, chairman of the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices
 "Creating separate agency to manage pulses buffer not feasible: CACP Chief")
Slow printing hits soil health card plan
Most of the work is in the domain of state governments. However, with 85 per cent of targeted soil samples collected till November 29
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Rabi acreage 8.54% more than 2015
Farm minister says no impact of demonetisation
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Warmer winter likely; crops may be hit
Late rise in temperate would affect maturing rabi crops
NITI Aayog to hold meeting with telcos for Aadhaar-enabled payments
Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics of customers making Aadhaar enabled payment
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