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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.
Budget announcements will come right before five states
All eyes would now be on the list of items to be exempted under GST
The companies include LT Foods, maker of the Dawat brand, KRBL, maker of the India Gate brand, and Kohinoor Foods
Winter rain has been largely poor; from Oct-November 23, it was 42% less than normal
Wheat area over 8% more than last year
Labour ministry to hold special camps to bank accounts for unorganised sector workers from tomorrow, NITI constitutes high-powered inter-ministerial panel to oversee rollout of digital payments
NITI Aayog suggested direct integration of e-wallets like Paytm, etc, with the government-pushed Unified Payments Interface system
Fertilisers and pesticides dealers shift to credit sales
Committee says in some states seeding of digitised ration cards with Aadhar cards is very low and needs to be expedited
Centre has allowed farmers to use old Rs 500 notes to buy seeds
Senior minister confessed govt had no assessment of the demonetisation impact in rural and semi-urban areas
Experts claim impact of breather limited as most hybrid vegetable seeds are sold by private companies
Experts say slowdown is quite usual and depends on many factors, not just cash availability
Govt has allowed withdrawal up to Rs 25,000 a week against crop loans sanctioned and credited in their accounts
For farmers, it said that they can withdraw Rs 25,000 per week against the crop loans sanctioned and credited in their accounts
Dry run is first step for launch of the pilot for DBT; December deadline implies much of Rabi sowing season would have passed
Centre declared MSP of Rs 4,000 per quintal or Rs 40 per kg for chana in the 2016-17 crop
MSP of chana raised by Rs 500/ quintal and masur by 550 per quintal
Prices of key agri commodities have softened by up to 10% in last one week
The National Food Security Act (NFSA) that provides legal entitlement for cheap grain to 64 per cent of Indians now covers the entire country, with Kerala and Tamil Nadu agreeing to implement it.