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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 "Modi to chair meeting on island development soon")
Centre to set up fodder farms in districts
To earmark two hectares of grazing land in every district of the country
 "Centre to set up fodder farms in districts")
Centre plans to shut seven PSUs at one go
Among them are likley to be Bird Jute and Exports, Hindustan Papers, Hindustan Photo Films, Tyre Corporation and Richardson & Cruddas
 "Centre plans to shut seven PSUs at one go")
NITI: Manufacturing only option to create jobs
Officials said the ideas and views generated in the meeting would form part of the Aayog's 15-year vision document, which would come out in the next few months
 "NITI: Manufacturing only option to create jobs")
Retail inflation might not fall much in kharif season
Recent trends indicate any such moderation would not be across the board or without riders: Experts
 "Retail inflation might not fall much in kharif season")
Pulses acreage tops 13 million hectares
Pulses acreage this year is highest in last 5 years
 "Pulses acreage tops 13 million hectares")
Skymet lowers monsoon forecast to 'normal'
However, no impact seen on kharif; sowing almost over
 "Skymet lowers monsoon forecast to 'normal'")
 "Monsoon slacks off, surplus wiped off")
 "Govt looks to speed up sale of pulses to beat price fall")
Centre plans livestock insurance scheme on the lines of PM's Fasal Bima Yojana
Officials said the matter was discussed at a high-level meeting which was also attended by representatives from insurance companies
 "Centre plans livestock insurance scheme on the lines of PM's Fasal Bima Yojana")
NITI Aayog to start lecture series on Transforming India
The first part of annual lecture series will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 26
 "NITI Aayog to start lecture series on Transforming India")
Centre mulls selling pulses through private retail chains
Move comes as states show little interest in lifting pulses allocated to them
Monsoon enters weak phase in most parts
Meteorologists said the slump could push the cumulative monsoon into the negative zone for the first time
Modi commends farmers for planting record pulses this kharif
Pulses acreage in the current Kharif season is almost 40 per cent more than last year and is even more than the average area covered in last five years
 "Modi commends farmers for planting record pulses this kharif")
Delhi tops in consumer plaints
National consumer helpline gets 173,000 plaints in 2015-16; sharp surge in those against e-commerce firms
Most consumer complaints come from Delhi
National consumer helpline gets 173,000 plaints in 2015-16; sharp surge in those against e-commerce companies
 "Most consumer complaints come from Delhi")
DD Kisan mired in fights over content
Many key officials have quit the channel and there is now internal wrangling over the content to be telecast
 "DD Kisan mired in fights over content")
Modi ministers in a rush to get into Independence Day mood
Union ministers will visit birthplaces of freedom fighters and border outposts across the country
 "Modi ministers in a rush to get into Independence Day mood")
Kharif sowing enters last leg as pulses steal the show
Kharif sowing was completed on around 95.41 million hectares, 6.50% more than last year
 "Kharif sowing enters last leg as pulses steal the show")
Excise duty concession on ethanol withdrawn for sugar mills
The mills said the abrupt withdrawal of the exemption would hurt their finances
 "Excise duty concession on ethanol withdrawn for sugar mills")
