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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.
The previous UPA government had announced an export subsidy of Rs 3,300 per tonne on raw sugar
In 2013-14, India exported farm goods worth Rs 2,68,477 cr as against Rs 2,32,041 cr in 2012-13
Bill for suggested high-speed track link between major metros could be upwards of Rs 12 lakh crore
Wants laws used to full extent to curb inflation; Modi's 2011 report on this being read by food dept for next steps
Interview with Union minister for rural development
Says various forms of corruption must be tackled by bringing transparency into the system through legislation
The new government will have to keep in mind factors like credit disbursal to farmers, urea and fertiliser subsidies
The report was to have originally come on May 15
Agriculture ministry wants review of clamps on holdings; rural development ministry seeks centralisation of records
Finance ministry laying the groundwork for Budget presentation in first fortnight of July
The new government is set to lauch Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchani Yojana, an irrigation programme to provide water to every farmland
Different economists have arrived at varying figures to assess the state's agricultural growth. The author tries to understand the rationale behind these conflicting numbers
For the summer crop, it has asked fertiliser companies to plan for normal requirement
Ties between the Centre and states might improve as Narendra Modi, a chief minister, knows the issues of states well
More, water levels in the reservoirs of southern India are below the 10-year average at 8.28 billion cubic metres
It had targeted 8% average annual growth for 12th Five Year Plan in the best-case scenario
Officials said members such as Mihir Shah, who handles social sector initiatives, is expected to talk about water-related issues, MGNREGA and BRGF
The BJP's prime ministerial candidate has a mixed record of keeping food prices in check over the past five years as CM of Gujarat
Q&A with Director General of India Meteorological Department