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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.
Proposes a liberal hire and fire policy in manufacturing sector, besides third party auditing in place of labour inspections to monitor occupational safety and health administration
Emergency finance ministry meeting on Wednesday evening led to the suspension of trade
The panel opines Rs 500 crore needed as initial paid up capital for launching Post Banks might not be feasible at present
India faced a shortage of around 135 million tonne of coal in 2012-13 financial year
Interview with Member of the Planning Commission, PMEAC
Last month, DIPP even issued a four-page clarification but that also failed to soothe investors' nerves
Government has decided to compensate states for selling sugar at cheap rates
Main issues to be flagged include fall in rupee, plummeting investments and a lackluster manufacturing policy
Last year, pulses production topped all previous record because uneven rains prompted farmers to grow pulses to cover their loses
The analysis was limited only to crops for which government determines Minimum Support Price
His letter comes in the wake of talks of a curb on export of farm commodities such as onions to check domestic prices
Horticulture body says prices to cool down in next few weeks
According to the latest advanced estimate, production of pulses is estimated to be at an all-time high of 18.45 mt in 2012-13 (July- June)
Rajasthan has not only broken its Bimarou shell by bringing poverty level down to less than half the average of four fellow 'sick' states but also beaten some of the celebrated stories like Gujarat
The IAP seeks to boost development activities in naxal affected districts in order to stop people from being lured in anti-national activities
Govt to pay a part of expense; 65 private players evince interest
FM has already met investors in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe, west Asia and the US
65 big private players evince interest