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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.
Won't lead to increase in retail price as cess would be charged only when prices are low
Transferring of subsidies and incentives, as well as a differential payment system during a sharp slump in prices, are expected to be one of the objectives
NPF-2007 was formed after the recommendations of a National Commission on Farmers, headed by eminent agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan
New policy might look at increasing farmers income through direct transfer of subsidies, incentives and differential prices
The Rs 90,000 crore project is expected to be finalised during Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's three-day visit to India
Interview with Professor at Harvard Business School
According to IMD data from October 1 to December 2, winter rains over Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana, Vidharbha, and Marathwada have been 60 to 80 per cent below normal
Sowing in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh delayed
The overarching purpose of this mission is to promote a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in the country
MPs set aside differences to discuss natural disaster in both Houses of Parliament
Aim is to share info between probe agencies on suspect promoters who haven't been brought to book due to grey areas in the law
Indian farming was transformed after the mid-60s, on a wave of new agri technology and allied changes, but the costs of this model can no longer be ignored or its addressing be postponed
Most homes not getting enough to eat; resorting to sending children for work, distress sale of any cattle; call for comprehensive relief without delay
When it come to calamities and natural disaster relief efforts, there exists a tremendous trust deficit between the union and state governments
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon
Officials to verify if farmers are switching to pulses as a result of rise in support price