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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.
Q&A with IMD Director General
The Committee, in an earlier report on the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill, had favoured abolition of STT
Interview with Vinod Asthana, Managing Director, CRWC
PLBs were to be floated at Panchayat levels, pooled from big landowners uncultivated land
Expected to be over 100% of long average period
Overall GDP growth, farm growth has more impact on increasing real farm wages than MGNREGS
Weak economic data from China affected crude oil futures here
Montek plans to personally meet ministers to convince them. Fresh Cabinet note likely to be framed after due consultation
India Backbone Implementation Network will strive to identify contentious issues, find common ground among diverse players
Proposed NLM aims to significantly increase milk, meat and fodder production by the end of 12th five-year plan
Says will engage with dept of financial services to clear all doubts about this sector
Pitroda panel mulls this and other ideas, including subscription model, to fund Prasar Bharati; wants to generate Rs 1,000 crore a year
The organisation, to be called India Backbone Implementation Network, will identify and remove various hurdles in the way of economic expansion
The five products have been selected based on their crop size and relevance for consumers, growers and crop diversity
Interview with Food Minister
The youths from SFI were protesting at the death of fellow activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata
The idea of absorbing statutory charges like states levies, freight for bulk consumers has been shelved
The issue came up during a recent meeting between the Commission and the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
Govt urges farmers in Punjab, Haryana and western UP to shift to alternative and lucrative crops