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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.
Land sale proceeds to retire debt or create capital assets
A similar proposal to raise the retail price of sugar was deferred in September because of absence of food and consumer affairs minister KV Thomas
Urges govt to limit purchases from states that tax grains heavily or grant bonus beyond Centre-determined MSP
Pant was defence minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government from 1987 to 1989
'Govt 'not celebrating' the flopping of the auction, will continue to move forward'
Sibal takes centre stage, explains his ministry's calculation of the value of unsold specturm in 1,800 Mhz, 800 Mhz apart from base price of 900 Mhz
Delayed harvest of the previous paddy crop responsible
Expected To Pick Up Pace As Reservoir Levels Comfortable, Moisture Adequate In Soil
Note proposes more checks, transparent data bank in land sale or lease
Wants open-ended procurement changed, especially in states levying high output taxes
Last week, the Union Cabinet decided to release 6.5 mn tonnes (mt) of wheat in the open market for bulk consumers
Around 11.1 million tonne of rice has been procured for the central pool this season, 0.99 million tonne more than the same period last year
Demand pressure would be more on available supplies of edible oils and pulses. Potato production growth would be well below the trend