Harish Damodaran

Fall in sales unlikely to hit crop yields, as farmers opt for complex fertilisers with less P content, say experts.

India’s balance of payments is in better shape now, with a relatively low current account deficit that can be financed by some drawdown of forex reserves at worst.

Low stocks and production uncertainties make wheat imports inevitable, while Indonesia's biodiesel blending programme has caused global palm oil prices to soar.

The Centre has not permitted sugar exports since 2023-24, after three years of record shipments led to concerns over domestic availability amid overall rising food inflation.

Crop prices haven’t kept pace with production costs, whereas the growth in agricultural wages have surpassed inflation over the last two decades

The real effective exchange rate (REER) index of the rupee touched a record 108.14 in November, strengthening by 4.5 per cent during this calendar year, according to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data.

The undoubted architect of India’s liberalisation, it was he who announced, “Let the whole world hear it loud and clear. India is now wide awake.”

Fertiliser companies are being given a subsidy of Rs 21,911 per tonne on DAP, plus the “one-time special package” concession of Rs 3,500 that has now been extended until December 31, 2025.

As many as six new plants, and a seventh in the pipeline, have been commissioned at a cost of over Rs 60,000 crore since 2019. And all of these in the “new Green Revolution” states

India has emerged as a major exporter of French Fries, which owes much to companies procuring potato directly from growers and deepening farmer engagement.