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Harish Damodaran

Introduction

Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014)....Read More

Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014).

Harish Damodaran Industry Experience
  • Years of experience: 33+
  • Previous experience: Harish has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014).

Published works: Damodaran is also the author of two books, India’s New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation (Hachette) and Broke to Breakthrough: The Rise of India’s Largest Private Dairy Company (Penguin). Damodaran is currently working on a third book, which is a business biography of the founder of India's third largest industrial house at the time of Independence.

Awards and Recognition: His book 'India’s New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation' won the ‘Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award’ under (Books-Non-Fiction) category in 2008 Broke to Breakthrough: The Rise of India’s Largest Private Dairy Company won the ‘Gaja Capital Business Book Prize’ in 2022.  

Articles by Harish Damodaran

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Will the Iran war lead to food inflation?

Mar 30, 2026 06:18 IST

Ample food stocks and a bumper rabi crop is likely to keep food inflation in check for now. But the...

Tue, Mar 31, 2026
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Iran war: Why India must step on the gas with ethanolSubscriber Only

Mar 23, 2026 15:07 IST

Like Brazil after the 1970s oil shocks, India can use the Iran war stress to aggressively boost its...

Wed, Mar 25, 2026
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Why Iran differs from Ukraine in terms of economic fallout for India and the worldSubscriber Only

Mar 16, 2026 06:00 IST

The world has largely adjusted to the Russia-Ukraine war, which only widened India’s merchandise...

Wed, Mar 18, 2026
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Why fertilisers could be the war’s soft underbelly victim for IndiaSubscriber Only

Mar 09, 2026 07:00 IST

India’s food security is heavily tied to fertiliser material supplies from West Asia. The...

Tue, Mar 10, 2026
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Why India’s rice production and exports requires a rethinkSubscriber Only

Mar 02, 2026 06:00 IST

We must move from being a commodity rice to a high-value and less water-consuming rice exporter,...

Mon, Mar 02, 2026
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How the fertilisers industry has become synonymous with controls, and at what costSubscriber Only

Feb 16, 2026 05:54 IST

The Uttar Pradesh government’s ban on sales of non-subsidised fertilisers by urea manufacturers...

Sun, Feb 15, 2026
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How the US trade deal will change India’s feed marketSubscriber Only

Feb 10, 2026 06:55 IST

India has not opened the door to American GM corn and soyabean. But it has provided a window for US...

Tue, Feb 10, 2026
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Why borrowings are now biting govts despite RBI rate cuts: Debt, liquidity twin issuesSubscriber Only

Feb 09, 2026 07:30 IST

Both the Centre and states are seeing their borrowing costs rise despite the central bank’s repo...

Mon, Feb 09, 2026
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What India has really given on agriculture in India-US trade dealSubscriber Only

Feb 07, 2026 15:08 IST

Poultry and dairy industry will benefit from cheaper American DDGS, while soyabean growers and...

Mon, Feb 09, 2026
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US farm exports to India have been surging even with no trade dealSubscriber Only

Feb 03, 2026 16:27 IST

It is not clear if India has agreed to grant greater market access to American corn, ethanol and...

Wed, Feb 04, 2026
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Fertiliser subsidy zooms amid unrestrained consumption, weak rupee and geopolitical tensionsSubscriber Only

Feb 01, 2026 20:17 IST

There are concerns about global prices hardening amid unchecked growth in...

Mon, Feb 02, 2026
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Union Budget 2026 Explained Highlights: Jobs focus; govt to continue capex heavy lifting, measures for taxpayersSubscriber Only

Feb 01, 2026 08:00 IST

India Union Budget 2026-27 Explained Live Updates: Budget has proposed hiking the overall...

Sun, Feb 01, 2026
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Big Picture | A carrot story: How a former Armyman turned Sikandrabad into a hub for the cropSubscriber Only

Jan 28, 2026 09:25 IST

Sikandrabad, in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh (UP), has, in just the past two decades,...

Wed, Jan 28, 2026
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Why EU deal is better for farmers than one with USSubscriber Only

Jan 26, 2026 07:19 IST

India EU Trade Deal Explained: An FTA with the European Union that includes agriculture can be...

Mon, Jan 26, 2026
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How a ‘Goldilocks combination’ in agriculture has kept food inflation at baySubscriber Only

Jan 19, 2026 08:15 IST

The year 2025-26 has been a bumper crop year thanks to moderate temperatures acting in tandem with...

Mon, Jan 19, 2026
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How Trump’s new Iran tariff has taken the aroma off India’s basmati exportsSubscriber Only

Jan 16, 2026 07:00 IST

Iran accounted for $753.20 million out of India's total basmati exports of $5,944.49 million in...

Fri, Jan 16, 2026
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The weed threat to mustard, and the need to counter it with innovative solutionsSubscriber Only

Jan 12, 2026 07:35 IST

India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has...

Mon, Jan 12, 2026
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Making money from methane emission reductions in paddy fieldsSubscriber Only

Dec 29, 2025 06:00 IST

Earning carbon credits can be a new revenue source of India’s rice farmers, while being...

Mon, Dec 29, 2025
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Did MGNREGS lead to farm labour shortage? What the numbers showSubscriber Only

Dec 17, 2025 07:09 IST

VB-G RAM G Bill provides for a 60-day pause during the 'peak agriculture seasons' of sowing and...

Wed, Dec 17, 2025
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Why India is not ‘dumping’ rice in the US as Trump saysSubscriber Only

Dec 10, 2025 07:36 IST

US is not a very large rice producer, yet exports more than what it imports. What India sends there...

Thu, Dec 11, 2025
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Why the rupee has a capital account problemSubscriber Only

Dec 08, 2025 07:00 IST

It’s the drying up of foreign capital inflows into India, and not trade or current account...

Mon, Dec 08, 2025
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Weaker against dollar, euro, yen: Why the rupee’s fall is ‘real’ this timeSubscriber Only

Dec 01, 2025 07:30 IST

A better idea of the rupee's weakening in the last one year can be obtained from the movements in...

Tue, Dec 02, 2025
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From gene modification to genome editing – India’s journeySubscriber Only

Nov 24, 2025 06:00 IST

India could not take full advantage of cultivating GM crops. But the story is more encouraging in...

Mon, Nov 24, 2025
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Now, desi gene editing technology to aid cheaper, commercial GE crop breedingSubscriber Only

Nov 20, 2025 04:20 IST

The new GE technology — for which the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has recently...

Thu, Nov 20, 2025
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