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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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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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Indian farm exports outperform – despite Trump tariffsSubscriber Only

Nov 17, 2025 07:05 IST

Lifting of restrictions, monsoon-aided production rebound and diversification of markets beyond the...

Sat, Nov 22, 2025
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Once upon a Dalmianagar: The decline of an industrial townshipSubscriber Only

Nov 08, 2025 07:00 IST

Decades ago, between the late 1930s and 1970s, there existed a thriving industrial township —a...

Sat, Nov 08, 2025
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Why India might be staring at a urea scarcitySubscriber Only

Nov 03, 2025 08:00 IST

Consumption of the highly subsidised price-controlled fertiliser is growing much faster than...

Sun, Nov 02, 2025
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Explained: The Modi government’s post-Diwali farm challengeSubscriber Only

Oct 20, 2025 05:30 IST

Till last year, reining in food inflation was a top policy priority. But now, with a glut situation...

Wed, Oct 22, 2025
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How grain, not sugar, is fuelling India’s ethanol productionSubscriber Only

Oct 13, 2025 07:20 IST

A programme that was originally meant to support sugarcane growers has attracted Rs 40,000 crore of...

Mon, Oct 13, 2025
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From Washington to London: A new economic consensusSubscriber Only

Oct 06, 2025 06:03 IST

As many as 55 leading international economists have drafted a London Consensus, which they claim...

Mon, Oct 06, 2025
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Falling inflation, prices: Panel calls for ban, curbs on import of major pulsesSubscriber Only

Oct 03, 2025 04:20 IST

The CACP's proposal on banning/restricting the imports of the three major pulses comes ahead of the...

Fri, Oct 03, 2025
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India US corn trade: Why does India not import corn from the US?Subscriber Only

Sep 15, 2025 18:10 IST

Corn import tariffs India: For now, it is unlikely that India will relent to the US demand to cut...

Tue, Sep 16, 2025
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Why tractor sales are on fast track, what this says about India’s agri sectorSubscriber Only

Sep 15, 2025 07:05 IST

Tractor sales are buoyant this year and poised to cross the one-million mark for the first time, on...

Mon, Sep 15, 2025
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Why foreign investors are not bullish on IndiaSubscriber Only

Sep 08, 2025 06:30 IST

India may be the world’s fastest-growing economy. Yet, it is not attracting commensurate foreign...

Mon, Sep 08, 2025
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Explained: The scramble for fertilisersSubscriber Only

Sep 01, 2025 06:00 IST

A good monsoon has meant farmers planting more kharif crops, pushing up fertiliser demand. This,...

Mon, Sep 01, 2025
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