Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Agriculture Editor and Journalist at Business Standard
Journalist with @bsindia I write on agriculture, food and other policy issues I Retweets are not endorsements I Views personal
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2 weeks ago |
rediff.com | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
India’s policy for agriculture trade must move commodity-by-commodity to gain maximum benefits as US President Donald Trump’s 26 per cent tariff on exports from the country take effect, said agriculture economist Ashok Gulati in a recent policy paper. India should rationalise 'outlier tariffs' -- those above 50 per cent -- on agricultural items, said the paper written for the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.
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2 weeks ago |
rediff.com | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Skymet expects a good monsoon over western and southern India. The southwest monsoon is expected to be 'normal' this year at 103 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), private weather forecasting agency Skymet said on Tuesday. The forecast is with a model error of plus and minus five per cent. The LPA for the June-September monsoon months is 868.6 millimetres, according to Skymet. Rainfall between 96 and 104 of the LPA is considered 'normal'.
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2 weeks ago |
rediff.com | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Seafood is one of India's largest agricultural exports after basmati rice and buffalo meat. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Even though high reciprocal tariffs levied in the US by the Donald Trump Administration are likely to put a dent on exports of some Indian agricultural products, such as shrimps, going forward, several experts say the fact that the tariffs are still lower as compared to many of India's competitors might signal that all is not lost.
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3 weeks ago |
rediff.com | Shreya Nandi |Subrata Panda |Ajinkya Kawale |Sanjeeb Mukherjee
The US Trade Representative noted that India's average applied tariff rate stood at 17% per cent, the highest of any major world economy. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. IMAGE: A truck passes shipping containers stacked at the container terminal at Cochin Port on Willingdon Island in Kerala.
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1 month ago |
business-standard.com | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Many state governments over the past few weeks have announced incentives for farmers either by topping up the Centre's PM-KISAN disbursement with their own allocation, benefits of cultivation per hectare, or a bonus on minimum support price (MSP). While most of the announcements have been part of election manifestos, the increase is bound to put a greater burden on their resources.
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Skymet expects the 2025 monsoon to be normal at 103% of the Long Period Average (LPA) with model error of plus and minus 5%. Skymet says there is 40% chance of normal monsoon this year and 30% chance of it being 'above normal'. Good news for agri if forecast matches actual rains.
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