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Business News > Mint Authors > Sayantan Bera

Sayantan Bera

National Writer

Sayantan is National Editor at Mint and part of its long story team. He writes on food and nutrition, agriculture, environment, and the rural economy. He holds a Masters and M.Phil. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

ARTICLES BY SAYANTAN BERA

Additional funds for MGNREGS would have boosted consumption among the poorest who work for less than minimum wages. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Mint Primer: Will the budget bring prosperity to rural India?

2 min read . 04 Feb 2025

Budget 2025: a push to raise farm yields

3 min read . 01 Feb 2025

Under Kudumbashree, self-help groups (SHGs) lease land for more than three years.

Economic Survey 2025 gives a thumbs up to Kerala land leasing model

2 min read . 31 Jan 2025

About 56% of India’s total disease burden is due to unhealthy diets; it is fuelling an epidemic of non-communicable diseases. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

In a pickle: Why it’s time for Fssai to wake up and crack the whip

11 min read . 31 Jan 2025

Retail inflation in edible oils has risen sharply. This could impact the price of deep-fried samosas. (istockphoto)

Oil’s not well: Inside India’s cooking woes

9 min read . 29 Jan 2025

President Donald Trump signed executive orders on his first day at office withdrawing US from the Paris climate agreement and declaring a national energy emergency.

Climate Change and You: Drill, Baby, Drill, is back!

7 min read . 25 Jan 2025

Farmers protest near the Khanauri border on 4 January. About 5,000 farmers have created a makeshift village in the area. (ANI)

Farmer protests 2.0 is 11 months old. Is there an end in sight?

9 min read . 15 Jan 2025

A farmer burns paddy stubble near Nabha road, in Patiala, India. (Bharat Bhushan /Hindustan Times)

A tech solution to crop insurance woes?

2 min read . 03 Jan 2025

Elite bull Anmol with Palvinder Gill, his 22-year-old owner and caretaker, at Kot Bakht village, Bathinda, Punjab. (Sayantan Bera/Mint)

Meet Anmol, the bull whose one climax is worth ₹50,000

9 min read . 01 Jan 2025

Adverse climate shocks can impact the future profitability of grape growers, wineries and associated tourism

Climate Change and You: Food Price Shocks

7 min read . 28 Dec 2024

Ganesh Kadam, a grower from Mohadi, Nashik, supplied 880 quintal of table grapes, valued at ₹61.6 lakh, for exports this year. (Photo: Mint)

How grapes from Nashik conquered the world

10 min read . 15 Dec 2024

Climate activists demonstrate on the sidelines of COP29 at Baku, Azerbaijan. (UNFCC)

Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP

7 min read . 06 Dec 2024

In natural farming, growers can decide on the pace to transition away from chemical fertilizers and pesticides, ensuring no sudden drop in yields.

Natural farming: Ambitious plan, but will it work?

2 min read . 29 Nov 2024

A file photo of a cotton crop at Wankaner, Gujarat. (Bloomberg)

India's cotton production is falling. Here's what that means for your wardrobe

9 min read . 21 Nov 2024

A massive $2.4 trillion a year is required for poor and emerging economies to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Your two-minute guide to COP29... and dystopia

2 min read . 11 Nov 2024

An anti-smog gun in operation at the Kartavya Path, New Delhi, on 27 October. (PTI)

‘Severe’ air is coming. Here’s the X-factor behind Delhi’s winter poison

9 min read . 28 Oct 2024

A file photo of a sugar factory in Bhilai, India. (Bloomberg)

Ethanol blending: The good, the bad and the googlies

9 min read . 17 Oct 2024

Data shows that the share of rural women working in agriculture rose from 71% of all rural female workers in 2018-19 to 77% in 2023-24.

Workers flocking to farms: what’s behind the data?

2 min read . 09 Oct 2024

People riding bulldozers campaign ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections in Nuh district on 24 September. (PTI)

Will BJP or Congress, Modi or Rahul, win the Haryana assembly election?

12 min read . 30 Sep 2024

Data on kharif sowing shows that this year, farmers have planted a larger area with rice and oilseeds compared to the five-year-average.

Will farm trade policy tweaks lift farmer incomes?

2 min read . 18 Sep 2024