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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

A file photo of women planting paddy saplings in a field at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, West Bengal. Softening prices of rice, the main Kharif crop, will come as a relief for the government, which has been struggling to cool food prices. (PTI)

Weather forecast: Stormy skies and lower food prices on the horizon

10 min read . 01 Sep 2024

The tur dal in your sambar may have been grown in distant East Africa or closer home in Myanmar. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Brace yourself, climate crisis is coming for your sambar

9 min read . 04 Aug 2024

India runs the world’s biggest free food programme which supplies 5 kg cereals to over 810 million people every month. Other schemes such as school meals offer a more nutritious diet but it varies from state to state. (Mint)

Mint Primer | Fewer Indians are going hungry. But are they eating healthy?

2 min read . 01 Aug 2024

109 high-yielding and climate-resilient varieties of 32 crops will be released for cultivation. (Arun Dev Jasrotia )

Budget 2024: Top priority to crop productivity and climate resilience

4 min read . 24 Jul 2024

Despite the importance accorded to research in the budget speech, the monetary allocation appears muted. (Image: Pixabay)

Budget 2024: Agri-research? Yes, but where is the money?

2 min read . 23 Jul 2024

Tomato and vegetable prices: According to the ministry data, the pan-India retail price of tomato is at ₹65.21/kg on average. (Amit Dave/Reuters)

Hidden in plain sight: New food inflation data

3 min read . 17 Jul 2024

People wade through a waterlogged road near Sarai Kale Khan area in New Delhi after heavy rain on 28 June (PTI)

Frying pan, wetland, gas chamber: Is it time for you to leave Delhi?

11 min read . 11 Jul 2024

The monsoon season (June to September) brings in 75% of India’s annual rainfall, watering crops, filling reservoirs and boosting farm income and consumer demand.

Mint Primer: Ever seen the rain? The price of a truant monsoon

2 min read . 26 Jun 2024

Workers pack pre-mature Dasheri mangoes, which are less sweet and fragrant, at an orchard in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. (Sayantan Bera/Mint)

Mango: King in India, no kingdom abroad

11 min read . 25 Jun 2024

The opposition INDIA alliance is likely to secure 233 seats, led by the Indian National Congress that nearly doubled its Parliament strength to 99 seats. (HT)

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: India heat wilts lotus, BJP stares at coalition govt

6 min read . 04 Jun 2024

The monsoon has set in over Kerala in southern India and already advanced into most parts of northeast India. (Photo: PTI)

Monsoon reaches Kerala two days ahead of schedule

2 min read . 31 May 2024

Farmers harvest wheat crop at a village, near the border, on the outskirts of Jammu, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (PTI)

Our daily bread’s getting hot. Can imports help?

2 min read . 29 May 2024

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 . 19 May 2024

We should source macro and micro nutrients from a minimum of eight food groups with fruits, vegetables, green leafies, roots and tubers forming half the plate.

Mint Primer | ‘Read that label’ and 16 more food commandments

2 min read . 16 May 2024

Onion auction in progress at Lasalgaon Mandi

Mint Primer | The fallout of India’s unpredictable farm trade policy

2 min read . 09 May 2024

Tomatoes have gotten dearer by 62%. (Reuters)

Mint Primer: Red hot prices and other effects of the heatwave

2 min read . 02 May 2024

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is probing two cases—infant products and spices (Kalpak Pathak/HT)

Mint Primer | Here's food for thought: How safe is your child’s dinner plate?

2 min read . 26 Apr 2024

Ravindra Singh Bhati during a campaign in Pachpadra, Barmer. (Sayantan Bera/Mint)

In desert country, a 26-yr-old ‘reel neta’ rises to challenge BJP, Congress

10 min read . 22 Apr 2024

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted an above-average monsoon for this year. (PTI)

The Met’s ‘good rain’ forecast: Here’s the other side of the coin

2 min read . 18 Apr 2024

Shubham Khobragade, 29, offers private tuitions to school students, after he failed to find a job despite completing a master’s degree in commerce. His monthly earnings are lower than a farm worker’s.

Cards, ludo and low wages: Tales from Maharashtra’s hinterland

10 min read . 10 Apr 2024