Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
New Delhi: The government is concerned about rising food prices, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told parliament on Thursday. India's food price index was up 15.58% in the 12 months to Nov. 14, a government data showed on Thursday.
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Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that he saw that the expenditure was made to lure voters, a danger to democracy.
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Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that he saw that the expenditure was made to lure voters, a danger to democracy.
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar pointed to a continuing shortage of sugar and high prices when he told the Lok Sabha that there would be a 70 lakh tonne gap between the 2009-10 production and demand.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh met union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi Thursday and urged him to raise the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy to Rs.1,400 per quintal.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Thursday called for a collective effort to tackle the issue of price rise, but there were fewer than 35 MPs present in the Lok Sabha to listen to the matter.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
With the government facing hurdles in finalising amendments to the bill on sugarcane pricing, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Wednesday convened an all-party meeting to thrash out a political consensus on the issue.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The government hopes to table the bill to replace the sugarcane ordinance on prices in Parliament next week, food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
States urged to help check price rise J. Balaji NEW DELHI: As the Opposition parties went hammer and tongs at the UPA government’s “economic policies and lack of political will” which had led to an “unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities,” Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee conceded that the prices had gone up and...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Amid a stand-off between farmers and UP government over sugarcane price, Sharad Pawar on Thursday said farmers should be paid higher remuneration in view of the abnormal situation.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... Lok Sabha with key speakers like BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi and SP's Mulayam Singh Yadav targeting agriculture minister Sharad Pawar for the plight of the common man. So much so, that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee intervened in the special discussion to invoke the cause of "cooperative federalism" to ask states to discharge their duties to act against price rise....
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The government hopes to table the bill to replace the sugarcane ordinance on prices in Parliament next week, food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Even as agriculture minister Sharad Pawar revealed on Tuesday that over 1.5 crore bogus ration cards have been unearthed in the last two months alone, Nandan Nilekani is...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... availability of wheat stood at 300 lakh tonnes against the buffer norm of 162 lakh tonnes, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told the Lok Sabha during question-hour. Rice stock was 172.11 lakh tonnes against the buffer norm of 52 lakh tonnes.“There is no shortage of food grains for the PDS as well as for other welfare schemes like mid-day meal. This was possible because of...
