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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.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pawar also said price of sugar has shown a rising trend since the beginning of 2009, mainly on account of reduction in area and production of sugarcane in the crop year 2007-08.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
NCP leader Ajit Pawar is expected to declare the names of the candidates for the posts of chairman and vice-chairman of the Pune zilla parishad (ZP) on Tuesday morning, shortly before the election is to be held at the ZP building.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
KP Pawar who is from the State Legal Aid Cell, has been assisting Abbas Kazmi since the opening day of the trial in November 26 terror attacks.
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Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Under attack from opposition parties over rising prices of essential commodities, the Congress on Friday sought to blame…
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Calcutta: Jack Clarke, the Cricket Australia (CA) chairman, looks set to be the next vice-president of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He will, of course, then eventually head the world body for a two-year period, from 2012-13, once Sharad Pawar's term gets over.
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Under attack from opposition parties over rising prices of essential commodities, the Congress on Friday sought to blame...
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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.
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
“I have written to the Chief Ministers that if the state government machinery is not alert, it will be difficult to provide relief to the people. The states have to take action. It is the responsibility of state governments to take action,” Union Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar said in reply to a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on price rise....
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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.
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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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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.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... 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. The argument tried to blunt the opposition which...
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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.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Pawar says there is no shortage of food grains Special Correspondent ‘Wheat, rice stock position more than the buffer norm’‘Real worry is about open market availability’NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday said that there was no shortage of food grains for the Public Distribution System (PDS) due to deficient rainfall in some parts of the country. The stock position of wheat...