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Times of India (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Food prices will decline after the rabi crop as production of wheat, rice, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane during the winter is expected to be higher than in the drought-hit kharif season, union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
BangaloreDomestic demand for milk is increasing, says Sharad Pawar Staff Reporter ‘National Dairy Plan to achieve 180 million tonnes of milk ready’ — Photo: K. Murali Kumar All smiles: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily at the launch of the semen station at Hesaraghatta in Bangalore on Saturday. Bangalore: “The domestic demand for milk and milk...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sharad Pawar has emerged as a more powerful politician than before due to the complete failure of the Congress to get a definitive edge in the Maharashtra portfolio-sharing negotiations.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
COIMBATORE: Agriculture has registered a phenomenal growth during the last four decades, but food security remains a major concern, Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said here on Friday. Past achievements were very impressive ...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
New Delhi, Nov. 4: Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today said food prices were expected to stabilise after the rabi crop is harvested early next year.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said a good showing during the rabi season may go a long way in ameliorating the situation.
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... staked claim to form the government.So why did the Congress blink? One reason is NCP boss Sharad Pawar’s superior negotiating skills. Pawar has always succeeded in getting the better of the Congress: he got 114 seats, his original demand, despite his poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress had pegged its initial offer at less than 100 seats. Then, the Congress believed...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Terming it strange that instead of initiating immediate steps to curb price hike, BJP said Sharad Pawar and Montek S Ahluwalia have bowed down before the problem.
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
At the annual Economic Editor's conference, Union Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was in a tight spot owing to the looming sugar crisis in the country.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
NEW DELHI: Despite a projected shortfall of 21 million tonnes in kharif production this year, Union Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar is confident that the agriculture sector will post a growth of under two per ...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
With food prices showing a little signs of abating, the government Wednesday said that it is planning to bring additional areas under rabi crops to ease the supply pressure.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar admitted inflation in food prices was worrying and that there was a clear demand-supply gap in commodities like rice which has been worst hit by this year's drought.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
"Inflation in food articles is a matter of concern and the Government of India have taken several steps to arrest the increase in prices of these commodities," food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told the Economic Editors' conference.
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India eNews (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday said union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who is also the NCP chief, was not consulted before the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed.
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rediff News (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Almost a year after he was forced to resign in the aftermath of the terror attack on Mumbai, senior Nationalist Congress Party leader R R Patil is back in the saddle as Maharashtra home minister. NCP chief Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar will handle the prestigious Power portfolio, in addition to the Water Resources Ministry he handled earlier. NCP leader Jayant Patil, who was home minister...