Times of India (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
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) | 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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... that allies incharge of farm-related ministries share responsibility for the problem. NCP chief Sharad Pawar holds portfolios of agriculture, sugar and PDS while DMK's Alagiri is incharge of fertilisers. The AICC reaction appeared to reflect the sentiment expressed in Parliament on Thursday. The Opposition MPs blamed the government for "mismanagement of economy" but BJP and Samajwadi...
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 sought the...
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.
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
In India, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that they will meet this week to resolve a dispute over ethanol blending in the oil supply. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs confirmed this month the 5 percent ethanol blending requirement, but the oil ministry said that tenders offered by the oil [...] Praj chairman heads for Copenhagen as Indian...
