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Food prices will come down after Rabi season: Pawar | The Government today said prices of the food articles might come down only after the ensuing Rabi season. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that due to the impact
of the scant monsoon and the impact of floods, prices would not come down immediately.
Pawar said that the growth of agriculture would hover around 1.5 percent this
year. Ten lakh tonnes of wheat and five lakh tonnes of rice have been allocated
for open market sale to moderate the prices, he added. Pawar said that enough
food grain stocks are available, including rice and wheat in the godowns to bridge
the gap between demand and supply. Adding that over 248 lakh tons of food grains
are available for the public distribution system (PDS), Pawar said the food subsidy
has risen to 66,000 crore rupees. The center has been maintaining that many states
across the country are yet to tone up this system and it is high time that they
take corrective action to strengthen the PDS. On the increasing price of food
articles, Pawar asserted that for providing better prices to farmers, the people
would have to pay more. He also gave details of the revision in the MSP of food
grains in the last six years. Pawar added that there is a need to import raw sugar
to meet demand. Sugar mill owners would be approached on the matter. Adding that
the government has launched a series of initiatives to increase agriculture productivity
like introduction of Rashtriya Vikas Yojna, National Food Security Mission, availability
of seeds and fertilizers and credit flow to farmers, Pawar said farmers that they
would get remunerative prices for their produce. |
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