Pawar on Price Rise | Agriculture Ministry | Pulses Sugar Milk

New Delhi, Jan 22: In a response that may further intensify the criticism against him, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has washed his hands of the soaring prices saying that his ministry has nothing to do with it.

“I do not understand how Ministry of Agriculture is concerned with price level. It is supposed to concentrate on agriculture produce," he said on Friday, Jan 22.

Pawar has come under attack over the growing prices of pulses, sugar and recently milk. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bahujan Samjwadi Party (BSP) have reacted strongly against the issue.

Responding to the criticism targeted at him, Pawar said that it was first time in 40 years that the issue of price rise was being linked to the Agriculture Ministry.

Defending himself and the ministry, the minister said that the agriculture ministry had successfully achieved the responsibility given to it and said that the ministry was able to make provisions of the necessary food stock despite drought-like situation across India.

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Mahendra Patel 22 Jan 2010 08:25 pm

NCP SHOULD TRAIN ALL THEIR POLITICIANS FROM MAHARASHTRA IN PUBLIC RELATION AND ON NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FACTS. India should have strong Agriculture Sector Policy to Include, Water Distribution , Check Dams, Dams and Canals, Furtilizer Research, Production , Distribution and Relgional and Local Training to farmers. Farmers Microfinancing. Crop Production and Issue of Base Price Buying From Farmers, Latest Crop Storage With Stretigic Locations In Each States Were Majority of Farm Belt Concentration,National Linkage of all Storage Facilities and Distribution to Track Realtime Food Production and Need to Import/Export Decision on REAL TIME BASIS. Let's Put this in Place to Be efficient and to Cut Down LEAKAGE or To locate Were the LEAKAGE/CURRUPTION is POSIBILITY on REAL TIME BASIS. THIS IS PRIORITY FOR INDIA AND NOT THIS CIRCUS OF PUTING INCOMPETENT PERSON IN CHARGE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. NOW SAME THING CAN BE APPLIED TO ALL OTHER AGENCIES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANTANCE BY PRIORITY LET'S CLEAN UP THIS REST WILL FALL IN PLACE.