Pawar: price control steps paying off

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Submitted by rashmi on Fri, 2008-04-18 16:26

The government on Thursday rejected the Left parties' plea to restore the universal public distribution system (PDS) and was lukewarm to their second major demand for scrapping futures trading in agricultural commodities. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's reply in the Rajya Sabha to a short duration discussion on the "unprecedented price rise of commodities' left the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left parties and the United National Progressive Alliance dissatisfied leading to separate walkouts.

thesaurus: 
Food Policy
Food Prices
Food Supply
Ministry Of Agriculture
Main Topic: 
Food Policy
Name of the Newspaper: 
Hindu (New Delhi)
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dtelocal
Publication Date: 
18/04/2008