Food prices to ease next fiscal

Food prices are expected to decline in the next fiscal on the back of higher farm output and the only worry then for the government would be on storage, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said.

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Congress-Pawar distance grows

As promised by Sharad Pawar, milk prices have gone up. Two days ago, Pawar, the Agricultural Minister had warned, ''There is a serious shortage of milk, and there is pressure to increase prices." On Friday, Maharashtra's dairies announced milk will cost two rupees more per litre.

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SPECIAL STORY : P. V. Narasimha Rao

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004), who was commonly known as P. V. Narasimha Rao, served as the 10th Prime Minister of the Republic of India.He led one of the most important administrations in India's modern history, overseeing a major economic transformation and several incidents affecting national security.Rao accelerated the dismantling of the license raj. Rao, also called the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms," is best remembered for launching India's free market reforms that rescued the almost bankrupt nation from economic collapse.He was also commonly referred to as the Chanakya of modern India for his ability to steer tough economic and political legislation through the parliament at a time when he headed a minority government.

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BJP to launch nationwide agitation against inflation

he Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced the launch of a nationwide agitation against the price hikes and rising inflation in the country. In response to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's statement attributing the current surge in food inflation partly to high sugar prices BJP said that it was the government's duty to find a solution and not just re-assert the problem. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Mumbai, BJP national spokesperson Prakash Jawadekar, accused the minister and the government of irresponsibility and callousness.