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Wheat import is mother of all scams
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Cargill purchased good quality grains from Indian farmers at Rs 8 to 8.50 per kg while the government has placed orders for import of wheat from Cargill Inc. at Rs 16 per kg. And the quality of this imported stuff is so poor that it is not fit for human consumption. The government in the process has enriched the farmers of US, Australia and other European countries at the cost of the poverty-stricken Indian farmers who are committing suicide, on a daily basis. It shows that the government, supported by the Communists and formed in the name of aam aadmi, has no heart, sense or rationale when it comes to national good.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In a letter to the Prime Minister the CPM leader Brinda Karat wrote, “In May the government floated a tender for five lakh tonnes of wheat and the price of wheat per tonne was stated to be $263. This order was cancelled by the government on the ground that the price was too high… two months later in July the government ordered the same amount (of wheat) at $325.59 a tonne leading to a loss of Rs 127.93 crore. Shockingly this was compounded by a further import order of eight lakh tonne at an even higher rate of Rs $389.45 which meant a further loss of Rs 412 crore.” She asked for an inquiry into this faulty policy and the consequent loss. Who benefitted from all this. The Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, owes an explanation to the nation. Is he a direct beneficiary or is he a victim of the shenanigans within the ruling coalition?
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What's going on here? Seems like this story is under-reported by mainstream media?