05-06-2008, 01:37 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+May 6 2008, 12:58 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ May 6 2008, 12:58 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Bush fire </b>
The Pioneer Edit Desk
<b>India's self-created food crisis</b>
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it would do to revisit some of the statements made by Indian politicians in the past few weeks. Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, too, has ascribed food inflation to India's recent economic boom, pointing out more families are eating at least one full meal a day and families that hitherto ate one meal are now eating two. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has blamed wheat prices on changing dietary habits in the country, claiming that "south Indians eat more wheat now". <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Question to be asked to these ministers is whether people started increasing consumption only during last few months?
The Pioneer Edit Desk
<b>India's self-created food crisis</b>
...
it would do to revisit some of the statements made by Indian politicians in the past few weeks. Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, too, has ascribed food inflation to India's recent economic boom, pointing out more families are eating at least one full meal a day and families that hitherto ate one meal are now eating two. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has blamed wheat prices on changing dietary habits in the country, claiming that "south Indians eat more wheat now". <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Question to be asked to these ministers is whether people started increasing consumption only during last few months?