02-09-2010, 12:28 PM
Pawar was able to impose ban on export of grains, pulses, sugar and rice from India. Plus two years back Maha. sugar cooperation decided not to grow sugarcane, this year poor weather spoiled farms. Pawar and Patils are big player in Sugar. There purpose was to increase price. Pawar is linked with global commodity players.
Govt banned export, but they allowed private party to export, which directly benefited Pawar and other key extended friends, who are reaping benefits. Outside India, prices of pulses, rice etc had gone up, in some cases more than 300%. At the end, Indian farmers are losing because previously by exporting they were getting fair price, now they are getting less price but product they are producing is highly priced in export market. On top, private export is in full swing and which is causing shortage in India and higher prices.
Last two years sugar production was very low. Now India is importing just to stabilize price. In US also, import lobby is saying there will be shortage this year but domestic sugar producers are saying, they can produce and fill gap, they are saying there is no shortage.
Sugar average price is now .39/lbs, it used to be .27/lbs in 2008.
Now, Canada, California, Mexico had started growing pulses. We will see drop in price within one year. Again loss to Indian farmers. Here they are forced or moved to very lucrative pulse farming.
Govt banned export, but they allowed private party to export, which directly benefited Pawar and other key extended friends, who are reaping benefits. Outside India, prices of pulses, rice etc had gone up, in some cases more than 300%. At the end, Indian farmers are losing because previously by exporting they were getting fair price, now they are getting less price but product they are producing is highly priced in export market. On top, private export is in full swing and which is causing shortage in India and higher prices.
Last two years sugar production was very low. Now India is importing just to stabilize price. In US also, import lobby is saying there will be shortage this year but domestic sugar producers are saying, they can produce and fill gap, they are saying there is no shortage.
Sugar average price is now .39/lbs, it used to be .27/lbs in 2008.
Now, Canada, California, Mexico had started growing pulses. We will see drop in price within one year. Again loss to Indian farmers. Here they are forced or moved to very lucrative pulse farming.