Congress Undemocratic Ideology - 4

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Cycle of CRISES



Sugar prices went up to Rs 50 last year

Edible oil prices soared in 2008-09 as mustard oil touched Rs 100 a kg

Pulses prices touched Rs 100 last year (tur dal was selling at Rs 120)

Milk prices have gone up by around Rs 8 in the last few months

For a year, food inflation had been in double digits. It declined to a single digit figure (9.67%) only in July this year



Aam admi weeps bitter tears



Onion’s wholesale prices across India come down by Rs 10-15 but retailers increase it by Rs 5 a kg

Fall in wholesale prices due to lowering of consumption, not due to ban on exports, say traders

The dip in wholesale prices likely to take days to trickle down to the retail market

Retail price of onion at Rs70-80 per kg on Monday; Rs 35-40 last week

Traders deny Govt’s charge, say onion’s winter crop can’t be hoarded





With news of crisis in India, prices in Pakistan too go up by 30 per cent

Insignificant import of bigger-sized, poor-quality Pakistan onions in the past two days

The onion crisis has erupted within days of a sharp hike in petrol and milk prices

It has also the potential of straining relations between NCP leader Sharad Pawar and the Congress