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03.08.2010
19.00 hrs.
FCI will have to be strengthened. In the Government’s policy declaration, the
Government has already announced that it will take every possible step to
strengthen FCI. I realise that the Government has made a national policy also on
handling, storage, transportation of food grains as a creation of bulk handling,
storage and transportation of food grains using modern technology. I hope that the
Government will streamline that process also.
Sir, when we analyse the things, we must do critical analysis. The
Government of India should examine other factors also. Price is increasing on the
one side, but what about the producer? As correctly mentioned by some of the
speakers, we have to realise that there is a gap between the farmer and the
wholesale price. That gap is widening. Similarly, there is another gap between
the wholesale price and the retail price. There also what is the reason? All these
things will have to be considered properly.
I would suggest that the Government can take a lot of steps in this. One
should not make capital out of this. There is no meaning in mudslinging each
other. I was closely listening to the Opposition Benches as to what exactly they
were saying. They were arguing for a discussion, they were arguing for an
Adjournment Motion, but now it has been categorically proved that there is no
stuff in their hands. They were just making political capital out of it. That should
not be there. We have to put our heads together, work together and let us dedicate
ourselves to solve this burning problem.
With these few words, I conclude.
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