India has sufficient rice stock: PawarSeptember 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Allaying fears of country falling short of rice supply, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar here today said that there was sufficient supply to fulfill the needs. Pawar said, due to last year's good rice production, this year, the supplies were sufficient, but efforts would need to be made to increase the production.
Pawar told to rein in sugar prices by Sonia GandhiAugust 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asked Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to rein in the rising prices of sugar and ensure there is adequate stock of sugar in India. Pawar had fuelled fears of scarcity and shortage, saying that the forecast for the next season is not bright.
Provide immediate relief to drought-affected areas: PawarAugust 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar asked the State Agriculture Ministers on Friday to take immediate steps to provide relief to the drought affected areas. Addressing a conference of State Agriculture Ministers here, Pawar urged them to take steps to protect the interest of small and marginal farmers.
CWC to meet Wednesday to discuss droughtAugust 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision making body, will meet Wednesday to discuss the drought situation in the country and appeal the government to take speedy measures to deal with it. The CWC will meet to discuss the drought situation in the country, Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said here.
Ministers meet to discuss drought situationAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), set up to tackle the drought problem in the country, met here Monday to monitor the situation and take necessary actions. The two-hour meeting was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia among others.
Ministerial panel to monitor prices, drought situationAugust 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday set up a group of ministers (GoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to monitor the drought situation and the price rise front. The GoM includes Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Home Minister P.
Centre constitutes GoM to monitor drought situationAugust 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In view of the severe drought and growing prices of essential commodities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a crisis management group of Ministers (GoM) for monitoring the situation on a day-to-day basis. The decision was taken after a high level meeting chaired by Singh.
Govt. sets up EGoM to handle challenge posed by droughtAugust 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was set up by the Centre on Thursday to tackle drought situation in nearly one-fourth of the country. EgoM includes Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and Power Minister Sushil Shinde.
Prime Minister to meet Chief Secretaries on delayed monsoon todayAugust 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will meet State Chief Secretaries here today to discuss the drought-like situation in the country.
Cabinet Secretary to discuss drought situation in IndiaAugust 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar will meet the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories here on Saturday to discuss the drought situation. The meeting will review the requirements of the States and Union Territories that have deficient rainfall and draw up an action plan to meet the situation.
No need to panic over inadequate rain, says PawarJuly 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There is no reason to panic over the inadequate rains in the country for the meteorological department has predicted good monsoon in August, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday. Replying to a special discussion on drought conditions in the country in the Lok Sabha, Pawar said except paddy crop, whose area of cultivation had fallen drastically, the figures for rest of the major crops in the country were comparable to the corresponding period last year.
Low monsoon rain concern for India's farm output: PawarJuly 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India produced record food grain in 2008-09 but the situation could become a cause for concern due to erratic monsoon in several parts of the country, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Monday. Between July 1 and now, there has been a significant improvement in monsoon rain, with the deficit based on long-term average coming down from 46 percent to 27 percent, the minister said during a debate in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament.
Government will pay special attention to farming: PawarJuly 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government would pay full attention to the farming sector this year as there is a serious drought situation in the country due to insufficient rains, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told parliament Monday. "In the last four years, we had good produce as there were enough rains.
Pawar warns of draught like situation in North IndiaJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today warned that, North India facing drought-like situation, and states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi might face serious problems due to scarcity of rains. Pawar, however, said the Ministry of Agriculture has prepared two contingency plans to face the situation arising from the failure of monsoon.
No drought in the country: PawarJune 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday said there is no drought-like situation in the country due to a delay in the onset of monsoon rains. "There is no drought-like situation in the country due to delay in monsoons and the loss would be more than made up for in the rains during July and August," Pawar said.
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