- Mismanagement by onion producing states and the hoarders have led to a lot of problems
- Due to the monsoon effects food and fuel prices will go high and the government is alarmed by this
- The Iraq related hike in global oil prices also have pitched in trouble
- The situation should be tackled at the earliest as Maharashtra, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand and possibly Delhi elections are round the corner
- The Prime Minister held a meeting to the concerned departments to tackle food inflation and take proper measures
- Onion supply also has been disrupted due to a strike by loaders in Nasik in Maharashtra and center has requested them to prevent hoarding and resolve the dispute between strikers and the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/onion-shortage-due-to-hoarding-mismanagement/article6124767.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Hoarding
- Deficit Monsoon
- Food Inflation
- Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC)