Digest Number 679

[Guest guest]

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money prohibit me from doing so. The book is great isn't it?

matt...............

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Online friends,

Regarding wheat imports, less said the better. Under

WTO Big MNCs like Cargill and others are now freely

coming to India and are purchasing the best quality of

wheat directly from the farmers.

Thus the quatity of wheat gets reduced. The prices

shoot up. Then the Govt. decides to import wheat. The

same companies then quote double the price. Last year

or year before last they purchased wheat from farmers

around Rs. 6.50 per kg and there was shortage created

and prices rose, the govt. imported the same or

similar wheat at about Rs. 13 per kilo.

In this manner, big international players have started

cornering Indian wheat market. The increased price of

Rs. 13 or more is paid by common man of India.

This should clarify very clearly how the rich get

richer at the cost of the poor. Not only the MNCs but

also big politicians and middlemen of India are hand

in glove in making big money as commissions while

handling the clandestine but open loot of the public,

firstly while exporting or hording that wheat and then

while importing the same or similar wheat, often of

lower quality for distribution through the fair price

shops (are they really fair price?)

 

And, all concerned people like us, you and me, can't

do anything to stop this loot done jointly by Indian

politicians and foreign MNC buyers.

 

Previously we used to criticise the local Indian

traders and merchants who used to buy wheat from the

mandis but now a bigger loot is taking place but even

the farmer Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar hardly

shouts at the big players, leave alone taking action

against them to stop the loot.

 

Farmerly, at least the extra money or profit used to

remain in India with Indian middlemen but now lot of

money goes to foreign buyers or MNCs.

 

Now you can undrstand how the WTOs talk of free market

economy works to make the rich nations richer and the

poor countries poorer.

 

S. M. Acharya,

Founder President,

Save India Association,

155 St. Patrick's Town,

Pune 411013 (INDIA), Ph: +91-20-26870204.