What is the relationship between discovery of water on Moon and the drying up of the wells in a remote village in Africa? Well according to the Union Agricultural Minister of India Mr.Sharad Pawar, water discovered on the moon was actually the water which disappeared from the wells of Africa.
First some quick facts.
India is the second largest producer of Sugar in the world after Brazil.
This fact in isolation would indicate that India can export its sugar production to other countries and make some good bucks since Sugar is always in demand across the globe.
BUT, India is also the largest consumer of Sugar in the world.
Now this fact when viewed in conjunction with the first would caution us against exporting sugar without having adequate stock for the country’s own sugar consumption for a reasonable period of time in the future. Well what is the use of being one of the largest producers in the world if you cant satisfy the needs of the same good for your own people?
Now some more amazing facts.
Nine months ago, Mr. Sharad Pawar the agricultural minister had asserted that India had a “bumper stock of sugar” and had allowed the Indian sugar to be exported at a mere Rs.12 per kilogram.
Today, India is facing a severe shortage of Sugar (a whopping 30% shortage) and is importing (7 million tonnes) of the same Sugar at Rs 27-30 per kilogram!
Now this is simply the result of an extaordinary amazing foresight by our agricultural minster, isn’t it?
Today the sugar prices have more than doubled in India! Last year the sugar price in India was around Rs 16 per kg and today it is around Rs 35-40 per kg.
“What say Mr.Minister ?”, when questioned, this was the reply given by our agricultural minister:
“Global Warming“
WHAT ???
“It (global warming) has affected sugarcane and other vegetable crops“, said Mr. Pawar.
Well Mr Minister. Just a few months ago you said India had a bumper stock of Sugar. Did the global warming evaporate even our Sugar stocks?? Or did we export all the bumper stock we had assuming that the globe was cooling down?
Isn’t this the heights? Sell what you own at a price x and then buy the same later at a price 2x.
Well individuals dont do this when they are selling/buying things for themselves. But governments definitely will, since the burden of buying at twice the price lies with the people and not with the ministers.
Commodity shortages like this will continue as long as we have politicians who consider the interests of capitalists and industrialists above the interest of the common man. Next in line is Paddy and you know the reason for its shortage.
Global warming today has become a convenient target for Governments worldwide to blame it for their inefficiencies.
Well, So what is the truth behind the Sugar shortage in India apart from the exports we did when we had a bumper stock ?
In 2008-09, India produced only 145 lakh tonnes of sugar against 283 lakh tonnes in 2006-07. The reason?
Definitely Not Global Warming. Its farmers shifting their focus.
“We don’t get the right price for our crops. We’re always on the receiving end. Even after spending so much money on the crop we end up waiting for 13-14 months for our turn at the sugar factory,” says a sugarcane farmer.
The sugar cane farmers who had made India an exporter of Sugar inspite of India being the largest sugar consumer in the world – these very farmers never got the right prices for their crops. And so the sugar cane-growers shifted to grains and oilseeds instead. This was actually predicted two years back, only our intelligent administrators failed to take a note of it.
So, instead of using hi-fi terms like Global Warming and Green House Effect, its in the better insterest of the country that the government focus on a scientific farming policy which would ensure that every year the country grows atleast what it needs.
But given the amount of agricultural land that is being converted into Industrial land in the world’s most populous nation (in terms of Geography, China is more than twice the size of India), I fear that our future generations should have their teeth strengthened and digestive systems modified to consume industrial output as their dinner with some software snacks.
The way out? Increase agricultural production and have sufficient food to eat first, and this will automatically reduce global warming too. Spend your time and money on inventing non polluting technologies, there’s plenty of that in nature, one just have to open their eyes to see it.
To summarize,
Mr. Pawar
Its not the Global Warming in the nature
But its a Local Warning by the farmer
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from wiki —
The BJP asked for Pawar’s resignation after alleging he was involved in a multi-crore scam involving wheat imports. In May 2007 a tender floated by the Food Corporation of India for procurement of wheat was cancelled when the lowest bid received was for 263 USD/ton. The government subsequently allowed private traders to purchase wheat directly from farmers that year resulting in a paucity of wheat to stock FCI granaries. By July 2007 the shortage at FCI was large enough to require import of wheat at a much higher price of 320-360 USD/ton. Taking advantage of this, traders who had domestically purchased wheat at 900 INR/ton earlier, were now offering the same to FCI at 1,300 INR/ton.[6][7]
On October 27, 2007, the Bombay High Court served notices to institutions headed by Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and Sadanand Sule (Sharad Pawar’s son-in-law) along with a corresponding notice served to the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) on why special privileges were given to Pawar and his family. This was done in consideration of a Public Interest Litigation No. 148 of 2006, filed by Shamsunder Potare alleging that the land said allocations in Pune, made in 2002, were illegal. The institutions and properties mentioned include:
Two 141.15 acre plots given allotted to Vidya Pratishthan, an educational society headed by Sharad Pawar
A 2 acre plot allotted to Anant Smriti Pratishthan, headed by Ajit Pawar, the Maharashtra state minister for irrigation and Sharad Pawar’s nephew
A 13 hectare (=32.12 acres) plot allotted to Lavasa Corporation, owned by Sadanand Sule, Sharad Pawar’s son-in-law at the time. He handed over his stake in 2006
A 1 acre plot allotted to Shivajinagar Agriculture College
A 3 acre plot allotted to Sharadchandraji Scout and Guide Training Institute
These allocations were made allegedly under NCP leader and minister Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar who was in charge of MKVDC at the time.[8][9] Saharad Pawar was served a contempt of court notice on May 1, 2008 in connection with this case for issuing statements to the press even though the matter was subjudice at the time, that was later rejected by the court. Also in connection with the case, the respondents were directed not to create third-party interests in the property under dispute and to undertake any developments at their own risk.[10][11]
While Pawar had declared that he is no richer than 3.6 crore rupees, the recent IPL Pune team bidding has revealed his 16% stake in City finance. IPL Pune team is supposedly worth 1200 crore rupees. Likewise, his 0.05% stake in Royal Challengers Bangalore team is alone worth 6 crores. The Pawars had consistently denied any IPL stake, but have now had to declare it publicly.
Pawar is also listed on the No Criminals website as an incriminated offender of the Religion Institution Act 1988 (Prevention of Misuse).[12]
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its not that politicians favour industrialistts and stuff
its just that they are dumb and as long as these stupid and “padhe likhe gawar” ministers continue to rule india jokes like this will be common and nothing would be done abt it
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you are right abc, as long as we have corrupt in power nothing much could really happen.
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