Expecting a 14-15 million shortfall in paddy production and procurement this year, India may import rice to shore up its stocks, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi on Wednesday. "There is a projection that there will be a shortfall of our kharif (summer) crop. So we may have to make some imports," Mukherjee told reporters on the sidelines of an event organised by the Union Bank of India.
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Defence Minister A K Antony termed it as a "cruel joke".
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Left is calling the remark atrocious, while Govt says it's a wrong assessment.
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Pawar preferred to import wheat, paying twice the amount, instead of upping the MSP.
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