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Articles: Politics | Rs.2/Kg Rice Scheme
- Mr. Sridhar P Reddy
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- Thirty-seven countries in the world face food crises. There have been outbreaks of unrest in several poor countries.
- Food riots have broken out in several African countries, Indonesia, the Philippines and Haiti.
- This week crowds of hungry demonstrators in Haiti stormed the presidential palace protesting against rising cost of living & soaring staple food prices and atleast five people died.
- Hope & Pray that food riots won't break in INDIA!
Do you know why all this is happening in the world? Very thought provoking QUESTION! Ins't it? Here are some leads to the answer -
- High fuel prices, which have made transportation more expensive,
- Rising demand in Asia (Commerce Minster Kamalnath said and I quote '300 million people started having two meal a day instead of one')
- Use of farmland and crops for biofuels
- Long drought in Australia
- Speculation on futures markets, etc.
All the above factors have combined to push up food prices worldwide.
Coming to the hot Topic - 'Is A.P govt. did right thing by giving Rs.2/Kg rice through PDS?'
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