Secretary Sanjeev Chopra

For your information let us tell you that Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra says that the Central Government is making every effort to control inflation. Strict action is being taken against those who hoard food items. Central and state government teams are conducting raids at various places. In fact, before the beginning of the festive season, the Central Government has made all preparations to prevent inflation. Now in such a situation, the general public does not need to worry about inflation. Food items will be available at reasonable prices on Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja, and Diwali. The central government has said that it has sufficient reserves of sugar. Now the public will have no shortage of sugar during the festive season. The supply of sugar in the market will continue as per the demand so that the prices remain controlled. He said that currently there is a stock of 85 lakh tonnes of sugar in the government stores. In such a situation, the general public does not need to worry about inflation.

There will be no impact on sugarcane yield

Sanjeev Chopra says that wheat prices are increasing artificially. But, soon this too will be controlled. He said that there is a rumor that due to less-than-average rainfall this year, sugarcane production may decline. But, this is not true at all. According to him, there will be no decline in sugarcane production. 

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Prices of rice increased by 10%

He said that due to rumors, the price of rice has increased by 10%. But, there will be an excellent yield of paddy in the crop season 2023-24. Now in such a situation, prices will fall due to the arrival of new rice in the market. He has said that the storage limit on wheat has been reduced. Farmers also felt extremely happy when the price of rice increased. Because paddy is a Kharif crop. The right time has come for harvesting this Kharif crop. The time of harvesting of Kharif crop rice is going on. Now in such a situation, if the price of rice increases then farmers will get a lot of benefits.

How much paddy is produced in India

India is the second country in terms of paddy production. India exports rice to foreign countries. India ensures the food supply of rice to the world. Many countries depend on India. If rice production in India decreases, it affects the food security of the entire world. India is well known for the production of different varieties of rice. Nepal remains largely dependent on rice from India.

Central government had made all the arrangements to stop the inflation before the upcoming festivals like Durga Puja and Diwali. The government has its focus on farmers too along with common people. For the same reason, the centre had abolished the export duty charges from regular varieties of onion. The central government has taken a big decision for Onion producing farmers. They have removed export duty over onions. Millions of farmers took a breath of relief after this. It is being said that it will benefit the farmers. They will get good prices for onions now. Whereas, the finance ministry has also issued a notification regarding removal of export duty over onions. The special thing about this is that the central government has removed export duty on only Bengaluru Rose varieties of onions. The government stated in its notification that the permission to export has been made on some terms and conditions. According to the government, from this decision, Onion producers will get the benefit directly.

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At what rates, onions are being sold 

Actually, to Stop the increasing price of onions, the central government had put a 40 percent export duty on onions in the last month of August. At that time, the government justified it as their step to stop the inflation. The export duty will be charged on onion till 31 December 2023. The government expected that this will decrease the export of onions from the country and the stock of onion will increase. This will result in decreasing the rates of onions in the market. However, this decision of the government resulted in lowering the price of onions. At present the 40 rupees selling onions are now sold at 30 to 35 rupees per kilogram.

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The supply of onion is done in these countries 

Let us tell you that this Bengaluru rose variety of onion has high demand in foreign countries. Its major export is being done in countries like Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore. Along with this, the exporters will have to show the certification of quality of Bengaluru rose onion for export in the horticulture commission of Karnataka. As the government has made it compulsory to show the certification.