Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Shortages Galore

After onions and other essentials, it is now the turn of fertilizer. As always, the whipping
boy is Finance. What is required from Finance is Rs 50,000 crores as subsidy. And the
Chemical and Fertilizer Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan lost no time in assailing the "apathetic
attitude of the Finance Ministry. He predicted with the accuracy of an astrologer that
India is heading for a crisis and fertilizers would soon be sold in black market in the next
sowing season due to heavy shortage. Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, was an
interested and keen spectator. His only fear is that nothing should go wrong on the
agriculture front.

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