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184Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009importantly, while the inflation rates have come down everywhere since2008, it is only in India that the consumer inflation rate has increased. Iquote from the source, "Output, Price and Jobs, The Economist of 3 rdDecember, 2009. I give examples, of only a few of the countries,showing the Consumer Price Inflation as on October, 2009, incomparison to October, 2008, (Year on Year Increase %). I quote:"Pakistan, in 2008, it was 25, while in 2009, it is 8.9. In Vietnam, it was23.1; now, it is 7.1. In China, from 4 per cent, it has come down to -0.5. In Malaysia, from 7.6, it has come down to -1.6. And, in India, itwas 10.4 in 2008, and in October, 2009, it was 11.5." So, the argumentof global phenomenon is a bogus argument put forth by the Governmentand that side. Now, the principle factors are domestic, and, we, theLeft, are continuously saying as to what the reasons behind inflation inIndia are. The neo-liberal policies are causing agrarian crisis anderoding self-sufficiency. The main reasons behind high inflation,especially, rising food prices are manifold. There is the weakening of thePublic Distribution System and increase in fuel prices. We had seen it inthe last Session that you did not care about Parliament, that just elevenhours before the Parliament Session was to start, you increased the fueland diesel prices. There is also the failure to check hoarding andspeculation, and weakening the role of the States. With the dominantrole of the private speculators, public procurement continues to remainlimited to a few major crops. Procurement operation was carried outonly in limited parts of the country. Big corporates have been allowedto enter into the food market. There has been an increasing reliance onimports, often at exorbitant prices, erosion of self-reliance in food
185Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009production and failure to control rise in prices. Sir, agricultural growthfell shortly in the absence of any substantive expansion of irrigation.Sixty per cent of our Indian agriculture continues to remain dependenton the monsoon. What is the estimate of the World Food HungryReport? The Global Hunger Index of 2009 says that countries, whichhave scored between 20 and 30 points, are in an alarming condition."And the rate of India has been estimated at 23.9. Who will answer this?Who will take the responsibility for this? What we see is the faultyestimation of the BPL. We are also demanding a universal PDS ataffordable prices. But the Government, as a policy, does not want that.And, they are passing the buck. Here, they are advocating theirprinciples. Besides that, we see that Kerala has set a unique example.We also have the examples of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where thePDS is a success. Kerala is a unique example. Since the time the Leftand the Democratic Front Government assumed office in May, 2006, theCentral allotment for rice for APL under PDS was 1,13,420 MT permonth. It was reduced to 21,334 MT.(Continued by 3O)TDB/3o/5.10SHRI PRASANTA CHATTERJEE (CONTD.): It was further reduced to17056 metric tonnes from April, 2006. They are the advocates of openmarket!Sir, while concluding, together with the observations made by theother speaker of my party and other Left speakers, we, once again,demand that the Universal PDS should be strengthened, (Time-bell) TheGovernment should act against hoarders, ban futures trading, reduce the
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