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198Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009inflationary scheme and also to consider the short-term and long-termmeasures to curb the price rise at large. Thank you, Sir.(Ends)THE VICE-CHAIRMAN (PROF. P.J. KURIEN): Dr. Subbarami Reddy....(Interruptions)...DR. K. MALAISAMY: Sir, I would like to thank ... ...(Interruptions)...THE VICE-CHAIRMAN: Dr. Subbarami Reddy. ...(Interruptions). Yes;yes.(Followed by 3t/SKC)3t/5.35/skcDR. T. SUBBARAMI REDDY (ANDHRA PRADESH): Sir, this past yearhas been very unfortunate for the households in our country because theprices of fruits, vegetables, even eggs, chicken, sugar and palm oil havegone up abnormally. This is mainly because this year, we hadunprecedented drought on one side and heavy floods on the other, andmost disproportionate patterns of rainfall throughout the country. This isone of the major reasons. The price of potato rose by 82 to 100 percent, onions by 49.9 per cent, pulses by 23 per cent. The price of ricewas up by 12.19 per cent and wheat, by 7.47 per cent. Now, there is nodoubt that we have a very knowledgeable and committed Minister forAgriculture. As the Minister for Agriculture, Shri Sharad Pawar is doinghis best to control the prices but certain things are beyond his control.At the same time, there are some remedies which I would like tosuggest on this occasion. For instance, take sugar. Today, sugar hasbecome so expensive. It is priced at Rs. 40 to 50 and in some places,even Rs. 70 per kg. Why? How to control it? Today, prices are high all
199Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009over the country and cane production has gone down by almost 50 percent. This is because in the last several years, the sugar industry hasbeen made to suffer extensively. At one time, there were heavy imports.Later, imports were stopped. Subsequently, cane was not grown fullyand cane growers had problems. Sugar factories closed down as aresult. Thus, there have been many problems continuously. TodayGovernment wants to import sugar, but the international prices of sugarare very high. Even by importing sugar they would not be able to controlprices. So, what is the option? The option is, at least, for the future,what they must do is, sugarcane farmers must be encouraged to growmore sugar. Now, cane production has gone down by 50 per cent. Atleast, in future they must be encouraged. Similarly, in sugar factorieswhich are sick in States like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and variousother States, the Government must take initiatives to give them moreincentives and even ask banks to give them loans at less rates ofinterest and restructure the sick factories. The cooperative sugarfactories should also be restructured. This should be done on a warfootingand, at least, in the next one or two years, the price of sugarmust be completely brought under control. There must be a boom andproduction should go up.Sir, similar problems are being faced in the case of palm oil. Youcannot import palm oil. Not many countries produce it; there are a verylimited number of countries that does that. So, we must produce morein our country itself. We must also concentrate on potatoes and onions.The Agriculture Ministry must concentrate on some special crops wherethere is a shortage always. Every season we talk about potatoes and
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