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SSS/4G/6.35222Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009SHRI SHARAD PAWAR (CONTD.):If the minimum support price hasgone up from Rs. 642 to Rs. 1,100 definitely, there will be some impactin the price front in the open market. It is not possible to get or makeavailable that wheat at the same price which was there around one yearor two years or three years back. Similar is the case with paddy. Now,for the common variety of paddy, the minimum support price has beenincreased from Rs. 560, per quintal, to Rs. 1000 in the year 2009. Thatmeans, in percentage terms, the MSP of wheat has been increased by72 per cent, and paddy, by 79 per cent. So, if the paddy price hasbeen enhanced by 79 per cent for the last three to four years, definitely,there will be some impact on the prices of rice. When we give Rs. 1000per quintal, for the paddy crop, that means, actually, we are getting 60kgs of rice. That is why Rs. 1000 is the price of paddy, which meansRs. 1600 is the State price of rice, plus conversion charges, acquisitioncharges, mandi charges and State Government's taxes. So, altogether,practically it goes to, somewhat, near Rs. 2000. But whatever figureswhich have been published, we have a system, that Delhi Governmentwill communicate the figures of the various essential commodities to theGovernment of India's Consumer Affairs Department daily. They collectthe figures from a number of shops, and whatever latest informationwhich I got from Delhi Government, six months back, the retail price ofrice was at Rs. 20 per kg. Three months back, it had gone up to Rs.21. One month back, it had gone up to Rs. 22. One week back, it wasRs. 23, and as on today, it is Rs. 23. Yes, it is true it is going on thehigher side but we are not in a position to buy fast. One thing is, if the
223Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009price which has been paid to the farmers at Rs. 1000, that means Rs.1600 which is the cost of rice will ultimately reflect up to retail at thisprice. Similarly, of course, one point was raised in the House that theprice has gone up to Rs. 30 or Rs. 40 for per kg of rice. That is not theinformation which I have got from a number of the other districts. Thereis every possibility that there are some types of rice like Basmati orsome other good variety of rice. Prices are high but the prices which Iam quoting is of the common variety, and the common variety prices arehere only. Similar is the case with wheat. Though the minimum supportprice of wheat has gone up to Rs. 1100 per quintal but practically, wehave to pay 12 per cent market taxes, plus mandi charges, gunny bags,loading, unloading, transport, storage for acquisition cost in Punjab.Altogether, ultimately it goes up to Rs. 15 to Rs. 16. But the retail pricein Delhi market is Rs. 15 per kg. That is the latest price which we havegot about Delhi. Of course, there are some other places. In Mumbai, itis Rs. 19. In Trivandrum, it is something like Rs. 23 - Rs. 24 becausewe have to consider the total transport cost from Ludhiana or anydestination from Punjab and Haryana to Trivandrum or Chennai. Thathas to be added. That is why, comparatively, the prices of SouthernStates are always high. So, as I said, our position is still better becausewe have a record production, and last year, procurement was verygood. The stock of wheat and rice is, therefore, sufficient to meet thedemand of the public distribution system and all other welfare fund. Theprice of rice and wheat in the open market has been rising on accountof the minimum support price as I have already explained here.(Contd. by NBR/4H)
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