(a) whether the coffee growers in the country are suffering due to inadequate pricing of coffee;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to increase the support price of coffee during the current year; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ( SHRI KAMAL NATH )
(a) & (b): For more than past one year, coffee prices have been recovering from the low price scenario, and are now reasonable remunerative to the growers.
(c): No support price mechanism for coffee is prevailing in the country as on date.
(d): Does not arise.