Question : DE-REGULATION OF FOODGRAIN PRICES



(a) whether the Government has received requests/demands from agriculture States to de-regulate the prices of foodgrains because of increase in input costs of agriculture owing to de-regulation of prices of diesel; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (PROF. K. V. THOMAS)

(a) & (b): Information is being collected.