The stalemate over the sugarcane pricing issue has been resolved with the government agreeing to restore the old price structure. The Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters after an all party meeting on the issue that the difference between the State Advised Prices and the Fair and Remunerative Price, FRP will be borne by the mill owners as was the case earlier. Mr Bansal said that the decision has been taken by the government keeping in view the interests of the farmers.<br/>The BJP leader Mrs Sushma Swaraj, who represented her party at the meeting said, that all parties have agreed to support an amended bill to be moved by the government on Monday to replace the Ordinance on FRP. She said that the resolution of the issue is the victory of democracy as well as the farmers movement.<br/>AIR correspondents Sarita Brara & Vijay Raina report that the issue had led disruptions in both Houses of Parliament and the agitation of sugar cane growers who have been demonstrating in the capital.<br/>Buckling under the opposition pressure, the government relented and decided to restore the old pricing pattern of the sugar cane. The decision will certainly benefit the sugar cane growers but the moot question is whether this will result in further rise in the prices of sugar. For now, the announcement may have paved the way for the restoration of order in the two houses of Parliament but it may not be all quite on Parliament front with opposition having enough issues to take on the government in the coming days.
News On AIR | November 20, 2009 8:38 PM
Stalemate on sugarcane pricing resolved