Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 19:51
Concerned by sky high food inflation the Prime Minister today chaired a meeting with some of his top ministers on how to tackle food inflation. Rituparna Bhuyan reports Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram and Sharad Pawar were all part of this meeting.
The points discussed in Prime Minister’s meeting include recommendations discussed by a committee of Secretaries that met on January 6 on the food price issue.
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It is learnt the Prime Minster discussed prices as well as administrative measures. The recommendations included doing away with import duty on sugar as well banning on sugar export.
The gathering would also discuss import norms for milk products and may be asked to lower local taxes in order to curb price rise in these commodities.
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/pm-chairs-meetingtop-ministersinflation_512320.html
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