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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The Government Must Act on the CAG’s Damning Report on Rice Milling and Paddy Procurement -Gursharan Singh

The Government Must Act on the CAG’s Damning Report on Rice Milling and Paddy Procurement -Gursharan Singh

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published Published on Mar 29, 2016   modified Modified on Mar 29, 2016
-TheWire.in

The current policies and systems of implementation result in heavy losses and are a huge disservice to farmers and consumers.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh once remarked in an interview that “we are a democracy but we are also an indisciplined democracy.” I think he was referring to our bad habit of not putting our house in order till things don’t get completely out of hand.

This propensity is shown by our institutions as well – and the best example of this is the recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on procurement and milling of paddy for the central pool. The report has highlighted various deficiencies in the policy of procurement and milling of paddy and has projected losses to the public exchequer running into thousands of crores of rupees.

The Central government procures paddy and other grains under its food management policy, whose objective is to cater to the need of public consumption of food grains in the country. Since most Indians still live in poverty, providing them food at subsidised rates then becomes a duty of the government. It should be stressed here that the government is fulfilling its duty by providing Indians grains at subsidised rates through its massive public distribution system. However, the way in which the government is fulfilling its duty has come under the scanner of the CAG, which has highlighted many deficiencies in the  policy of paddy procurement and implementation.

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TheWire.in, 27 March, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/03/27/the-government-must-act-on-the-cags-damning-report-on-rice-milling-and-paddy-procurement-18346/http://thewire.in/2016/03/27/the-government-must


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