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Supreme Court to Pawar: It's an order, not suggestion
If Sharad Pawar were confused earlier about what the Supreme Court wants when it comes to food grain, there's no room for confusion now. Making it clear who's calling the shots, the Supreme Court told the Additional Solicitor General, "Tell your minister that free food distribution is our order - not a suggestion - by us."Earlier this month, aggrav...
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Can't implement Supreme Court order on foodgrain: Sharad Pawar
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has responded to Supreme Court's recommendations of distributing grains to the poor for free instead of letting them rot. "It's not possible to implement the Supreme Court's order," the minister said. On August 13, the apex court had asked the Centre to consider free distribution of foodgrain to the hun...
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A bonfire of rotting food grain in India's hungriest state
Across the country, there have been reports of grain going to waste while hundreds of thousands continue to starve. The latest one comes from the state of Madhya Pradesh where a whopping 67 percent of the people live below the poverty line.On February 5, The Food Corporation of India had sent 1,100 quintals of wheat to be distributed in Khandwa's r...
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Supreme Court to Pawar: It's an order, not suggestion
If Sharad Pawar were confused earlier about what the Supreme Court wants when it comes to food grain, there's no room for confusion now. Making it clear who's calling the shots, the Supreme Court told the Additional Solicitor General, "Tell your minister that free food distribution is our order - not a suggestion - by us."Earlier this month, aggrav...
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Can't implement Supreme Court order on foodgrain: Sharad Pawar
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has responded to Supreme Court's recommendations of distributing grains to the poor for free instead of letting them rot. "It's not possible to implement the Supreme Court's order," the minister said. On August 13, the apex court had asked the Centre to consider free distribution of foodgrain to the hun...
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A bonfire of rotting food grain in India's hungriest state
Across the country, there have been reports of grain going to waste while hundreds of thousands continue to starve. The latest one comes from the state of Madhya Pradesh where a whopping 67 percent of the people live below the poverty line.On February 5, The Food Corporation of India had sent 1,100 quintals of wheat to be distributed in Khandwa's r...
