Strong nexus of traders and politicians controls food distribution

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar admitted last week that the rise in prices of vegetables was “worrisome.” Coming from that master of understatement, that is a terrifying admission. The man in the street, of course, already knows this – and has been terrified for months. There is also an upsurge in anger. Tomato prices are the latest to make people see red. “How can tomatoes cost Rs 70 per kg?” they ask. How indeed. But those asking questions...

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