New Delhi: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar tonight asked the Maharashtra government to take stern action against a group of legislators who beat up a police officer inside the Vidhan Bhavan, an incident that shocked the state.
I appeal to the Maharashtra government that those who are responsible for the offence should be dealt sternly as per law so that a message goes out that there is rule of law in the state, he said in a statement.
Condemning the incident, Pawar, who had been a member of the state legislature for 27 long years, said he felt ashamed that some elements there had resorted to such an unprecedented action.
Pawar, whose party is a major partner in the Congress led coalition in the state, told the legislators that their dignity would not enhance by taking law into their own hands and they should send a clear signal to the people that they distance from such elements.
Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today asked the NCP ministers in Maharashtra to ensure that benefits of the drought relief measures reach the needy speedily.
At a meeting held at the official residence of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the NCP chief discussed the drought situation with the ministers from his party, sources said
In this picture taken 16 April 2007, female Indian labourer Kallo Kaur uses a sieve to separate wheat husks from the grain at a grain market in Amritsar. India, the world's second-largest wheat producer, may import up to five million tonnes of the foodgrain to boost stocks, the agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said 12 May 2007. The minister said the country had some surplus from the 4.5 million tonnes left over from the previous year to meet its annual demand of 12 million tonnes. Last year, the country imported wheat for the first time in six years, raising concerns about food security of the country of 1.1 billion people.
Indian workers remove plastic sheeting which is covering sacks of wheat at a storage facility on the outskirts of Amritsar on June 30, 2011. India, the world's second-largest producer of wheat and rice, has kept grain exports on a tight leash for the last few years, permitting only small sales through diplomatic channels. But expected bumper crops and bulging warehouse stocks now allow India to change the policy, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said in Bebruary 2011, adding that he expected a ministerial panel to soon consider resuming exports.
In this photograph taken on August 1, 2009, Indian farmer Janigala Jangaiah points to parched land as he stands in his three acre paddy field in Ranga Reddy District some 50kms from Hyderabad. India's agriculture minister on July 3, 2012, has warned that the annual monsoon, which is crucial to the country's economy, was 31 percent below average but he added that increased rainfall was forecast. Sharad Pawar said heavy rains were predicted in the key planting months of July and August to make up for deficient monsoon rains received over the last month.
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said there was no 'misappropriation' of funds under the Rs 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme and sought a more comprehensive audit by CAG to get a better picture.
Stating that the sample size taken for auditing was 'too small', Pawar said audit of 'significant' number of accounts should be done by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
