Pawar pressure works, govt liberalises sugar export policy

Rupashree Nanda, CNN-IBN | May 03, 2012 at 06:59am


New Delhi: The government in a high level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided to free sugar exports by removing quantitative restrictions in order to expedite shipments of the sweetener. This came after Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar shot off an angry letter terming the UPA's policy on agriculture exports 'ambivalent' and 'against the interest of the farming community'.

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