New Delhi: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked up a
controversy with her comment that the "growing Indian and Chinese appetite
is contributing to the global food crisis".
Left parties are calling the remark atrocious and the Indian Government
says
it's a wrong *****sment.
According to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Alhuwalia,
"I
don't agree that there is a global food crisis because of India and China.
There is an increase in food production too in both the countries."
"The increase in production and use of biofuels might be the cause why
cultivable area is limited," he added.
Meanwhile, CPM leader, Sitaram Yechury said, "It appears that the US would
be more comfortable with higher level of hunger in developing countries.
Price rise is taking place because of speculation and not consumption."
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