Rising Price of Foods

           I bought yesterday Daal over 100rs. Per KG. You get no vegetables below rs. 40-50 per KG. Because of these high prices of foods and vegetables, everyone struggles. For a poor family, their struggling ends with disastrous.

            There are number of factors that are responsible for food price volatility. Weather, food and energy demand, political factors in the individual countries and regions of the world. Besides, rising cost of cultivation, cost of labour, the culture of mandis, changing food habits, excess buffer stock of food grains, improper storage facilities etc. are the other factors for high food prices. Greed of the hoarders plays a key role to the high vegetables price. Above all financial speculators are responsible for rising global food prices.

             When prices are up, poor family of this country struggles the most. For food, they cut off their other needs, such as clothes, shelter, medicines, books for their children. People start reducing the quality of foods they eat. That means less fruits, less vegetables, less meat. This impact their intake of vitamins and protein, which can be harmful. India has 30% people under the poverty line. Among all necessity food comes in number one. Food plays a key role in education too. Poor parents may pull their kids out of school, setting them to work for food.    

            Make in India, 100 smart cities projects are the good initiatives taken by our PM Narendra Modi. India’s vision a developed country by 2020. When these 30% can eat a happy meal, that day India will be a developed country.