Foodgrains

Under attack for rising prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government was making every possible effort to control "high inflation" and insulate poor from its adverse impact.

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The government today decided to step up ration supplies of wheat and rice by 10 kg per eligible family during January and February to ease prices of these commodities.

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India faced the curse of drought and floods in 2009 that saw consumers paying towering prices for vegetables, pulses, sugar and foodgrains, and the shortage of supplies punctured the euphoria over the return of the Congress-led government in May.

The government today exempted transportation of essential goods .

Manmohan Singh today said the Centre has adequate foodgrains.

Inflation may decline to 10 per cent by the end of the year on the back of good monsoon and moderating foodgrain prices, Rajya Sabha member and