Scandal in the making: Wheat production numbers exaggerated

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Re: Scandal in the making: Wheat production numbers exaggerated

@antiobl

Welcome to the brave new globalized trade Flame Ji. Where have you been for the last 30 years?.

Part of the last 30 years, I wasn’t even born so good question

@antiobl

Don’t you know about the recent “daal buhran” (lentil crisis) in India. Where the Indian planners overestimated production, lentils were exported, thus forcing the prices up in India?

Try telling that to the poor. 15 wrongs dont make 16 rights.

@antiobl

Oh well conspiracy theorists do not want to look at other views. Just a bad-very-bad gernail view suites them fine.

FYI. Our Aaata (wheat flour) is being produced, distributed, and consumed in exactly the same way it was done 100’s of years ago. The supply chain is managed by small time whole sale shops, to tiny retail shops. They are not big enough to counter the smuggler’s power. If there are any mid-size whole sale shops, they tend to make money by hoarding rather than selling cheap at bulk levels.

oh so u want the small time hoarder to be replaced by large multi national corporations? Sure thing pal. Obviously we have no cartels in Auto sector? Cement? Oil and Ghee? What else..hmm oh yeah. Oil Distribution Companies.

@antiobl

Unfortunately farm-to-consumer supply is not managed by mega corporation who could potentially put a dent on the vaguries of hoarders and smugglers.

I wish one day Walmart sized 10,00 stores take over the bread supply in Pakistan, then only then you will see a pressure on the suppliers to keep the prices low and shelves filled with bread or Aata.

We must evolve as a nation to be fit to live in 21st century.

mega corporations ki jay ho. Panacea to all our ills. I for one am waiting for our new overlords from overseas to come and fix things up for us. :biggthumb

and in other exciting news, **Flour prices keep rising](http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/18/top9.htm).

**just before the elections, mind u. i am just happy this govt. has no sense of timing whatsoever and is keen on shooting itself in the foot.