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Kolkata: Soaring potato prices have returned to haunt farmers and average consumers this summer again. Unlike last year when the crisis was caused by surplus production, the blame this season is being thrust on blight — a dreaded plant disease that ruins the crop. But even as the state government is st  ....Read more

Rotting Potatoes or Rotting System?By: Tanuj Agrawal | Tuesday , 7 Jul '09 8:59:34 AM Reply | Forward Its high time we begin making our system efficient and get rid of the same old supply chain and distribution network. There is no best way to do a job, the process can continuously be improved. And this is the main lesson we draw from Supply Chain Management. This is the key aspect of any business being turned into a profit or a loss making entity. I think now that Indian bureaucratic system has consistently shown its inefficiency , the same British Raj type IAS officers must be replaced by MBAs, as running a country in this capitalist era is no less than running a Big Organisation. Go for FDI in retail. Promote Contract Farming. Get rid of these middlemen. This will certainly go on helping all the Indians - the farmer , the Consumer. And then the budget need not be special Aam Aadmi UPA budget. Every person will then have money to spend and give a boost to economy rather than virtually creating market by providing money through budget in the name of social sector schemes.
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