XII LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session I 

Tuesday, March 31, 1998/Chaitra 10, 1920  (Saka)



Type of Debate: SPECIAL MENTION 

Title: Requests the Prime Minister to stop the import of sugar
to save the domestic sugar industry  

TEXT :
 DR.  T.  SUBBARAMI REDDY (VISAKHAPATNAM):  Mr.  Speaker, Sir, through  you,  I
would like to bring to the notice of the hon.  Prime Minister a very important
issue today and that is regarding the import of sugar.  We all know that after
1993-94  the  sugar  production  in  our  country  has  gone up substantially.
Despite this, I do not understand the reason behind the Government's policy of
importing sugar and that too without customs duty to compete with our domestic
sugar industry.

	Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of the hon.   Prime  Minister
and  the  Minister  of  Food  that  six  lakh tonnes of sugar has already been
registered with the A.P.E.D.A., but in spite of that, 4.5 lakh tonnes of sugar
has been physically imported by private traders.  When we are already having a
buffer stock of sugar available within the country, with this import of sugar,
the sugar industry is facing a serious crisis now and the  factories  are  not
being protected.    About  40  million farmers, who are living in the interior
rural areas which constitute seven per cent of the rural area of the  country,
will become  jobless  due to this import policy.  It is a very serious matter.
We do feel ashamed about it.  On the one side, we are losing valuable  foreign
exchange  because  of  this  import  policy  and  on  the other side we do not
understand what the idea behind this import policy is.

MR.  SPEAKER:  Please conclude.

DR.  T.  SUBBARAMI REDDY :  I am concluding.

	So, I urge upon the Government to stop  importing  sugar  and  make  a
thorough  study  as  to  how  much stock is available in the country, how much
sugar is being produced in the country, how much sugarcane is being  produced,
what is  the  demand  in the country etc.  Therefore, I once again request the
Prime Minister to stop the import of sugar immediately and save  the  domestic
sugar industry and the sugarcane growers.






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MR. SPEAKER: I will come to you.

			... (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: I have allowed Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste. Please take your seat.

			... (Interruptions)




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