Due to the shortfall of 6 million hectares of rice production in the last six months, the prices of rice will go up, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar emphasized the requirement to compensate it in the Rabi season.

During the annual Rabi Campaign Conference, Mr. Pawar said, “It is important to us to plan and take compensatory steps to make good the production losses of Kharif crops by careful and judicious planning of the Rabi season.”