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.”

The rice production is affected in the north-west and north-eastern regions of the country due to poor and unreliable monsoon. 

While answering a question that whether prices of rice will rise or not, Mr. Pawar replied that the affect of drought may show its impact on the rice prices.

Me. Pawar further said, “There is a gap and the impact of drought is also there. So when there is an impact of drought, it will have some effect on the prices. We have to find out way to get out of this situation.”