Why India can't feed its people, asks Canadian media

Gurmukh Singh, On Monday 18 July 2011, 9:11 AM

Toronto, July 18 (IANS) In this Year of India in Canada, India is making news in the media here - not for the second highest growth rate in the world but for its 'absolute poverty'' and failure to 'feed its people.''
The Canadian media has also likened 'the boom in Bihar' to 'a whimper'.
Writing under the headline 'Why India can't feed its people,' the country's biggest daily Toronto Star reported from New Delhi Sunday, 'Food is an all-consuming crisis here. Waste is only one facet. Agriculture, infrastructure, inflation, innovation and corruption are others. It is a scourge and challenge for this country of 1.2 billion people...''

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