The country has stockpiled more than enough rice and prices have been under control. Meanwhile, rice is the one staple grain that’s helping to keep world food crisis from getting worse.
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
If the political establishment responds to a situation like this as if it’s something that must only play out between a corporate & the market, it's coming of age of Indian capitalism.