With Ram Vilas Paswan taking charge as food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister for another term, he will have to tackle the same problems faced by the sugar industry which he attempted to resolve a year ago.
This time, however, he will have to tackle them differently, that is, by being WTO compliant.
After a big package was announced in phases a year ago, excess sugar availability is still a constant.
Even the price at which mills sell the sweetener has been artificially elevated, with the government coming up with a minimum sale price below which mills cannot sell.

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