date:Aug 08, 2014
guarantee to reduce prices.
CHRONIC SHORTAGES
Officials privately concede that inward investment in multi-brand retail would help revamp an archaic distribution system that forces farmers to sell at regulated markets where middlemen command hefty markups.
India is the world's second-biggest producer of fruit and vegetables after China, but it battles chronic shortages as an estimated 18 percent of the crop goes waste every year due to inadequate cold storage and refrigerated transport facili