Modi attacks Centre on price rise

By ENN, New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today took a jibe at the Centre over its "helplessness" on price rise, saying the situation should prompt it to take innovative ways like fixing minimum support prices for five years to ensure food security.

"The current situation of helplessness that the Government of India finds itself in should prompt some soul searching among those who advocate that market mechanisms and free trade across borders will take care of India's food security", he said.

Participating in the Conference of Chief Ministers on prices of essential commodities, he said perhaps it was time to rekindle the debate on need for near self sufficiency in essential foods and investment in food storage infrastructure.