Steno General Dictation No. 418

Mr. Vice-Chairman, the discussion on the wheat policy today, I think is a discussion on the subject which is of paramount national importance not only from the point of view of stabilising the hyper-inflation which has gripped the country, but also from the point of view of preserving the democratic system which we have built in the country during the last 26 or 27 years. The food crisis and the mis-management of the food economy during the last few years has created a situation which threatens to assume the proportions of a serious law and order problem in various parts of the country.