“Agriculture ministry is concerned with production of grains like rice, wheat, sugarcane and pulses, and we does not have any direct role in cultivation of vegetables… farmers themselves decide which crop to grow seeing the local conditions. If any farmer grows any particular vegetable, we neither have control over it nor do we have any scheme for it. ”

Sharad Pawar, Agriculture Minister gone berserk on being asked about the food commodities, particularly the vegetables (onions and tomato) prices touching a newer peak and the Ministry’s measures to tame the soaring prices.