Q5 of 26 Page 1

Prices of food articles are increasing day by day and there is a wide gap between the wholesale prices and retail prices. Common man is suffering. The government is trying to control the prices. Write an article in 120-150 words on "Rising Prices” and give suggestions on how to control them. You may use the hints given below:

Hints - (40 per cent below poverty line, incomes of lower middle class very low, prices of food articles risen high, difficult to make both ends meet; steps taken by the government; causes of rising prices; your suggestions).


Rising Prices


Food is a basic necessity for both rich and poor alike. But the soaring prices of food articles is making it impossible for the poor to have a fulfilling meal. Not just the poor, the rising prices are affecting the average person alike. With 40 percent of our population stuck below poverty line, the high prices are invariably going to lead to a food crisis at a national level. The lower middle-class section of our society, with their minimal incomes are finding it extremely difficult to make both ends meet.


The rising prices are probably a result of lack of production this year. The shortage of rainfall in the country along with poor implementation of policies by the government are the likely causes for this.


The government therefore, has a sensitive issue that it needs to address immediately and take necessary steps to pull the common man out of this miserable state. Proper irrigation facilities must be provided immediately, along with reasonable subsidies to farmers. The minimum support price of agricultural produce must be increased to provide the necessary incentive for the farmers to sell their produce.


More from this chapter

All 26 →
4

You are Anmol/Anamika, living away from home, for the first time in your life, in a boarding school in Gwalior (M.P.). Write a letter to your mother explaining how you are feeling, the food you eat and the way it is served in the hostel. Describe your experience in about 120 words; and request your mother to admit you to a day school back at home.

 4

Floods in Uttarakhand in June 2012, wiped out hundreds of villages; people have been left homeless; sources of liveliness gone, no roads. In this hour of their need, all the countrymen must come forward to help. As a responsible citizen, write a letter in about 120 words to the Editor, The Times, N. Delhi, expressing your concern about the miserable condition of those who have been

uprooted. Make an appeal to the people to donate generously to the Uttarakhand Relief Fund.

 5

India needs energetic and healthy youth to serve her but the school going children are turning lazy, obese and disease prone these days. You are Shobhit/Shobhna.Write a speech on the topic ‘School Going Children - why lazy ? in 120-150 words. You may use the hints given below :

Hints - (no physical activities, - instead of sports prefer video games, chatting


on internet, TV watching, - wrong food habits - used to junk food, soft drinks; effects - obesity, high blood pressure, over-weight; - need to live a disciplined life).

 6

“That day my father came home with a kitten………”. complete this story in 120-150 words. You may use the following hints:

(cute animal - named Dumpy - became very friendly - gave him milk - my mother angry - food disappeared - scratches on furniture - socks torn into shreds - mother gave away Dumpy to a neighbor)