• Sandhya v
• Dr.k.nirmala

India being a agro-based economy it has a market for major of the agricultural commodities. Commodity comes under the Essential Commodities Act, needs a form of regulations so that the agriculturist/miller is protected from fluctuating market.Taking into consideration the present regulatory scenario forms the basis of critical decision for the farmer/agriculturist and the miller and raised questions on the regulatory body, as to How efficient are the regulations and the need for transparency in the regulations. The regulatory agency for individual commodity is commodity board. In recent years, commodity board has made great efforts to bring about greater change in production capacity of these commodities and improving the performance of agriculturists by providing the required facilities. The main objective of the study is to understand various aspects of commodity boards of India. This includes functions and powers of boards, the various types of commodities that commodity boards regulates and different commodity boards present in India.

Commodity boards, regulation, growers, commodities

"Commodity boards in India: Development, Regulation and Current Scenario", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.409-412, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806447.pdf

"Commodity boards in India: Development, Regulation and Current Scenario", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp409-412, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806447.pdf