• B. Sailaskhmi

Prices of agricultural commodities have increased more or less continuously over the planning period. The only exception is the period of the First Plan when prices actually fell. Prices of the agricultural crops have shown a rising trend and have contributed their mite in further pushing up the index of agricultural prices. The agricultural price policy of the government should serve a dual purpose not allowing the prices to rise inordinately and not allowing them to fall below a certain minimum level. The agricultural price policy in a developing country must have to protect or insure the producer through guaranteed minimum supporting price. Announcing procurement prices has become one of the primary tools of intervention in agriculture while other crucial issues like fall in capital formation in agriculture, developing irrigation facilities, need for changing landholding patterns etc., ignored.

Agriculture, Price Policy, Procurement, Developing countries

"Agricultural Price Policy in India- A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.5-8, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809402.pdf

"Agricultural Price Policy in India- A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp5-8, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809402.pdf