Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) is a decentralised agency of the

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. It was established in 1965 as the Agricultural Prices Commission, and was given its present name in 1985. It is an advisory body, not

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, attached to the

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Mission

The commission was established to recommend

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s (MSPs), to motivate cultivators and farmers to adopt the latest technology in order to optimise the use of resources and increase productivity.

Composition

Currently, the Commission consists of - The non-official members are representatives of the farming community and usually have an active association with the farming community.

Recommendations

As of now, CACP recommends MSPs of 23 commodities: *7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi), *5 pulses (gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil), *7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean,

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, sunflower, safflower,

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) *4 commercial crops (copra, sugarcane, cotton and raw jute).

References

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