(a) whether the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices organized a workshop
to determine the best way of arriving at the minimum support price; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices organized a workshop
to determine the best way of arriving at the minimum support price; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) & (b): The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and the
Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES), Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
jointly organized a National Workshop on Estimation of Cost of Production of Principal
Crops on 21st February 2002 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The Workshop was
attended by almost 100 participants consisting of representatives from various state
governments, state agricultural universities, agro-economic research centres, and
senior officers of some of the central ministries including the DES and CACP. A
number of farmers, economists and experts also participated in the Workshop. The
Workshop considered and discussed suggestions for effecting improvements in the
present system of cost of production.