Jurisdiction Indian government Employees Classified | Headquarters Delhi | |
Formed January 1, 1965; 52 years ago (1965-01-01) Preceding agency Department of Scientific Research[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare] Website | ||
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) formally known as Agricultural Prices Commission is a decentralized agency of the Government of India. It was established in the year 1965 as Agricultural Prices Commission and renamed to Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices in the year 1985. It is an attached office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
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Mission
It was established to maintain the recommend Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) to motivate cultivators and farmers to adopt advanced and latest technology in order to get optimum utilization of resources and increase productivity.
Administration
Padma Shri Ashok Gulati served as chairman of the CACP from 2011 to 2014.
References
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA