Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices explained

Agency Name:	Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
Abbr:	CACP
Agency Type:	Advisory body
Preceding1:	Department of Scientific Research
Jurisdiction:	India
Headquarters:	Delhi
Employees:	Classified
Chief1 Name:	Vijay Paul Sharma ^[1]
Chief1 Position:	Chairperson
Website:	https://cacp.da.gov.in
Parent Department:	Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) is an attached office under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, that recommends Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for select crops. It was established in 1965^[2] as the Agricultural Prices Commission, and was given its present name in 1985.^[3]

Mission

The commission was established to recommend Minimum Support Prices (MSPs), to motivate cultivators and farmers to adopt the latest technology in order to optimise the use of resources and increase productivity.^[4]

Composition

Currently, the Commission consists of^[5] -

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 22 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, sesamum, sunflower, safflower, niger seed and
• 3 commercial crops: copra, cotton and raw jute (sugarcane - Fair and remunerative Price)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Current Chairman and Members.
2. Web site: The resolution passed for the creation of the commission.
3. Web site: The Commission of Agricultural Costs & Prices Organisation. nic.in. 18 August 2015.
4. News: Cane farmers association urges government to fix minimum support price for sugar. 18 August 2015. TET.
5. Web site: Composition of CACP. 19 April 2019.