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{{Infobox government agency<br />
| agency_name = Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices<br />
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| agency_type = Advisory body<br />
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| formed = {{Start date and age|1965|01|01}}<br />
| preceding1 = Department of Scientific Research<br />
| jurisdiction = [[India]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Delhi]]<br />
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| employees = Classified<br />
| budget = <br />
| chief1_name = Vijay Paul Sharma <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cacp.da.gov.in/CompOfCommission.aspx |title=Current Chairman and Members}}</ref><br />
| chief1_position = Chairperson<br />
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| website = https://cacp.da.gov.in<br />
| parent_department = [[Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare]]<br />
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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 Price]]s (MSPs) for select crops. It was established in 1965<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/ViewQuestionare.aspx?Input=2&DocId=1&PageId=34&KeyId=247|title= The resolution passed for the creation of the commission}}</ref> as the '''Agricultural Prices Commission''', and was given its present name in 1985.<ref name="mainc">{{cite web|title=The Commission of Agricultural Costs & Prices Organisation|url=http://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/content.aspx?pid=32|website=nic.in|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Mission==<br />
The commission was established to recommend [[Minimum Support Price]]s (MSPs), to motivate cultivators and farmers to adopt the latest technology in order to optimise the use of resources and increase productivity.<ref name="mainc" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Cane farmers association urges government to fix minimum support price for sugar|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-04/news/65204478_1_cane-growers-high-cane-prices-indian-sugar-mills-association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025013254/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-04/news/65204478_1_cane-growers-high-cane-prices-indian-sugar-mills-association|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2015|accessdate=18 August 2015|agency=TET}}</ref><br />
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== Composition ==<br />
Currently, the Commission consists of<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/content.aspx?pid=32 |title= Composition of CACP|accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref> -<br />
{{bulleted list<br />
|a Chairman<br />
|Member Secretary<br />
|one Member (Official)<br />
|two Members (Non-Official)<br />
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The non-official members are representatives of the farming community and usually have an active association with the farming community.<br />
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==Recommendations==<br />
As of now, CACP recommends MSPs of 22 commodities:<br />
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*7 cereals: paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi,<br />
*5 pulses: gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil,<br />
*7 oilseeds: groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, [[sesamum]], sunflower, safflower, [[niger seed]] and<br />
*3 commercial crops: copra, cotton and raw jute (sugarcane - Fair and remunerative Price )<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:1965 establishments in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Agricultural Union]]<br />
[[Category:Indian commissions and inquiries]]<br />
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1965]]<br />
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