At A Time When Agricultural Price Policy Is Receiving Much Attention In The Country, This Book Would Be Of Great Interest To Policy-Makers, Planners And Academics, Particularly Agricultural Economists In The Country.

Study of agricultural price and related price policies in developing countries, with partic. Reference to India - discusses trends (1954- 1980), objectives of price supports and administered prices, difference between pricing of agricultural products and industrial products, price-elasticity of agricultural production, calculation of price index numbers of wholesale price and retail price, seasonal price variations, importance of production cost in pricing, impact of terms of trade and agricultural markets, etc. Bibliographys and graphs.

The international environment for national price policies; Domestic market intervention; Production response, technology, and commercialization; Consumers' welfare.

A unique examination of the development of the modern Indian economy over the past 150 years.