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Report of the Commodities Prices Board on the Prices of Rabi Grains and Pulses for 1947-48

1947

The Famine Enquiry Commission considered the question of the price of wheat in the course of their examination Of food admnistration during the immediate post-war period. [...] It is important to so orient the policy of the State during Ihis period of transition that the way must be paved for the early and smooth restoration of normal trade conditions." This suggests the level at which the minimum price for the period of transition should be fixed and ind'cates the objective of thpolicy to be pursued by the State during this period. [...] Articles of food form an overwhelming group in the cost of living of the bulk of the population in India and among articles of food the pride of place is easily taken by cereals. [...] The price of wheat avid of foodgrains linked With the price of wheat thus influences to a substantial extent the movements of the cost of living index number. [...] The above considerations merely indicates that in the initiation of a reduction of the genral cost of living a reduction of the price of cereals including wheat would be an important factor and that if it is thought necessary or desirable to start a movement towards decreasing the cost of living immediately a reduction in the price of wheat would be one of the important steps in the process.

agriculture environment
Pages
32
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141837
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Report of the Commodities Prices Board on the Prices of Rabi Grains and Pulses for 1947-48
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