Newskarnataka – Mangalore

Mangalore : Bharatlal Meena, Principal Secretary of the Agriculture Department, Karnataka, in a informal interaction with presspersons on the sidelines of a review meeting of the district-level officials held here on Wednesday May 7, said that the state government is planning to set up an agricultural price commission.

The commission will include farmers representatives, experts from the departments concerned, and agronomists. The State Government is already in the process of forming the commission with participation from farmers and experts.

The Karnataka Budget for 2013-14 had proposed the establishment of an ‘agricultural price commission’ to fix suitable prices for agri produces. It had stated then that the commission would fix suitable prices for agri produces based on the scientifically worked out recommendations of the commission.

The commission will also take actions to promote crops depending on the needs of the people.

The price commission will take care of all the issues including fall in the prices of the commodity. It will also educate and motivate farmers to grow crops based on the needs.