Match List-I (government measure to improve agricultural marketing) w…

Match List-I (government measure to improve agricultural marketing) with List-II (what it covers):

List-I	List-II
(A) Regulation of markets	(I) Fair prices for farmers, as shown by milk cooperatives
(B) Provision of physical infrastructure	(II) Roads, warehouses, godowns and cold storages
(C) Cooperative marketing	(III) Minimum support prices, buffer stocks and PDS
(D) Policy instruments	(IV) Orderly and transparent marketing conditions

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

The government took four measures to improve agricultural marketing.

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Regulation of markets	(IV) Orderly and transparent marketing conditions	Regulated markets bring order and transparency.
(B) Provision of physical infrastructure	(II) Roads, warehouses, godowns and cold storages	These are physical facilities for moving and storing produce.
(C) Cooperative marketing	(I) Fair prices for farmers, as shown by milk cooperatives	Cooperatives help farmers get fair prices.
(D) Policy instruments	(III) Minimum support prices, buffer stocks and PDS	MSP, buffer stocks and PDS are the policy instruments.

NCERT (2026-27): “5.4 Agricultural Market System … The first step was regulation of markets to create orderly and transparent marketing conditions. By and large, this policy benefited farmers as well as consumers. However, there is still a need to develop about 27,000 rural periodic markets as regulated market places to realise the full potential of rural markets. Second component is provision of physical infrastructure facilities like roads, railways, warehouses, godowns, cold storages and processing units. The current infrastructure facilities are quite inadequate to meet the growing demand and need to be improved. Cooperative marketing, in realising fair prices for farmers’ products, is the third aspect of government initiative. The success of milk cooperatives in transforming the social and economic landscape of Gujarat and some other parts of the country is testimony to the role of cooperatives. However cooperatives have received a setback during the recent past due to inadequate coverage of farmer members, lack of appropriate link between marketing and processing cooperatives and inefficient financial management. The fourth element is the policy instruments like (i) assurance of minimum support prices (MSP) for agricultural products (ii) maintenance of buffer stocks of wheat and rice by Food Corporation of India and (iii) distribution of food grains and sugar through PDS. These instruments are aimed at protecting the income of the farmers and providing foodgrains at a subsidised rate to the poor. …”