Match List-I (step in improving agricultural marketing, in NCERT’s or…

Match List-I (step in improving agricultural marketing, in NCERT’s order) with List-II (the measure):

List-I	List-II
(A) The first step	(I) Cooperative marketing
(B) The second component	(II) Policy instruments
(C) The third aspect	(III) Regulation of markets
(D) The fourth element	(IV) Provision of physical infrastructure

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

The government took four measures to improve agricultural marketing, one after another.

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) The first step	(III) Regulation of markets	The first step was to regulate markets.
(B) The second component	(IV) Provision of physical infrastructure	Roads, warehouses and cold storages came second.
(C) The third aspect	(I) Cooperative marketing	Cooperatives for fair prices came third.
(D) The fourth element	(II) Policy instruments	MSP, buffer stocks and PDS are the fourth.

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. …”