One important determinant of prices of agricultural production in India has been the minimum support price (MSP) announced by the Government for procurement of various commodities. The high increase in MSP since 2007–08 has given an upward bias to agricultural prices (Table 5). Reduced availability of foodgrains also tends to keep food prices high.
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