The Agriculture Ministry has come out with draft guidelines of the “Price Stabilization Fund” to be made operationalised this fiscal for procurement and distribution of potato and onion.
The Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF), with a corpus of Rs 500 crore, aims to check price volatility through procurement of selected perishable horticulture produce, maintenance of buffer stocks and regulated release into the market.
Government unveils draft norms to operate Price Stabilisation Fund