Arrange the following major committees and institutional milestones related to Indian agricultural policy, price determination, and food grain management in chronological order of their establishment or report submission, from the earliest to the latest:
- 1Constitution of the Foodgrains Enquiry Committee under the chairmanship of Asoka Mehta
- 2Establishment of the Agricultural Prices Commission (later renamed the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices in 1985)
- 3Submission of the final report by the High-Level Committee on Long-Term Grain Policy chaired by Abhijit Sen
- 4Submission of the report by the High-Level Committee on Restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) chaired by Shanta Kumar
Answer
The correct chronological order from earliest to latest is: Foodgrains Enquiry Committee (Asoka Mehta, 1957) -> Agricultural Prices Commission (1965) -> High-Level Committee on Long-Term Grain Policy (Abhijit Sen, 2002) -> High-Level Committee on Restructuring of FCI (Shanta Kumar, 2015).
The correct chronological arrangement starts with the Asoka Mehta Foodgrains Enquiry Committee set up in 1957, followed by the setting up of the Agricultural Prices Commission in 1965. Next is the submission of the Abhijit Sen High-Level Committee report on Long-Term Grain Policy in 2002, and the timeline concludes with the submission of the Shanta Kumar High-Level Committee report on FCI restructuring in 2015.
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Key Concept
Chronological evolution of food security policies, price advisory bodies, and public distribution system committees in India.