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Former CACP chief criticises decision on paddy support price

Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The government on Monday came in for criticism from none other than the former Commissioner of the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP), T. Haque, who expressed the apprehension that tinkering with the recommendation of the Commission would dilute the role of the CACP and ultimately lead to the scrapping of the minimum support price regime to expose farmers to market forces.