It is hoped that this will serve as a supplement to the contributions cited above. Politics of Procurement At present more than 25 major and not so-major agricultural commodities, ac counting for over two-thirds of the gross and Price Support value of farm outputs, are covered under M RAGHAVAN The agricultural price policy has been drawing serious attention recenty. The published a few notable contributions in this regard. Thus, Parikh et al (2003) using an applied general equilibrium model of India, pointed out that