What do you mean by price floor? - Vidyadip

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What do you mean by price floor?

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Price floor means minimum price fixed by the government for a commodity in the market. In most of the countries, the government fixes floor price of most the agricultural products i.e. food grains in India. It is, generally fixed above the equilibrium price.

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