RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR TO FARM SECTOR The role of PSUs has to shift from meeting basic needs to create free and fair market environment. NDDB under the dynamic leadership of Dr V Kurien understood the need for evaluation of milk price based on the composition and created transparent milk pricing mechanism by giving due weightage to fat and SNF. This transparent policy is the market n reason for india becoming largest milk producer of the world. Though similar interventions are possible in few other agriculture commodities, there is no serious attempts from policy makers. For example in case of sugar cane, farmers can be paid based on juice bricks/juice sucrose coupled with other recommendations of Rangarajan commuter report, rather than present system of uniform pricing irrespective of quality. This type of pricing is essential to encourage farmers in adopting good cultivation practices. Similarly other PSUs are expected to perform their role in larger interest...