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AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY FUTURES IN INDIA- A LITERATURE REVIEW

Harwinder Kaur, Bimal Anjum

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The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of Agricultural Commodity Futures in India by taking into account the variability of empirical results of some selected studies on agricultural commodity futures. This paper is based on review of empirical results of studies on agricultural commodity futures for the 2001-2013 periods. These studies have been classified in three sections: Growth and performance of the commodity futures market, relationship between agricultural commodity futures market and spot market and price risk management through agricultural commodity futures. The paper shows the growth in commodity futures market along with identification of problems that are affecting the performance of agricultural commodity futures in India.

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Key concepts: Futures contract, Contango, Commodity, Commodity pool, Economics, Agriculture, Forward market, Commodity swap