<h1>Price Stabilisation Fund Supports Tea, Coffee, Rubber Growers Against Price Drops; New Fund Announced in 2014-15 Budget.</h1> The Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme, established in 2003, aims to provide financial relief to tea, coffee, and rubber growers when commodity prices fall below a specified level. Growers receive assistance if domestic prices drop below 20% of the seven-year international price average. The scheme is funded by contributions from both growers and the government, with total contributions reaching Rs. 918.10 crores by March 2014. Expenditure from the fund has totaled Rs. 1.53 crores since inception. A new stabilization fund for agricultural commodities was announced in the 2014-15 Union Budget to address price volatility, and discussions are ongoing to develop a comprehensive insurance-based scheme.