Price Trends of Sal Timber in Orissa

This study was carried out to find the statistical significance of prices and its trends for sal timber in Orissa It is observed that the role of increase in prices of sal timber is highly significant. Moreover, this rate of increase in higher for the block (1978-82) in comparison to 11973-77). This high rate of increase in prices is attributed to widening gap between demand and supply of sal timber as well as age old technology of utilization. Now time has come to take necessary steps arresting the rapid increase of prices, For this various ways have been suggested in this paper. Future price projections have also been done for the period of 1985-90.