Kullu is a major growing district of Himachal Pradesh. The study was undertaken with the specific objective to examine the cost of cultivation of garlic in the valley in terms of various farm management cost concepts.

Due to the surface mining at Makrana, the flora, hydrological relations and soil biological systems are drastically disturbed. In Makrana the main cause of environmental pollution is marble mining dust particulates and stone crusher dust. Analysis of the samples showed that the soil of Makrana is saline sodic because of high pH value and excess sodium presence. The agricultural field near these marble mines and stone crushers areas show poor growth and yield of crops and vegetable crops was noticed.