Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as **Reason (R):** Assertion (A):** The recommendations made by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) regarding the Minimum Support Price (MSP) are not legally binding on the Central Government. **Reason (R):** The final decision on the level of MSPs is taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which is chaired by the Prime Minister of India. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Options:

• A: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• B: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
• C: (A) is true, but (R) is false.
• D: (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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