This study is aimed at comparison of net returns realized by market price, economic price and natural resource valuation techniques (NRVT) of crops cultivated in North-Eastern Dry Zone (NEDZ) of Karnataka. The net returns realized by market price includes deducting the cost A2 plus imputed value of family labour per ha from total returns. The deducting of fertilizer and energy subsidy from net returns realized by market prices yields net returns realized by economic prices. In NRV technique the nitrogen fixed on the positive side and Green House Gas (GHG) emissions on the negative side, as well as natural resource valuation considering cost or value of groundwater used have worked out for Manvi and Raichur taluks of Raichur district in NEDZ of Karnataka. A random sample of 30 farmers each under rainfed condition, borewell irrigation and canal irrigation are studied. The result shows that higher net returns reduction in economic pricing from net returns were realized in market price approach in paddy due to energy subsidy(` 4110 per ha). The highest net returns increased in natural resource valuation without water cost from net returns realized by economic pricing was found in Chickpea which is due to nitrogen fixation ` 2703 per ha (22 %). Similarly higher net returns reduction in paddy (5.46 %) which is due to greenhouse gas emission by paddy crop (` 1899 per ha).The higher net returns reduction in paddy in natural resources with water cost from NRVT without water in paddy cultivation with ground water (` 19760/ha) (54 %) and 29 per cent reduction in net returns in cotton which is due to higher ground water cost (` 9880 per ha).