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Union Government to send CCI to Telangana, resolve cotton procurement issue
Union Government to Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to Telangana as resolve to cotton procurement issue
The Union government has decided to send a team of the official of the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to Telangana as resolve the issues related to cotton procurement in the State.
Additional Secretary in the Textiles Ministry, Pushpa Subramanyam has shared the information. The CCI officials would soon visit the state to look into the plight of cotton growing farmers, the minister said.
Earlier, Bandaru Dattatreya (former Union Minister and Lok Sabha member) had written a letter to Textiles Minister Smriti Irani seeking her immediate intervention to resolve the issue.
The latter has expressed concern about the cotton farmers in the state, as they were on an agitation mode due to their demand of minimum support price for their produce.
According to Bandaru Dattatreya, 48 lakh bales of cotton in 12. 50 lakh hectares is expected to come to market during the current season and the procurement price being offered to farmers is only 2, 000 rupees against the MSP of 5, 100 rupees per quintal in 2016.
