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Centre's nod for cotton price support from 2014-15 till Sept 2021
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SME Times News Bureau | 10 Nov, 2021
Claiming to safeguard the interests of the cotton farmers, the Centre on
Wednesday gave approval for committed price support of about Rs 17,000
crore to the Cotton Commission of India (CCI) for the cotton seasons
from 2014-15 to 2020-21 till up to September 30 this year.
Cotton
is one of the most important cash crops and plays a major role in
sustaining the livelihood of around 58 lakh cotton farmers and 400 to
500 lakh people engaged in related activities such as cotton processing
and trade.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for
committed price support of Rs 17,408.85 crore to the CCI for the cotton
seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21 (up to September 30), a Cabinet release
said.
"In order to safeguard the interests of the cotton farmers,
it is expedient to conduct price support operations in cotton years
2014-15 to 2020-21 as cotton prices touch the MSP prices. Its
implementation enhances the inclusiveness of the cotton farmers in the
economic activity of the country. Price support operations help
stabilize the cotton prices and alleviate farmer's distress," the
release said.
During cotton season 2020-21, the area under cotton
cultivation was 133 lakh hectares with estimated production of 360 lakh
bales, which account for around 25 per cent of the total global cotton
production. The Government of India, based on the recommendations of
CACP, fixes MSP for seed cotton (kapas).
The government appoints
the CCI as the central nodal agency and the CCI is mandated to undertake
MSP in cotton as and when cotton prices fall below the MSP level. The
MSP operations protect cotton farmers from distress sale during any
adverse price situation.
The MSP operations being a sovereign
function in nature, motivates cotton farmers in the country to keep
their sustained interest in cotton cultivation so as to make India
'Atmanirbhar' in quality cotton, which is a raw material for the
spinning industry. The CCI keeps its infrastructure ready in all 11
major cotton growing states by opening 474 procurement centres in 143
districts.
During the global pandemic in the last two cotton
seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21), the CCI procured around 1/3rd of the
cotton production in the country i.e. about 200 lakh bales and disbursed
more than Rs 55,000 crore directly in the bank accounts of around 40
lakh farmers.
For the current cotton season i.e. 2021-22, the CCI
has already made arrangements in all 11 major cotton growing states,
including deployment of manpower at more than 450 procurement centres,
to meet any eventuality of MSP operations.
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