US Section 301 probe: India textile body TEXPROCIL pushes back on USTR excess capacity allegationsTEXPROCIL has responded to US investigations on excess manufacturing capacity and forced labor. The Indian textile body rejects these claim...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.27 AM IST
Labour-intensive sectors see steep fall in exports in MarchThe fiscal year 2026 brought a mixed bag for India's exports. On one hand, engineering goods, electronics, and pharmaceuticals excelled, dr...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Govt approves expenditure of Rs 1,061 cr to reimburse losses on cotton sale under MSPThe Centre approved an additional expenditure of Rs 748.08 crore for Cotton Corporation of India and Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton ...
21 Mar, 2020, 06.16 PM IST
Cotton rises following confusion over output figuresICF has pegged the country’s cotton production during 2018-20 at 35.2 million bales
17 Apr, 2019, 09.21 AM IST
Ready to procure 100 lakh quintals of cotton, says FederationThe process of procuring cotton began and as many as 96 procurement centres will be opened in the three phases of purchases, according to H...
05 Nov, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Cotton farmers in parts of AP, Maharashtra, Karnataka shift to other cropsCotton farmers have shifted to sowing of soyabeans in some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and to corn in northern Karnataka, accor...
01 Jul, 2013, 07.18 PM IST
Cotton farmers demand expediting opening procurement centresCotton-growing farmers are awaiting opening of procurement centres even as the Cotton Marketing Federation blamed it on govt for the delay.
22 Oct, 2012, 05.38 PM IST
- Maharashtra cotton federation warns of steep fall in prices
MSCGCMF has warned of impending threat of stagnation followed by steep fall in price of cotton in the state if the ban on its export is not...
02 Jul, 2011, 03.52 PM IST
- Govt jubilant on cotton procurement success, courtesy high support price
The government’s mammoth cotton procurement scheme, spread over four-and-a-half months, ended on March 15, rising a huge 1,285%.
17 Mar, 2009, 12.26 AM IST
- It’s boom time for Maharashtra cotton growers
In Maharashtra’s large cotton constituency, farmers are reaping a cash harvest, thanks to the highest ever minimum support price (MSP) of t...
10 Feb, 2009, 01.32 AM IST
- Farm activists hail hike in support price for cotton
Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti has hailed the govt decision to raise the minimum support price for cotton in the up-coming procurement year be...
07 Sep, 2008, 08.48 PM IST
- Suicides on, but cotton body talks record profit
Cotton farmers in Vidarbha may continue to suffer. But the state-owned cotton marketing federation hopes to make a record profit of Rs 50 c...
03 Oct, 2007, 01.23 AM IST
- Bumper crop unlikely to end cotton growers’ woes
The prospects of a bumper cotton yield in Maharashtra in the 2006-07 season may not provide a solution to the agrarian crisis in cotton gro...
18 Jan, 2007, 03.56 AM IST
- Govt dragging feet on cotton purchase, allege farmers
The Maharashtra government may have practically pulled out of the loss-making monopoly cotton purchase scheme, but its policy on cotton lea...
11 Dec, 2006, 04.29 AM IST
- Now, cotton to choke state's financials
The Maharashtra government, which has incurred accumulated losses of Rs 5,700 crore on account of cotton purchase, has yet another economic...
09 Nov, 2006, 02.59 AM IST
- Govt rules out change in cotton policy, populist intervention
The government of Maharashtra is not unduly worried over projections of a record cotton yield this year as it has put in place a policy tha...
01 Nov, 2006, 03.17 AM IST
- Cotton's cool, players are buying
The Maharashtra government’s plan to start cotton procurement from November 15 for the ‘06-07 season has set the stage for competition betw...
19 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST