Cabinet nod to Rs 1,718 cr MSP funding to Cotton CorpThe government has approved Rs 1,718.56 crore for Minimum Support Price funding to the Cotton Corporation of India for the 2023-24 cotton s...
Cabinet approves Rs 11,712 crore MSP support for cotton in 2023-24; 7.25 lakh farmers benefitThe Union Cabinet has approved significant funding for cotton farmers. Rs 1,718.56 crore will support the Cotton Corporation of India for t...
CCEA approves Rs 1,718.56 crore funding to CCI for cotton procurement operationsThe government has approved Rs 1,718.56 crore for cotton procurement. This funding will support cotton farmers across India. The Cotton Cor...
Cotton prices expected to stabilise due to 9% hike in MSPThe Indian government has increased its minimum support price (MSP) for cotton by about 9% year-on-year for the 2023-24 marketing season. C...
Revised MSPs still about 47% lower for most of the 14 crops under scheme: ReportAccording to Crisil, of the 14 crops covered under MSP, only paddy and cotton saw a meaningful procurement during the past three years, wit...
Cotton rises in sync with New York futures rateThe spot cotton prices of Gujarat 29 mm fibre length cotton increased by 2.7 per cent in a week.
CCI to directly procure cotton from farmers in RajasthanThe central government had recently raised the MSP on medium-staple fibre cotton by 28% to Rs 5,150 per quintal and long-staple by 26% to R...
Government mulls Rs 160/quintal hike in cotton MSP for 2017-18For the ongoing 2016-17 crop year, MSP of medium staple cotton has been fixed at Rs 3,860 per quintal and long staple cotton at Rs 4,160.
Government discusses farmers' demand to hike cotton MSPCentre today discussed the issue of falling cotton prices below the minimum support price levels at some places as well as farmers' demand ...
CCEA okays extra funds to reimburse losses on cotton saleCotton MSP was fixed at Rs 3,750 per quintal for medium staple and Rs 4,050 per quintal for long staple for the year 2014-15.
CCI to procure cotton as prices below minimum support price in AP, Telangana & Maharashtra"During current cotton season 2014-15, prices of cotton are below MSP in AP, Telangana & Maharashtra," MoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundar...
- Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal demands Rs 4,420 per quintal for cotton MSP
The Centre had yesterday hiked the cotton Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 3,600 a quintal for medium staple and Rs 3,900 per quintal for ...
Offset ban on cotton export by raising floor price by 10%: CACP"Any ban on export is an implicit tax on farmers and should be immediately offset by a bonus on the minimum support price (MSP)," said Asho...
- Anand Sharma in favour of hike in cotton MSP; writes letter to Sharad Pawar
Anand Sharma has written a letter to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar seeking a hike in the minimum support price of cotton.
- 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%.
- Cotton ginners on two-day strike
Over 4,000 ginning units across the country will go on a two-day strike on Tuesday in protest against the “high” minimum support price (MSP...
- 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...