Agriculture ministry has directed states to prepare district-wise crop strategies, and promote short-duration crops such as pulses, certain...

Indian textile makers are urging the government to abolish the 11% import duty on raw cotton. Domestic prices have surged by 25% in two mon...

India’s Rs 5,659-crore Mission for Cotton Productivity aims to tackle falling yields, poor seed quality, and rising import dependence throu...

Farmers will receive a premium of ₹3.56 per quintal for every 0.1% increase in recovery above this level, with a corresponding reduction fo...

The Indian government has launched a five-year mission to significantly increase cotton crop productivity. With an outlay of Rs 5,659.22 cr...

Union Minister Giriraj Singh announced efforts to improve cotton productivity by involving CCI in trials across various districts. The gove...

The Mission for Cotton Productivity aims to boost cotton production and export by introducing new technologies to counter declining yields ...

Textile stocks surged up to 9% during the special Budget session on Saturday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a five-year...

The meeting was also attended by Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of State for Textiles an...

The cotton sector in India witnessed an all-round growth and the production is estimated at 402 lakh bales during 2014-15, Cotton Associati...

The acreage under cotton in India has increased to 12.65 million hectares during 2014-15 and India now has a share of 37% of the world’s to...

The Union Minister for Textiles Dr Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, has said that a road map should be drawn up by the cotton industry to support the ...

Gujarat accounts for about one-third of the country's total cotton production of 334.25 lakh bales, Sharad Pawar informed the Rajya Sabha t...

There are opportunities galore for India to become a world leader in cotton following WTO's decision to strike down subsidies for cotton fa...

The Centre has asserted the quality of cotton produced in the country is at par with the international standards and said it was making all...

The Centre has asserted the quality of cotton produced in the country is at par with the international standards and said it was making all...

The Central Silk Board is preparing the blueprint for a proposed technology mission on silk.