Cotton Purchase Centres

Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has been advised to open additional cotton procurement centres in consultation with the State Governments as and when required as envisaged under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) operation announced by the Government. For the Cotton Season 2014-15, CCI has proposed to operate more than 340 procurement centres in 92 districts across 11 Cotton growing States in the country.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Textiles Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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