Question : COTTON CORPORATION OF INDIA



(a) whether huge quantity of cotton are lying in open in some parts of the country due to space crunch; and

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to resolve the crisis?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES(SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b): Due to sudden massive Minimum Support Operations, initially there was space crunch for storage, but the same has been taken care of by hiring storage space / godowns in adjoining areas and by way of quick disposal of cotton.