Question : DEMAND AND PRODUCTION OF COTTON

(a) the quantity of cotton produced in different parts of the country; State-wise;

(b) the annual demand of cotton in the country, State-wise; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the production of cotton in the country?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF TEXTILES ( SHRI SHANKERSINH VAGHELA)

(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 161 FOR ANSWER ON 02.12.2005
(a) State-wise details of cotton production during 2004-05 cotton season vis-Ã -vis last year in different cotton growing States are as under:-

Production in lakh bales of 170 kgs. each	Cotton Production
States	2004-05	2003-04
Punjab	16.50	10.35
Haryana	15.50	11.50
Rajasthan	11.00	9.15
Gujarat	73.00	50.00
Maharashtra	52.00	31.00
Madhya Pradesh	16.00	19.65
Andhra Pradesh	32.50	27.40
Karnataka	8.00	4.20
Tamil Nadu	5.50	3.75
Others	1.00	1.00
Plus LooseLint	12.00	11.00
Total	243.00	179.00

For cotton season (1st October to 30th September) Source: Cotton Advisory Board

(b) The annual demand of cotton in the county is as under:-

Demand	2004-05	2003-04
Mill consumption	163.0	150.39
Small Mill consumption	17.00	13.00
Non-mill consumption	14.00	13.71
Total	194.00	177.10

Source: Cotton Advisory Board.

State-wise cotton consumption (cotton year-wise)	(â€˜000kg.)
Sl. No.	State	2003-04	2004-05 (P)	(Oct.-Sept.)	(Oct.-Sept.)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	131,313	136,666
2.	Assam	118	187
3.	Gujarat	216,695	244,813
4.	Haryana	89,456	134,369
5.	Jammu & Kashmir	37	5,766
6.	Karnataka	75,306	87,410
7	Kerala	30,223	36,819
8.	Madhya Pradesh	151,247	152,357
9.	Maharashtra	295,426	306,107
10.	Orissa	4,237 3,380
11.	Punjab	279,398	327,914
12.	Rajasthan	92,931	115,686
13.	Tamilnadu	1,217,544	1,303,885
14.	Uttar Pradesh	52,113	61,360
15.	West Bengal	14,952	16,897
16.	Pondicherry	17,924	17,772
17.	Himachal Pradesh	72,277	76,378
18.	Manipur	-	46
19.	Daman & Div.	112 30
20.	Dadara Nagar Haweli	35,046	30,410
21.	Uttaranchal	27 16
22.	Jharkahand	1,079	1,679	Total	2,777,461# 3,059,947#

#Figures includes only mill consumption and small spinning mill consumption.

(c) Cotton production in the country has increased by 36% during 2004-05 and reached a record level of 243 lakh bales as compared to the estimated production of 170 lakh bales during previous year. During 2002-03, the cotton production was 136.00 lakh bales. The Government of India had already launched Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) in February 2000 in the course of 9th Five Year Plan, with the objective of improvement in the production, productivity and quality of cotton and reduction in cost of cultivation, in order to provide abundant supply of good quality cotton at competitive prices to the textile industry and a remunerative return to the farmers. The TMC scheme has been continued during the 10th Five Year Plan i.e. upto 2006-07.

Question : DEMAND AND PRODUCTION OF COTTON

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