(a) whether the Government has cleared an allocation of Rs. 1473 crore to the Cotton
Corporation of India (CCI) to meet the losses it incurred on account of procurement and disposal of cotton during 2008-09;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the quantity of cotton procured by CCI during each of the last three years and the
current year, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) & (b): The Cabinet has approved the allocation of Rs.1473 crore to meet the losses in
disposal of Cotton procured under Minimum Support Price (MSP) Operations by the Cotton
Corporation of India (CCI) during the cotton season 2008-09. However, only Rs.500 crore has
been approved by the Ministry of Finance during the pre-Budget discussion.
(c): State-wise, quantity of cotton procured by CCI during the each of the last three years
and the current year is as under:-
(Quantity in bales) STATE 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 As on 24.11.2009
Punjab - -Â 1043814 86591 Haryana - -Â 255342 21762 Rajasthan - -Â 155217 4480 Gujarat - -Â 1236114 162 Maharashtra 539754 -Â 1997091 504 M.P. 89,844 -Â 736526 - A.P. 527646 218694 3275754 133864 Karnataka 4954 -Â 163123 3682 T.N. - -Â - - West Bengal - -Â 132 - Orissa 16,257 4,611 71717 - Total 1178455 223305 8934830 251045