(a) whether cotton growers in the Southern District of Tamil Nadu are agitated over the fall
in the prices of summer cotton;
(b) if so, whether widespread complaints from the cotton farmers on the sharp drop in the
prices offered at the trader-driven local market has also triggered speculation that the Cotton
Corporation of India may go for market intervention by opening its purchase centers in at least
two or three places, cotton trade places;
(c) whether the situation arisen in other States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
also;
(d) if so, the cotton prices have fallen below the Minimum Support Price in Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharshtra; and
(e) the steps have been taken by these States and Central Government?