Cotton Purchase Centres of CCI
The details of centres opened in Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana by Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and details of
cotton purchased by them district-wise are enclosed at Annexure A.
CCI has so far opened 11 centres in the
District of Warangal and has purchased 1.54 lakh bales of cotton as against the
arrivals of 2.60 lakh bales. A total of 9 centres have been opened in
Karimnagar in which 1.6 lakh bales of cotton has been purchased as against 2.14
lakh bales of arrivals and in 10 centres opened in Nalgonda, 1.42 lakh bales
have been purchased against 1.80 lakh bales arrivals.
CCI has been advised to buy cotton from
farmers of all Cotton growing States including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
whenever the cotton price touches the MSP level for which adequate number of
cotton procurement centres are being operationalised in consultation with the
State Government.
Annexure – A
District-wise
procurement of cotton under MSP operations during
current cotton season (as on 04.12.2014)
(1 BALE = 170 Kg)
|
Branch –
Warangal(Telangana)
|
|
S.No.
|
Name
of District
|
Total
No. of Centres
|
Purchase
(in bales)
|
|
1.
|
Warangal
|
11
|
145539
|
|
2.
|
Karimnagar
|
9
|
154138
|
|
3.
|
Medak
|
7
|
35057
|
|
4.
|
Mahabubnagar
|
3
|
65931
|
|
5.
|
Ranga Reddy
|
5
|
41950
|
|
6.
|
Khammam
|
6
|
63089
|
|
7.
|
Nalgonda
|
10
|
133850
|
|
|
Total
|
51
|
639554
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branch
– Adilabad (Telangana)
|
|
1.
|
Adilabad
|
23
|
301839
|
|
2.
|
Nizamabad
|
1
|
7211
|
|
|
Total
|
24
|
309050
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Branch
– Guntur(Andhra Pradesh)
|
|
1.
|
Guntur
|
10
|
35508
|
|
2.
|
Prakasam
|
6
|
53357
|
|
3.
|
Krishna
|
7
|
136817
|
|
4.
|
West Godavari
|
2
|
8652
|
|
5.
|
East Godavari
|
1
|
250
|
|
6.
|
Kurnool
|
3
|
24380
|
|
|
Total
|
(27+2) 29
|
258964
|
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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MJPS
(Release ID :113273)