Lok Sabha Question No. 1646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-13
Subject: Cotton Procurement Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1646 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2023

## COTTON PROCUREMENT CENTRES

## 1646.  SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has any proposal to open more cotton procurement  centres  for  procurement  under  Minimum  Support  Price  system  without  any quantitative restriction of available cotton;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  number of such procurement centres opened so far in the country including Rajasthan; and
- (d) the quantity of cotton procured so far in Rajasthan and the extent to which the farmers have been benefited from it?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

- (a) & (b): CCI has opened 444 procurement centres in 145 Districts through its 17 branches as  per  requirement  and  presently  there  is  no  proposal  to  open  further  procurement  centres. Wherever procurement centres are opened there is no quantitative restriction on procurement of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) grade kapas offered by farmers to CCI.
- (c): The  details  of  procurement  centres  opened  for  cotton  season  2023-24  in  the  country including Rajasthan are annexed.
- (d): The details of quantity of cotton procured so far in Rajasthan and the extent to which the farmers have been benefitted from it are as under:

| State                  | Position upto 05.12.2023               | Position upto 05.12.2023                            | Position upto 05.12.2023          |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                        | Quantity of cotton procured (in bales) | Approx. value of purchases under MSP (Rs. in Crore) | Approx. no. of farmers benefitted |
| Rajasthan (34 Centres) | 8,000                                  | 27.79                                               | 2,000                             |

## State-wise number of Procurement Centres during Cotton Season 2023-24

| Sl. No.                 | State                   | Branch                  |   No. of Districts |   No. of Centres |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1                       | Punjab                  | Bathinda                |                  7 |               18 |
| 2                       | Haryana                 | Sirsa                   |                 10 |               21 |
| 3                       | Rajasthan               | Sriganganagar           |                  3 |               22 |
| 3                       | Rajasthan               | Bhilwara                |                  7 |               12 |
| Rajasthan State Total   | Rajasthan State Total   | Rajasthan State Total   |                 10 |               34 |
| 4                       | Maharashtra             | Akola                   |                  8 |               33 |
| 4                       | Maharashtra             | Aurangabad              |                 10 |               45 |
| Maharashtra State Total | Maharashtra State Total | Maharashtra State Total |                 18 |               78 |
| 5                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Indore                  |                  6 |               21 |
| 6                       | Gujarat                 | Ahmedabad               |                 11 |               30 |
| 6                       | Gujarat                 | Rajkot                  |                 12 |               42 |
| Gujarat State Total     | Gujarat State Total     | Gujarat State Total     |                 23 |               72 |
| 7                       | Andhra Pradesh          | Guntur                  |                 13 |               32 |
| 8                       | Telangana               | Adilabad                |                  5 |               25 |
| 8                       | Telangana               | Warangal                |                 16 |               58 |
| 8                       | Telangana               | Mahbubnagar             |                  9 |               32 |
| Telangana State Total   | Telangana State Total   | Telangana State Total   |                 30 |              115 |
| 9                       | Karnataka               | Hubli                   |                 10 |               22 |
| 10                      | Orissa                  | Rayagada                |                  9 |               14 |
| 11                      | Tamil Nadu              | Coimbatore              |                  8 |               16 |
| 12                      | West Bengal             | Kolkata                 |                  1 |                1 |
| TOTAL                   | TOTAL                   | TOTAL                   |                145 |              444 |

Details of Procurement Centres in Rajasthan during Cotton Season 2023-24

|   Sl. No. | Centres        |   Sl. No. | Centres        | Sl. No.   | Centres    |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|----------------|-----------|------------|
|         1 | Sriganganagar  |        13 | Hanumangarh-Jn | 25        | Beawer     |
|         2 | Anupgarh       |        14 | Hanumangarh-Tn | 26        | Merta City |
|         3 | Jaitsar        |        15 | Pilibanga      | 27        | Nagaur     |
|         4 | Padampur       |        16 | Goluwala       | 28        | Ladnu      |
|         5 | Sadulsahar     |        17 | Sangaria       | 29        | Kapasan    |
|         6 | Srikaranpur    |        18 | Rawatsar       | 30        | Alwar      |
|         7 | Srivijaynagar  |        19 | Nohar          | 31        | Khairthal  |
|         8 | Suratgarh      |        20 | Bhadra         | 32        | Behror     |
|         9 | Bhagwangarh    |        21 | Bikaner        | 33        | Osian      |
|        10 | Gharsana       |        22 | Khajuwala      | 34        | Surajgarh  |
|        11 | Rayasinghnagar |        23 | Gangapur       |           |            |
|        12 | Gajsinghpur    |        24 | Bijaynagar     |           |            |

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