Lok Sabha Question No. 5152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Cotton Procurement Centres in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri  Selvaganapathi T.M., Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P

## COTTON PROCUREMENT CENTRES IN TAMIL NADU

## 5152.  SHRI SELVAGANAPATHI T.M.: DR. GANAPATHY RAJKUMAR P:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

(a) whether the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has opened any cotton procurement centres in Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  CCI  has  purchased  more  than  45  lakh  bales  of  cotton  this  year  since October 1, 2025 from the farmers at Minimum Support Price and if so, the details thereof along with the volume of cotton purchased by CCI through its procurement centres in Tamil Nadu along with its prices during the last three years;

(c) whether it is also a fact that there is decline in cotton purchases by the CCI during the recent years and the CCI has not purchased a single bale of cotton from Tamil Nadu since October 1, 2025 till now and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;

(d) whether  it is also true that the cotton farmers  in the country are incurring losses  as the yield per acre has come down drastically due to various reasons and if so, the reasons therefor; and

(e) whether it is also true that the quality of cotton that arrived in the market in October and November was poor because of unseasonal rains in the cotton growing regions and if so, the details thereof?

उत्तर ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री (श्री गिरििाज स ंह)

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a): In  the  cotton  season  2025-26,  CCI  has  opened  9  procurement  centres  in  8  districts  of  Tamil Nadu under its Branch Office at Coimbatore. The district-wise details of the centres are as under:

|   S. No. | District     | Name of Centre           |
|----------|--------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Trichy       | Thuraiyur                |
|        2 | Salem        | Konganapuram             |
|        3 | Permabalur   | Permabalur               |
|        4 | Dharmapuri   | Harur                    |
|        5 | Virudhunagar | Rajapalayam Arupukkottai |
|        6 | Ariyalur     | Ariyalur                 |
|        7 | Theni        | Theni                    |
|        8 | Thoothukudi  | Kovilpatti               |

(b) & (c): During cotton season 2025-26 (from October 1, 2025), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has  undertaken  substantial  procurement  of  about  522  lakh  quintals  of  seed  cotton  in  the  country (equivalent  to  104.86  lakh  bales),  valued  at  Rs.  41,518  crore,  through  23.68  lakh  farmer  transactions under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations.

With regard to Tamil Nadu, MSP operations have remained minimal in recent cotton seasons, as farmers in the State have generally realized remunerative market prices above MSP or have not offered kapas at MSP at CCI procurement centres.  However, during the Covid-19 pandemic in cotton season 2019-20, when market conditions were subdued, CCI supported farmers in Tamil Nadu by procuring seed  cotton  equivalent  to  0.28  lakh  bales  valued  at  Rs.  78  crore  through  about  0.29  lakh  farmer transactions.

(d) & (e): Cotton yield  and  quality  are  influenced  by  multiple  agronomic  and  weather-related factors, including pest incidence and rainfall patterns; in some regions, unseasonal rains during OctoberNovember led to moisture ingress and quality variations. A statement indicating  area, production and yield from 2021-22 to 2025-26 is enclosed at Annexure-I. Further, all cotton offered by farmers in the country at the MSP rates is procured as per prescribed guidelines and district-wise yield declared by the  state  governments.   Accordingly,  state-wise  procurement  of  cotton  under  MSP  operations  during current cotton season 2025-26 vs 2024-25 is enclosed at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) State-wise Area, Production & Yield of Cotton, (2021-22 to 2025-26) Source: DA&FW

| State          | Area (Thousand Hectares)   | Area (Thousand Hectares)   | Area (Thousand Hectares)   | Area (Thousand Hectares)   | Production (Thousand Bales)   | Production (Thousand Bales)   | Production (Thousand Bales)   | Production (Thousand Bales)   | Production (Thousand Bales)   | Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Yield (Kg./Ha.)   | Yield (Kg./Ha.)   |
|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| State          | 2021-22                    | 2022-23                    | 2023-24                    | 2024-25                    | 2025-26                       | 2021-22                       | 2022-23                       | 2023-24                       | 2024-25                       | 2025-26           | 2021-22           | 2022-23           | 2023-24           | 2024-25           | 2025-26           |
| Andhra Pradesh | 554.00                     | 704.00                     | 422.00                     | 404.00                     | 542.00                        | 1707.62                       | 1540.52                       | 737.26                        | 1131.20                       | 1211.53           | 524               | 372               | 297               | 476               | 380               |
| Gujarat        | 2283.70                    | 2483.73                    | 2683.32                    | 2371.65                    | 2095.79                       | 7509.34                       | 8795.33                       | 9056.99                       | 7156.80                       | 6607.90           | 559               | 602               | 574               | 513               | 536               |
| Haryana        | 635.60                     | 574.61                     | 577.68                     | 398.46                     | 393.51                        | 1316.06                       | 1000.50                       | 1508.76                       | 1176.63                       | 974.52            | 352               | 296               | 444               | 502               | 421               |
| Karnataka      | 674.00                     | 949.00                     | 743.00                     | 678.00                     | 881.00                        | 1954.60                       | 2567.88                       | 2058.55                       | 2273.29                       | 2150.68           | 493               | 460               | 471               | 570               | 415               |
| Madhya Pradesh | 560.00                     | 595.00                     | 630.00                     | 537.00                     | 559.00                        | 1419.76                       | 1433.25                       | 1801.06                       | 1535.19                       | 1016.07           | 431               | 410               | 486               | 486               | 309               |
| Maharashtra    | 4409.97                    | 4182.44                    | 4234.47                    | 4122.98                    | 3854.73                       | 8249.24                       | 8315.67                       | 8045.49                       | 7372.86                       | 7890.85           | 318               | 338               | 323               | 304               | 348               |
| Odisha         | 193.11                     | 216.31                     | 216.31                     | 238.62                     | 239.41                        | 625.91                        | 704.92                        | 704.92                        | 822.54                        | 849.20            | 551               | 554               | 554               | 586               | 603               |
| Punjab         | 251.30                     | 248.90                     | 213.80                     | 160.40                     | 141.80                        | 645.99                        | 443.63                        | 628.82                        | 414.21                        | 346.16            | 437               | 303               | 500               | 439               | 415               |
| Rajasthan      | 755.86                     | 814.61                     | 1003.79                    | 627.39                     | 643.70                        | 2480.99                       | 2774.47                       | 2621.66                       | 1786.22                       | 1794.78           | 558               | 579               | 444               | 484               | 474               |
| Tamil Nadu     | 147.91                     | 173.27                     | 129.73                     | 102.36                     | 50.54                         | 301.91                        | 319.02                        | 251.83                        | 210.74                        | 112.08            | 347               | 313               | 330               | 350               | 377               |
| Telangana      | 1889.00                    | 1972.90                    | 1818.00                    | 1812.31                    | 2052.01                       | 4878.06                       | 5744.62                       | 5079.71                       | 5788.73                       | 6083.61           | 439               | 495               | 475               | 543               | 504               |
| Others         | 17.07                      | 12.03                      | 15.54                      | 30.45                      | 28.96                         | 28.11                         | 20.38                         | 26.97                         | 55.77                         | 53.86             | 280               | 288               | 295               | 311               | 316               |
| All India      | 12371.5 2                  | 12926.8 0                  | 12687.6 4                  | 11483.6 2                  | 11482.4 5                     | 31117.59                      | 33660.1 9                     | 32522.0 2                     | 29724.1 8                     | 29091.24          | 428               | 443               | 436               | 440               | 431               |

Data for the year 2025-26 is of 2ⁿᵈ Advance Estimates

## #  1Bale=170 Kg

|             | 2024-25                      | 2024-25                      | 2024-25         | 2024-25                                        | 2025-26*                     | 2025-26*                     | 2025-26*              | 2025-26*                                       |
|-------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|             | Cotton procurement under MSP | Cotton procurement under MSP | (Rs. in Crores) | Approx. no. of transactions farmers'(in lakhs) | Cotton procurement under MSP | Cotton procurement under MSP | Value (Rs. in Crores) | Approx. no. of transactions farmers'(in lakhs) |
| State       | Seed cotton (Lakhs Qntls)    | Equivalent Lint (Lakh Bales) | Value           | from                                           | Seed cotton (Lakhs Qntls)    | Equivalent Lint (Lakh Bales) |                       | from                                           |
| Punjab      | 0.08                         | 0.02                         | 6.14            | 0.00                                           | 2.30                         | 0.47                         | 180                   | 0.12                                           |
| Haryana     | 3.00                         | 0.62                         | 219.72          | 0.12                                           | 9.91                         | 2.04                         | 777                   | 0.47                                           |
| Rajasthan   | 2.46                         | 0.50                         | 181.87          | 0.08                                           | 16.72                        | 3.46                         | 1,314                 | 0.78                                           |
| Gujarat     | 68.99                        | 14.12                        | 5,148.33        | 2.48                                           | 97.69                        | 20.03                        | 7,852                 | 3.06                                           |
| Maharashtra | 144.55                       | 29.41                        | 10,714.29       | 6.27                                           | 136.93                       | 27.98                        | 10,883                | 6.71                                           |
| MP          | 19.59                        | 3.99                         | 1,441.09        | 0.90                                           | 27.47                        | 5.59                         | 2,175                 | 1.21                                           |
| Telangana   | 210.20                       | 40.38                        | 15,556.95       | 8.92                                           | 163.42                       | 31.73                        | 12,974                | 9.30                                           |
| AP          | 20.09                        | 3.83                         | 1,478.13        | 0.71                                           | 19.99                        | 3.90                         | 1,557                 | 0.65                                           |
| Karnataka   | 25.61                        | 5.22                         | 1,892.38        | 0.90                                           | 34.27                        | 7.01                         | 2,725                 | 1.14                                           |
| Orissa      | 10.74                        | 2.06                         | 796.90          | 0.38                                           | 13.68                        | 2.70                         | 1,080                 | 0.46                                           |
| West Bengal | 0.01                         | 0.002                        | 0.92            | 0.00                                           | 0.01                         | 0.00                         | 1                     | 0.00                                           |
| Tamil Nadu  | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00            | 0.00                                           | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                  | 0.00                                           |
| Total       | 505.33                       | 100.16                       | 37,436.73       | 20.77                                          | 522.39                       | 104.91                       | 41,518                | 23.90                                          |
|             |                              |                              |                 |                                                |                              |                              | *Position             | as on 19.03.2026                               |

Annexure-II