India's CCI asked to select districts for cotton productivity trials
12 Feb '25
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The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has been tasked with identifying one district in each state for conducting cotton productivity trials, according to textile minister Giriraj Singh, who said that the government plans to expand the size of the textile market to $350 billion by 2030 from $176 billion now.
The plan is to raise the number of textile jobs to 60 million from 45 million now, he said.
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has been tasked with identifying one district in each state for conducting cotton productivity trials, according to textile minister Giriraj Singh, who recently said in New Delhi that the government plans to expand the size of the country’s textile market to $350 billion by 2030 from $176 billion now.
Efforts are being intensified to boost cotton productivity by adopting global best practices, he said. While countries like Brazil, China, Australia and Russia produce 2,000 to 2,200 kg of cotton per hectare, India's average production is 450-500 kg per hectare.
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has been tasked with identifying one district in each state for conducting cotton productivity trials, according to textile minister Giriraj Singh, who said that the government plans to expand the size of the textile market to $350 billion by 2030 from $176 billion now.
The plan is to raise the number of textile jobs to 60 million from 45 million now, he said.
"I have told CCI to identify districts across states for cotton trial production. Now we will take Akola model to saturation mode," Singh was quoted as saying by Indian media outlets.
The government aims at raising the number of textile jobs to 60 million from 45 million now, he said.
He was confident that carbon fibre, a technical textile used in missiles, drones, etc., will be produced in the country by 2026.
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