Cabinet to reimburse losses to Cotton Corporation on MSP operations
Updated: Jun 28, 2013 02:33:32pm
New Delhi, Jun 28 (KNN) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved reimbursement of losses amounting to Rs 719.41 crore to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) on Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations in the cotton season 2012-13, said an official statement.
CCI would be conducting domestic and export sales. The distribution of these sales would be decided by an inter-ministerial committee consisting of representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce, Textiles and the Department of Revenue, to strike an appropriate balance between interests of domestic users and producers.
The Government of India, under the Price Support System (PSS) for the cotton season 2012-13 fixed the MSP for Long Staple (LS) and Medium Staple (MS) varieties of raw cotton at Rs 3,900 per quintal and Rs 3,600 per quintal respectively.
This led to a hike in MSP price of 29 per cent and 18 per cent respectively over the previous year.
Cotton prices in Andhra Pradesh touched MSP prices in October 2012 and procurement under MSP operations commenced in the districts of Warangal, Guntur and Adilabad.
The CCI procured 22.65 lakh bales of seed kapas under price stabilization operations from October 2012 to February 2013 at a total cost of Rs 5,807.95 crore.
Further, it had successfully stabilized prices in Andhra Pradesh and avoided farmer distress with timely payments.
Cotton prices had crossed MSP prices in March 2013 in Andhra Pradesh. (KNN)
CCI would be conducting domestic and export sales. The distribution of these sales would be decided by an inter-ministerial committee consisting of representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce, Textiles and the Department of Revenue, to strike an appropriate balance between interests of domestic users and producers.
The Government of India, under the Price Support System (PSS) for the cotton season 2012-13 fixed the MSP for Long Staple (LS) and Medium Staple (MS) varieties of raw cotton at Rs 3,900 per quintal and Rs 3,600 per quintal respectively.
This led to a hike in MSP price of 29 per cent and 18 per cent respectively over the previous year.
Cotton prices in Andhra Pradesh touched MSP prices in October 2012 and procurement under MSP operations commenced in the districts of Warangal, Guntur and Adilabad.
The CCI procured 22.65 lakh bales of seed kapas under price stabilization operations from October 2012 to February 2013 at a total cost of Rs 5,807.95 crore.
Further, it had successfully stabilized prices in Andhra Pradesh and avoided farmer distress with timely payments.
Cotton prices had crossed MSP prices in March 2013 in Andhra Pradesh. (KNN)
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