Good news for Telangana farmers... the green light has been given.
The cotton procurement deadlock in Telangana has been resolved. With the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) relaxing regulations, procurement resumed at the state's 330 ginning mills on Monday. The initiative of Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has resolved this issue and provided farmers with the opportunity to receive the support price.
Good news for Telangana's cotton farmers. The impasse regarding cotton procurement at ginning mills in the state has been completely resolved. Due to new regulations implemented by the Cotton Chamber of India (CCI), farmers and ginning mill owners were facing significant difficulties due to the lack of procurement permits. The Ginning Millers Association had previously staged a strike over this issue. Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has taken special initiative on behalf of the state government to resolve this issue. He held discussions with the Chairman and Managing Director of the CCI, as well as with Union Ministers.
As a result of these discussions, a positive response was received from the CCI. Consequently, cotton procurement resumed on Monday at all 330 CCI-notified ginning mills across the state. Ravinder Reddy, President of the Ginning Millers Association, expressed his satisfaction that Minister Tummala's initiative in resolving this issue has greatly benefited farmers and mill owners. He specifically thanked Minister Tummala for his initiative to resume procurement. Ravinder Reddy explained that this decision will not only boost cotton procurement but also provide farmers with a support price.
The resumption of procurement has cleared the way for farmers to sell their cotton. So far, the CCI has procured 4.03 lakh tons of cotton in the state. This volume is expected to increase further with the current resumption of procurement. The resumption of ginning mills will increase demand for cotton and create an opportunity for price stabilization in the market. The resolution of this impasse has brought a sigh of relief to cotton farmers. They hope to receive a fair support price for their crop and expedite the procurement process. They say this decision will help ensure a smooth, uninterrupted cotton procurement process in the state.
