Amravati CCI Center: Cotton purchase through CCI stopped; Hundreds of quintals of cotton in farmers' homes
2025-03-17 16:52:12
Cotton purchases under CCI have ceased at the Amravati CCI Center. Cotton quintals in the hundreds at farmers' houses
Amravati: Farmers had stored cotton at home in the hope of price increase. The government had started CCI Purchase Center to ensure good prices for cotton. However, the purchase of cotton through CCI has been stopped. Due to this, hundreds of quintals of cotton are now lying idle in the farmers' homes. This is likely to cause a loss of Rs 500 to 600 per quintal.
Cotton prices remained low even after farmers started harvesting cotton. Farmers had stored cotton at home in the hope of price increase. But the price was not increasing. Meanwhile, the government had started CCI Purchase Center, providing guaranteed price for cotton. Farmers had to register here to sell cotton. After this, the purchase of cotton was started.
Purchasing stopped
Meanwhile, farmers who have registered for government cotton purchase till March 15. CCI bought cotton of those farmers. However, hundreds of quintals of cotton are still lying in the houses of farmers. Cotton producing farmers are in big trouble, as the government's cotton procurement has stopped, while some farmers' cotton harvesting is still going on.
Farmers will suffer losses
The rate of cotton procurement through government CCI was Rs 7,461 to Rs 7,600. The price of cotton in the open market in Amravati district is Rs 6,800 to Rs 7,000 per quintal, due to which cotton farmers are incurring a loss of Rs 500 to Rs 600 per quintal. Therefore, farmers have demanded that the government start cotton procurement immediately.
