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GOVERNMENT OF=20 INDIA
MINISTRY OF = TEXTILES RAJYA = SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 241=20 ANSWERED ON 08.08.2001=20
DISCOUNTING OF INDIAN COTTON IN = INTERNATIONAL MARKET=20 .

241. =

DR. DASARI NARAYANA RAO=20

Will = the Minister=20 of TEXTILES be pleased to state:- =

(a) whether it is a fact that Indian cotton is = discounted=20 in international market due to poor quality of ginning, imperfect = packing,=20 contamination and higher trash contents thus unable to withstand = international=20 competition;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the = remedial measures taken or proposed to be taken in this regard?=20

ANSWER

MINISTER=20 OF TEXTILES

(SHRI KASHIRAM RANA)

(a) to (c) A statement = is laid=20 on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs = (a) to=20 (c) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.241 FOR 08.08.2001. =

(a) to=20 (c): The Government of India have launched the Technology Mission on = Cotton=20 (TMC) in the country to address the issues of quality and productivity = of=20 cotton; the Mini Mission - III for improvement of market infrastructure = and Mini=20 Mission - IV for modernisation of Cotton Ginning & Pressing = factories, are=20 being implemented by the Ministry of Textiles.
The improved market=20 infrastructure would provide better facilities for handling and storage = of=20 cotton so that contamination and trash contents are minimized. = Similarly, modern=20 cotton Ginning & Pressing factories would provide better ginning = &=20 pressing facilities so that quality of cotton is not affected during = processing=20 and pressing. These measures are aimed at increasing the competitiveness = of=20 Indian cotton in the international market.=20

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