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Cotton production is estimated to be 338 lakh bales in the 2015-16 season (which began on October 1) from 386 lakh bales in the previous year as the area under cotton has decreased to 119.10 lakh hectares this season compared to 128.46 in the previous year.
This is mainly as farmers are shifting to other crops, like pulses, where they are getting better incentives, especially in the central and the southern zone, said Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta.
