Related Keywords: CCI, cotton bales, cotton to be sold directly, direct state run Cotton Corporation of India, during this season, help maintain stable prices, ICF, Indian Cotton Federation, October to September, only to textile mills, procure hundred lakh bales, record bumper crop expected, throughout the year, urged the union government
The Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) has urged the union government to direct the state run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to procure 100 lakh bales ( a bales is 170 kgs) as a record bumper crop is expected during the 2017-18 season (October-September). ICF stated that this cotton should be sold directly only to textile mills, which would help maintain stable prices throughout the year.
