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The Cotton Corporation of India, (CCI) had earlier predicted higher cotton acreage for 2015-16. Now, the total cotton output of India is also expected to be a dismal 352 lakh bales, compared to the 380 lakh bales a year ago. As the national cotton acreage has come down from 128 lakh hectare to 118 lakh hectare between 2014-15 to 2015-16, as per the latest CCI statistics.
