Cotton research centres to be set up at Adilabad, Warangal

Centre had earlier initiated steps for the promotion of Indian cotton under the brand name “Kasturi Cotton India” via Textiles Committee

Hyderabad: The Central government has said the plans for setting up research centres of ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on cotton at Warangal and Adilabad have commenced.

Replying to a question by MP Nama Nageswara in Lok Sabha on Friday, Union State Minister of Textiles Darshana Jardosh said the Centre had initiated a step for the promotion of Indian cotton under the brand name “Kasturi Cotton India” through the Textiles Committee.

On the steps taken by the Union government in branding Telangana cotton as premium cotton in international markets, he said ICAR-CIRCOT had provided necessary technical support in the form of test parameters and acceptance criteria for the branding of Indian cotton.

Regarding the cotton grown in Telangana, the Union State Minister of Textiles said some of the varieties produced in India like Suvin (37-39mm), DCH-32 (34-36MM) etc, are the longest in length and suitable for manufacturing finer yarn. Mostly, 32.5 mm to 36 mm cotton is grown in some parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. However, 28 mm to 31mm staple length cotton is grown in Telangana, which is long-staple cotton.

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