Spinning a Cotton crisis

Maharashtra's cotton farmers are in distress and agitated. The steep fall in cotton prices has triggered this agitation. farmers are asking for a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 6,000 per quintal on the plea that their cost of production is Rs 5,700 per quintal. The current MSP for long staple cotton is Rs 3,300 per quintal and for medium staple Rs 2,800 per quintal, as recommended by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).

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