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Mission for Cotton Productivity (₹5,659.22 crore)

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The Union Cabinet approved the Mission for Cotton Productivity with an outlay of ₹5,659.22 crore to achieve self-sufficiency in cotton and enhance global competitiveness by 2030–31.

🔑 Key Highlights

1. Nodal Ministries

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • Ministry of Textiles

2. Production Targets

  • Total output:
  • 498 lakh bales
  • (1 bale = 170 kg lint)
  • Productivity increase:
  • From 440 kg/ha → 755 kg/ha

3. Implementation Coverage

  • Covers:
  • 140 districts in 14 states
  • Infrastructure:
  • 2,000 processing factories upgraded
  • Institutions involved:
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (10 institutes)
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1 institute)
  • 10 AICRP centres
  • Beneficiaries:
  • ~32 lakh farmers

4. Key Interventions

  • Adoption of modern techniques:
  • High Density Planting System (HDPS)
  • Closer Spacing (CS)
  • Promotion of:
  • Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton
  • Pest-resistant high-yield seeds
  • Fibre diversification:
  • Flax, ramie, sisal, bamboo, banana, milkweed

5. Quality & Branding

  • Initiative:
  • Kasturi Cotton Bharat
  • Features:
  • Traceability system
  • Digital mandi integration
  • Quality target:
  • Trash level below 2%

📌 Strategic Vision

5F Vision

  • Farm → Fibre → Factory → Fashion → Foreign
  • Aim:
  • Boost exports and global competitiveness

ℹ️ Additional Information

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

  • Established:
  • 1929
  • Headquarters:
  • New Delhi

Cotton Crop Facts

  • Season:
  • Kharif crop
  • Duration:
  • 6–8 months
  • Soil:
  • Best in black soil (Regur)
  • Region:
  • Deccan Plateau

🇮🇳 हिंदी संस्करण (पूर्ण)

समाचार में क्यों?

केंद्र सरकार ने ₹5,659.22 करोड़ के बजट के साथ Mission for Cotton Productivity को मंजूरी दी है, जिसका लक्ष्य 2030–31 तक आत्मनिर्भरता हासिल करना है।

🔑 मुख्य बिंदु

1. मंत्रालय

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • Ministry of Textiles

2. उत्पादन लक्ष्य

  • कुल उत्पादन:
  • 498 लाख गांठ
  • उत्पादकता:
  • 440 से 755 किग्रा/हेक्टेयर

3. कार्यान्वयन

  • 140 जिले
  • 14 राज्य
  • 2000 फैक्ट्री अपग्रेड
  • संस्थान:
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
  • लाभार्थी:
  • 32 लाख किसान

4. मुख्य पहल

  • HDPS और Closer Spacing
  • ELS Cotton
  • बेहतर बीज
  • फाइबर विविधता:
  • बांस, केला, रेमी आदि

5. गुणवत्ता सुधार

  • Kasturi Cotton Bharat
  • 2% से कम कचरा

📌 5F विजन

  • Farm → Fibre → Factory → Fashion → Foreign

ℹ️ अतिरिक्त जानकारी

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

  • स्थापना:
  • 1929

कपास फसल

  • खरीफ फसल
  • काली मिट्टी में उगती है

🧠 BILINGUAL MCQs (Exam Ready)

Q1. What is the outlay of Mission for Cotton Productivity?

कपास मिशन का बजट कितना है?

A. ₹3000 crore

B. ₹4500 crore

C. ₹5659.22 crore / ₹5659.22 करोड़ ✅

D. ₹7000 crore

Q2. Target cotton production is?

कपास उत्पादन लक्ष्य क्या है?

A. 300 lakh bales

B. 400 lakh bales

C. 498 lakh bales / 498 लाख गांठ ✅

D. 600 lakh bales

Q3. Productivity target is?

उत्पादकता लक्ष्य क्या है?

A. 500 kg/ha

B. 600 kg/ha

C. 755 kg/ha / 755 किग्रा/हेक्टेयर ✅

D. 900 kg/ha

Q4. Mission covers how many districts?

यह मिशन कितने जिलों को कवर करता है?

A. 100

B. 120

C. 140 / 140 ✅

D. 200

Q5. Kasturi Cotton Bharat is related to?

Kasturi Cotton Bharat किससे संबंधित है?

A. Export tax

B. Branding & traceability / ब्रांडिंग और ट्रेसबिलिटी ✅

C. Fertilizer

D. Irrigation

Q6. Cotton is which type of crop?

कपास किस प्रकार की फसल है?

A. Rabi

B. Kharif / खरीफ ✅

C. Zaid

D. Plantation

Q7. Best soil for cotton?

कपास के लिए सबसे अच्छी मिट्टी कौन सी है?

A. Alluvial

B. Red soil

C. Black soil / काली मिट्टी ✅

D. Sandy

Q8. 5F Vision ends with which stage?

5F Vision का अंतिम चरण क्या है?

A. Factory

B. Fashion

C. Foreign / Foreign ✅

D. Fibre

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