NEWS BRIEFS
along-with Kullu shawl and cap and
the shawl of Kinnaur had been given
G.I. Tags. He said that in order to fa-
cilitate online sales platform for weav-
ers, MoU had been signed with
Flipkart and department was also
doing online sale of products. Chief
Minister said that there had been a
big change in the design and quality
of handicrafts and handloom products
in the state in the last 50 years and
thousands of families had made it a
means of livelihood.
He said that Kullu districts handicraft
especially caps and shawls were rec-
ognized internationally. When any
head of state comes to India, Prime
Minister welcomes him with a kullavi
cap and muffler which was a matter
of pride for the state. He urged the
weavers to preserve the traditional
clothes as they were associated with
our culture as well.
The Chief Minister said that the tour-
ism sector had been badly affected
during the crisis of Covid and the
handloom sector was no exception
affecting thousands craftsmen. He
extended his gratitude to the Union
Minister for fulfilling the demand of the
state of Weaver Service and Design
Resource Center.
The Union Minister and the Chief Min-
ister visited the exhibition put up by
the weavers at the venue. A small
documentary on handloom and hand-
icrafts was also screened on the oc-
casion.
Cotton Corporation of
India distributes 5543
Kapas Plucker Ma-
chines valuing around
Rs. 4 crores to 5543
marginal and small
farmers in all the cot-
ton growing states
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)
has so far distributed 5543 kapas
plucker machines valuing around Rs.The picture above shows KAPAS PLUCKER developed by the SIMA Cot-
ton Devlopment & Research Association (For illustration purpose only)
Battery Hip Bag
Kapas Plucker
Battery
Machine Delivery End
Kapas Collection
Yellow Bag of Cotton
Hand-held Kapas Plucker Machine
4 crores to 5543 marginal and small
farmers in all the cotton growing states
(including aspirational districts) under
Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR).
As CCI is a Nodal agency of Govt. of
India under Ministry of Textiles for
undertaking Minimum Support Price
(MSP) operations of cotton in the
event market rate of seed cotton falls
below the MSP rates to protect the
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Textiles Committee,
Ministry of Textiles,
Govt. of India
cotton farmers from distress sale.
Therefore, the CSR budget of the
Corporation remains very limited. De-
spite this constraint, the Corporation
distributed kapasplucker machines to
marginal and small farmers in all the
cotton growing states.
Most of the cotton in India is manual-
ly picked which is a labour intensive
operation. Unlike other major cotton
producing Countries like USA, Aus-