Piyush Goyal: Holds meeting with the newly constituted Textile Advisory Group
31 May 2022, Mumbai:
Piyush Goyal holds an interactive meeting with the newly constituted Textile Advisory Group at Mumbai to address issues relating to augmenting present supplies of cotton and also strengthening productivity.
Ginners to make adequate technology (pheromone trap technology) mandatory among members to monitor and prevent the spread of Pink Bollworm pest attack from Ginneries and oil extraction units to cotton in farmers’ fields – Goyal.
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Need for realistic, accurate statistics across the value chain and ensure traceability, sustainability, and circularity based on self-compliance utilizing technology- Goyal.
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To meet present requirements, facilitate import from destinations where stocks are available - resolving procedural requirements-Goyal.
Suresh Kotak, Chairman of the Textile Advisory Group & renowned veteran cotton person opined revamping the seed system is the need of the hour to enhance the productivity of cotton.
The meeting was co-ordinated jointly by the Textile Commissioner and Cotton Corporation of India Ltd.
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CREDITS: PIB (The news article has not been edited by DFU Publications).
