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Kasturi Cotton: India’s premium Cotton

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Environment
  • Published
    11th Oct, 2020

  • The 1st ever Brand & Logo for Indian Cotton was launched on 2nd World Cotton Day.
  • Launched by: Ministry of Textiles
  • Now India’s premium Cotton would be known as ‘Kasturi Cotton’ in the world cotton Trade.
  • Cotton is one of the principal commercial crops of India.
  • It provides livelihood to about 6 million cotton farmers.
  • India is the 2nd largest cotton producer.
  • It is the largest consumer of cotton in the world.
  • A mobile app, “Cott-Ally” has been developed by Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) for providing latest news regarding condition, Crop situation and best farm practices.

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