Sarees are worn by Indian women in every season. To combat the scorching heat in the summer season, one needs to opt for breathable fabrics like cotton. Traditionally, most women in India wear cotton sarees in summer as the crisp, cool natural fibre are the best way to beat the heat.
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India's fight against the growing market share of manmade fibers is beginning to get global support, especially from the Cotton Council International (CCI).
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Pakistani cotton scene is turning out to be interesting with domestic producers offering the commodity at rates lower than the international prices.
According to market analysts, Pakistani cotton is available to the international and domestic buyers with a difference of 10 cents per pound to the global price.
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Indian cotton exports are outperforming the US cotton in China, says the latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture.
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For the first time, a Gujarat-based company has announced plans to set up a commodity-specific SEZ. And the main commodity that will occupy the centre-stage of SEZ will be cotton.
In a setback for genetically engineered cotton, Monsanto, innovator of the strain, confirmed what sceptics had said might well happen, that the pests it was supposed to resist better than natural cotton would also innovate.
India's last week decision to ban cotton export until further notice will raise prices of cloths in Britain and other parts of the world, according to retailers and manufacturers in London.
The Union government on Friday said it intended to lift the ban on export of cotton, imposed last month in the wake of a steel rise in prices, from October 1.
Prices of cotton have already gone up by 10-20 per cent per candy (356 kg) this year to Rs 16,000-Rs 23,000 depending on the variety. There has been a softening in the past few weeks but the prices are expected to firm up again as demand grows.
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After the Bt Cotton boom, Indian farmers are all set to reap rich dividends from a slump in cotton spinning in Britain.
The government on Monday ruled out any ban on cotton exports to stabilise domestic prices as commodity is being increasingly diverted to take advantage of soaring global prices.
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The government said on Friday that it had rejected a plea by a Mumbai-based company to produce a genetically modified cotton hybrid as it was not resistant to cotton leaf curl virus.
The Centre recently released the first advance estimates of kharif crops that, barring tur dal, showed a dip in production due to uneven monsoon and other natural calamities including pest attacks in cotton. The first Advance Estimates, released a few weeks back, are usually initial projections on the crop size and, more often than not, are revised as more inputs come from the fields. But, the findings have rung alarm bells in several quarters. The Centre, along with many others, is confident that as more details come, the estimates will be revised upwards.
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The Centre has estimated that nearly 14,000 people have gathered along the Punjab-Haryana border with 1,200 tractor-trolleys, 300 cars, 10 mini-buses as well as small vehicles and conveyed its strong objections to the Punjab government for it, sources said on Tuesday.
The issue had rocked the state during the past few weeks amid news reports that a huge number of sheep, goat and cattle perished in Andhra Pradesh after eating Bt Cotton leaves.
Pulses are most vulnerable to pests and diseases if the monsoon remains patchy for the rest of the season.
India is all set to overtake the United States as the largest cotton exporter to China, the world's top cotton consumer and importer.
Displacing fears of a reduced cotton harvest in Punjab, officials say the state is set to achieve its target of 26.90 lakh bales this fiscal year.
Global cotton prices may be hit by a record production in China this year.
The performance of Indian cotton exports to China is better than the United States, according to a latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Paras Jain, who exports textiles to US retail chains like Linens-N-Things and Laura Ashley, is one of the many exporters planning to grow organic cotton as the growing 'green conscience' in the west leads to a rise in the demand for the product.
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