Gujarat to raise cotton spinning capacity

The state government plans to more than double the state’s share of cotton spinning capacity from 7% to 15% in the next five years.
Energy minister Saurabh Patel announced this in the assembly while replying to a discussion on departmental budgetary demands for his portfolio, on Wednesday.

Patel said there is an uninterrupted power supply in the state, which empowers rural women and benefits cotton growing farmers. The government will increase the spinning capacity by adding 25 lakh spindles in the next five years.

Patel said, “State is taking measures to ensure that cotton growing farmers need not sell their produce out of Gujarat. The state is growing 35% of the country’s cotton and the farmers should be getting good prices for the same. The state has allocated Rs70 crore under the implementation of ‘cotton spinning policy’ and the state’s share of 7% in spinning will go up to 15% by adding 25L spindles in the next five years.”