by TANVI_MUNJAL | Dec 23, 2023 | Events Updates, News & Insights
The much-anticipated Bhimthadi Jatra, an annual grand tribal fair, will kick-start on Thursday, bringing together artisans and small businesses from across the state of Maharashtra. With over 300 stalls, this 17th edition of the fair promises an array of lifestyle...
by Manali bhanushali | Dec 11, 2020 | News & Insights
Mumbai, October 15th, 2020: Okhai, established by Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) with a mission to encourage and empower women in the rural areas, has launched a helpline for artisans across the remotest parts of India on the occasion of...
by Millionaires | Aug 5, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Early signs of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation in Maharashtra’s cotton fields has raised an alarm for farmers and the Agriculture Department. The infestation, which was reported in 51 villages, has been mainly in fields which saw sowing before the first week of...
by Millionaires | Jul 28, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has procured around 1.04 crore bales, top officials of the corporation said. PK Aggarwal, CMD of CCI, said this is a global record of procurement by any single entity till date. The total procurement by CCI is valued at Rs...
by Millionaires | Jul 25, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Pune: Cotton Corporation of India sold about 700,000 bales of cotton on Tuesday, its highest single day sale in five years, as it offered discounts on bulk orders. The state-owned company procured 10.4 million bales of cotton – each bale weighing 170 kilograms...
by Millionaires | Jul 24, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
A record 218.73 lakh quintal cotton has been procured in Maharashtra despite the COVID-19 pandemic and onset of monsoon, the state cabinet was informed on Thursday. This was the highest government procurement of cotton in the last ten years, said...
by Millionaires | Jul 23, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
NASHIK/AURANGABAD: The skilled hands that weave the exquisite Paithani sari, Maharashtra’s equivalent of the Kanchipuram or Benarasi saris, are now making masks, using the same silk and patterns that have given the sari its unique identity. The...
by Millionaires | Jul 21, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Inflicts huge loss on seed companies; Centre ‘aware’ but has failed to act, say officials About 50 lakh packets of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Bt cotton (about 24 lakh kg) worth ₹300 crore are in circulation in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra,...
by Millionaires | Jul 20, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
We expect a bearish trend in MCX Cotton Futures for the month ahead and technically prices can come down to Rs 15,000 levels with a resistance above Rs 16,800 levels. Cotton commonly known as ‘Kapas’ in hindi is a Kharif Crop sown/grown in the...
by Millionaires | Jun 30, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
More procurement centres, gin and press units helped Maharashtra clock a five-year high in terms of government procurement of cotton. With over 92 per cent payment cleared for farmers, the government is confident of finishing the process in the next one or two...
by Millionaires | Jun 29, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
HYDERABAD: With the state government keen on cotton cultivation in 70 lakh acres as part of regulated farming, fears of farmers using herbicide glyphosate are growing. In the recent raids, glyphosate stocks were seized from the fields where the...
