Overview
- Over 300 ginning mills announced an open-ended walkout starting Monday, pausing purchases at market yards across Telangana.
- CCI’s intake stands at about 1.12–1.18 lakh tonnes against a projected 28.29 lakh tonnes for the season, leaving a large gap in procurement.
- New conditions such as L1/L2 norms, a 12% moisture cap, a seven‑quintal‑per‑acre purchase limit and mandatory Kapas Kisan app slots are cited by mills as unworkable during wet harvests.
- Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said he urged the Textiles Ministry to raise the per‑acre cap to 12 quintals and warned the strike would further hurt farmers.
- BRS leaders pressed for a Telangana delegation to Delhi and highlighted wider stress, including cotton sales below the ₹8,110 MSP and pending paddy payments of about ₹1,200 crore plus bonus dues.