India's CCI asked to select districts for cotton productivity trials

Efforts are being intensified to boost cotton productivity by adopting global best practices, he said. While countries like Brazil, China, Australia and Russia produce 2,000 to 2,200 kg of cotton per hectare, India's average production is 450-500 kg per hectare.

"I have told CCI to identify districts across states for cotton trial production. Now we will take Akola model to saturation mode," Singh was quoted as saying by Indian media outlets.

The government aims at raising the number of textile jobs to 60 million from 45 million now, he said.

He was confident that carbon fibre, a technical textile used in missiles, drones, etc., will be produced in the country by 2026.

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