Cotton and Sugarcane: The out put of raw cotton is to be increased by five laks of bales.This was the decisionarrived at the conference of provincial agricultural ministers recently held iin Bombay.Prefernce is to long stapple cotton.which has higher to been largely imported from countries outside India.The cotton Industry is now facing a crisis.The inadequte supply of raw cotton has resulted in keeping many mills idle and throwing the industry out of gear.Though the food problem is by far the most important facing the country.
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