Discussion
India recently announced a second phase of Cotton Technical Assistance Programme for African countries. Choose the correct statements among the following :
1. The grouping of Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso and Chad is popularly called Cotton-4.
2. Cotton crop is best grown commercially in Red and Lateritic soils in India.
3. The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. releases MSP for Fair Average Quality grade Kapas before the start of procurement season.
Answer: A
Only statement 1 is correct, so the answer is Only 1.
The Cotton-4 are the West African cotton producers Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, the group to which India's Cotton Technical Assistance Programme was first directed (1).
Statement 2 is wrong: in India cotton grows best on the deep black (regur) soils of the Deccan, which hold moisture well, not on red and lateritic soils. Statement 3 is also wrong. Minimum support prices are announced by the Central Government on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices; the Cotton Corporation of India is the agency that buys kapas at that price, not the body that releases it. Every option including 2 or 3 is therefore wrong.
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