Textiles and Exports.

TEXTILES and EXPORT.

United States, China, India, Pak and Uzbekistan are five major cotton producing countries in the world. USA increased its cotton production by using modern techniques and world organization directives regarding use of fertilizers, modern methods of farming and use of pesticides to protect the crop.

We have to concentrate on increased production in light of advanced technology and methods and cover more area of land under cotton-plants cultivation. World-area, under cotton cultivation is 36 million hactares of which India cultivates in 9 million hactares of its agricultural land.

World production of cotton is 25 million MT out of which India represents 4 million MT i.e.16% of world's cotton production. The Cotton Corporation of India with its offices in new Bombay and regional offices in almost all cotton growing states regulate supervise and handle all cotton transactions in and out of the country. We are heading towards an economic revolution.

The present Government has put its finger on the right spot by revising the schemes and priorities in the Eleventh Five Year Plan. We cannot afford to remain complacent or unaware of world happenings. We have to march along with them. The present Government has been able to create an atmosphere of trust peace and means to clear the obstacles and expand business side by side, in an attempt to solve all important national issues.

Public Co-operation is the need of the day. The machinery has been set moving. Let it move. Do not allow it to derail now. It will have a disastrous effect if it is slowed down.

Government alone can not do everything. The people have to come forward to put in efforts so that Government plans and policy becomes fruitful to all.