States |
2005-06 |
2004-05 |
2003-04 |
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Area in lakh hectares |
Production in lakh bales* |
Area in lakh hectares |
Production in lakh bales* |
Area in lakh hectare |
Production in lakh bales* |
|
Punjab |
5.57 |
20.00 |
5.08 |
16.50 |
4.52 |
11.00 |
Haryana |
5.83 |
13.00 |
6.50 |
15.00 |
5.26 |
11.50 |
Rajasthan |
4.72 |
11.00 |
2.48 |
10.50 |
3.35 |
8.50 |
North Total |
16.12 |
44.00 |
14.06 |
42.00 |
13.13 |
31.00 |
Gujarat |
20.77 |
89.00 |
19.95 |
62.00 |
16.47 |
50.00 |
Maharashtra |
28.89 |
56.00 |
30.49 |
52.00 |
27.66 |
31.00 |
Madhya Pradesh |
6.00 |
18.00 |
5.86 |
16.00 |
5.75 |
19.50 |
Andhra Pradesh |
10.37 |
32.00 |
11.42 |
32.50 |
8.25 |
26.00 |
Karnataka |
4.50 |
6.50 |
5.33 |
9.00 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
Tamil Nadu |
1.36 |
5.50 |
1.63 |
5.50 |
1.03 |
3.00 |
| *1 bale: 170 kilogrammes Source: Cotton Corporation of India |
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“Cotton cultivation in the Old World began from India, where cotton has been grown for more than 6,000 years, since the pre-Harappan period. Cotton from the Harappan civilization was exported to Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BC, and cotton was soon known to the Egyptians as well. The famous Greek historian Herodotus wrote: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a wool exceeding in beauty and goodness that of sheep. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool."
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