A high-level delegation of the Telangana government has been given assurance that cotton procurement would be done by the CCI all five days in a week from all the farmers who had proper I-cards irrespective of the quantity they bring in to the CCI centres. Payment would be handed over within 48 hours of the sale.

The assurance was given by textiles minister, Santosh Kumar Gangwar to the delegation consisting of Andhra Pradesh deputy chief ministers and others.

The assurance came when Gangwar was told that the CCI had been buying up to 40 quintals from the farmers forcing them to flock to the private traders who were offering hardly Rs 3,500 for the same whereas the government was offering Rs 4,100 per quintal.

As private traders in Gujarat were offering a higher price for the farmers, the CCI should be asked to buy more from Telangana farmers instead of from Gujarat, the delegation appealed to the centre.