Q. Domestic cotton production in 2014-2015 was pegged at the following value- Published on 09 Sep 15a. 354.75 lakh bales , each weighing 170 kgs
b. 359 lakh bales, each weighing 120 kgs
c. 359 lakh bales, each weighing 170 kags
d. 354.75 lakh bales, each weighing 120 kgs
ANSWER: 354.75 lakh bales , each weighing 170 kgs
Domestic cotton production in 2014-2015 was 354.75 lakh bales each weighing 170 kgs down from 359 lakh bales in 2013-2014. With weak monsoon and whitefly attack, an agricultural crisis is growing in two key cotton growing areas of the nation-Gujarat and Punjab currently as well as Haryana