The Centre is implementing Mini Mission-2 of the Technology Mission on Cotton in important cotton-growing states to increase its production and productivity. This information was given in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Harish Rawat.

He said under the scheme, assistance is provided for various inputs like seeds, agriculture implements, water saving devises, bio-agents and bio-pesticides. The Minister said, cotton is sown in over 117 lakh hectares across eleven states in the country.