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{{Short description|Central Public Sector Undertaking}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Cotton Corporation of India
| logo = Cotcorp logo.png
| type = [[Public-sector undertaking|Central Public Sector Undertaking]]
| key_people = Lalit Kumar Gupta, ([[Chairman]] & [[Managing Director]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cotcorp.org.in/directors.aspx |title=Board of Directors |publisher=The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. |date=2016-09-26 |accessdate=2017-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210034750/http://cotcorp.org.in/directors.aspx |archive-date=10 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| industry = [[Textiles]]
| foundation = 1970
| location = [[Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cotcorp.org.in/ |title=The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd |publisher=The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd |accessdate=2010-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016070251/http://www.cotcorp.org.in/ |archive-date=16 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| homepage = {{URL|www.cotcorp.org.in|Official website}}
}}
'''The Cotton Corporation of India''' '''Limited''' or '''CCI''' is a [[Public sector undertakings in India|central public sector undertaking]] under the [[ownership]] of the [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Ministry of Textiles]], [[Government of India]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Madhvi Sally |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/commodities/high-cotton-prices-hit-cci-business-plans/articleshow/6745615.cms |title=High cotton prices hit CCI business plans |work=The Economic Times |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2011-01-25}}</ref> engaged in diverse activities related to trade, procurement, and export of [[cotton]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-04 |title=CCI treads cautiously as cotton ryots suffer - Times Of India |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-02/hyderabad/28226329_1_senior-cci-official-cotton-farmers-open-market |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104065209/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-02/hyderabad/28226329_1_senior-cci-official-cotton-farmers-open-market |archive-date=2012-11-04 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Times of India}}</ref> CCI is a public sector agency responsible for equitable distribution of cotton among the different constituents of the industry and for aiding in the import of cotton. It was incorporated on 31 July 1970 under the Companies Act 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/14/stories/2010101460290200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019001257/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/14/stories/2010101460290200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-10-19 |title=Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : Cotton Corporation adopts Madurai village to raise output |date=2010-10-14 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2010-12-22}}</ref> CCI is governed by Textile Policy 1985 issued by the [[Ministry of Textiles]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-27 |title=CCI officials to look into plight of cotton farmers in Telangana |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/union-government-to-send-cci-officials-to-telangana-to-resolve-cotton-procurement-issue-1509082313-1 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Jagranjosh.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

* [https://www.cotcorp.org.in/ Cotton Corporation of India] — Official website

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[[Category:Cotton industry in India]]
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[[Category:Ministry of Textiles]]
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[[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Maharashtra]]

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