Consider the following statements: India alone accounts for more than ...
- Cotton is the crop of tropical and sub-tropical areas and requires uniformly high temperature varying between 21°C and 30°C. The growth of cotton is retarded when the temperature falls below 20°C.
- Cotton textile industry has three sub-sector i.e. handloom, powerloom and mill sectors. Handloom sector is labour-intensive and provides employment to semi-skilled workers. It requires small capital investment.
- Cotton textile manufacturing requires good quality cotton as raw material.
- India, China, U.S.A, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Egypt produce more than half of the world’s raw cotton. The top cotton producing countries include China, India and the United States respectively. The approximate percentage contribution of some countries are India (25 per cent), China (22 per cent), USA (15 per cent) and Brazil (10 per cent). Hence statement 1 is not correct.
- The U.K, NW European countries and Japan also produce cotton textile made from imported yarn.
- Europe (not North America) alone accounts for nearly half of the world’s cotton imports.
- India is one of the largest producer of cotton in the world accounting for about 26% of the world cotton production. The yield per kgs hectare which is presently 459 kgs/ha is still lower against the world average yield of about 757 Kgs kgs /ha.
- India is having the largest area under cotton cultivation in the world which is about 42% of the world area under cotton cultivation between 12.5 million hectares to 13.5 million hectares. Hence statement 2 is correct.
- India is the second largest producer of cotton in the world after Chin
Consider the following statements: India alone accounts for more than ...
Statement 1: India alone accounts for more than 50% global raw cotton production.
India is the largest producer of cotton in the world. According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), India produced approximately 6.42 million metric tons of raw cotton in the year 2019-2020, which accounted for more than 25% of the global cotton production. However, this percentage is less than 50%, so statement 1 is incorrect.
Statement 2: India is having the largest area under cotton cultivation in the world.
India indeed has a significant area under cotton cultivation. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, during the year 2019-2020, cotton was cultivated on an area of approximately 12.24 million hectares in India. This is the largest area under cotton cultivation in the world. Therefore, statement 2 is correct.
Conclusion:
Based on the above analysis, we can conclude that statement 1 is incorrect, and statement 2 is correct. Therefore, the correct answer is option 'B' - 2 only.
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