2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 3

author(s)
Munjam Arun Kumar and Dey G

abstract
This study deals with area, production, productivity, cost of cultivation, cost of production of cotton in Telangana state & India. The study is based on secondary data collected from different sources. The reference years of the study pertained to a period from 2000-01 to 2020-21. Data related to different variable were presented at an interval of five years during the period of the study. The results of the study revealed that both in Telangana state and India the area under cotton increased to a greater extent as compared to total cropped area. Total cropped area in India recorded a negative change during the entire period. Both the area under cotton and gross cropped area in Telangana state exhibited higher degree of percentage change as compared to those in India. Percentage share of area under cotton in Telangana with respect to the area in India gradually increased in each of the interval of time period. More or less same phenomenon occurred in the case of share of production of cotton. But productivity of this crop in Telangana remained low as compared to that in India in each of the intervals of the entire time period. Production of cotton increased to a large extent in both Telangana and India. This was attributed to increase in area and productivity of this crop. Level of the production in Telangana increased to a greater extent as compared to that in India. But yield or productivity of this crop increased to a greater extent in India as compared to that in Telangana. Cost of cultivation (comprehensive cost) recorded a higher degree of change in India than in Telangana. But Telangana recorded higher level of cost of cultivation than that of India in each of the intervals of the entire time period. Change in minimum support price (MSP) of cotton was greater than change in cost of production in India. But change in MSP of this crop was low as compared to the change in cost of production in Telangana. Also MSP of cotton was low as compared to its cost of production of both Telangana and India in each of the intervals of entire time period.