Shri. Devendra Fadnavis
Hon'ble Chief Minister
Shri. Eknath Shinde
Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister
Shri. Ajit Pawar
Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister
Shri. Jaykumar Nayankunwar Jitendrasingh Rawal
Hon'ble Minister Marketing, Protocol
Shri. Kunal Rohidas Patil
Chairman
Shri. Prasenjit Kisanrao Tayade Patil
Vice. Chairman
Shri. Pravin Darade, IAS
Principal Secretary (Co-operation & Marketing) Co-operation, Marketing and Textile Department
Shri. Appaso Balappa Dhulaj, IAS
Managing Director
About Us
MSCCGMF is the largest supplier of cotton in the world, merchandising over 3.5 million bales of cotton. Its exports exceed US$400 Million. It supports over 2.5 million cotton farmers.
India is the 3rd largest producer of cotton in the world. Maharashtra ranks second in India in the production of cotton. About 3 million farmers are engaged in cotton cultivation in the state mostly in the backward region of Marathwada and Vidharbha. Till 1971 the cotton trade in the state was in private hands and farmers were realize appropriate prices for their produce though the terminal markets were commanding higher prices. In order to bring benefits of higher prices to the farmers, the Government of Maharashtra launched the Cotton Monopoly Scheme in 1971 by enacting The Maharashtra Raw Cotton (Procurement, processing & Marketing) Act 1971 with objectives to get fair share in the prices to the cultivators and to ensure supply of unadulterated graded cotton at reasonable prices to the consumers.
Strength & Objectives
Vision
The Vision of the Federation is to help the cotton farmers to get a remunerative price for their produce and supply unadultered cotton to its consumers with reasonable market price.
To bring stability in income of the growers and thereby bring growth and stability in overall production of cotton in state.
To supply scientifically graded quality cotton to consumers.
Object of the Scheme
▪ To ensure fair and remunerative prices to the Cotton Growers’ in the State.
▪ To eliminate the middleman in the cotton trade and transfer the profit going to the pocket of middleman to the cotton growers.
▪ To bring about stability in income of the growers and thereby bring about growth and stability in the overall production of cotton in the State.
▪ To supply scientifically graded quality cotton to consumer mills.
Strength
▪ The Federation is known for its quality graded cotton
▪ The Federation’s cotton is pure, free from variety mixing unlike other supply which procures mixed cotton at procurement point in the name of single variety as like in Punjab J-34, Gujarat Shankar-6 etc.
▪ Federation has fair and transparent system of transaction.
▪ The strength of the Maharashtra Cotton Federation emanates from its experienced, wide network of staff.
▪ The Federation has evolved with the times taking the help of new technologies. The HVI Lab testing and categorization on the basis of scientific test results of samples have given over cotton a superior edge in the market.
▪ The position as market leader in this sector helps the Federation to stabilize the prices and has given a respectable name to Federation’s cotton.
