Articles tagged under: CCI

They were taking Cotton as Bribe; ACB Gujarat nabs CCI Contract Staffer and Gin Owner after Decoy Trap

March 06, 2025
They were taking Cotton as Bribe; ACB Gujarat nabs CCI Contract Staffer and Gin Owner after Decoy Trap

Botad, Gujarat – March 7, 2025 – In a successful decoy operation, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Botad apprehended two individuals, including a contract-based computer operator for the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and a cotton gin operator, for accepting a bribe of 265 kilograms of cotton, valued at Rs. 19,798. The operation, which culminated on March 6, 2025, targeted alleged corrupt practices at the CCI purchase center located at Kashtbhanjan Cotton and Oil Industries in Gadhd...Read More

Competition Comm suspends approval for Amazon-Future Coupons deal

December 17, 2021
Competition Comm suspends approval for Amazon-Future Coupons deal

New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday suspended its approval for Amazon's deal with Future Coupons and also imposed a penalty totalling Rs 202 crore on the e-commerce major for certain contraventions. The approval was given by the regulator back in November 2019 for Amazon's deal to buy 49 per cent stake in Future Coupons. In a 57-page order, the regulator said that approval "shall remain in abeyance". According to the regulator, certain contraventions by Amazon...Read More

GoI reviews Cotton procurement by CCI, several decisions taken

November 13, 2014

New Delhi, 13 November 2014 Procurement of cotton under Minimum Support Price operation by CCI The procurement of the cotton from the farmers under the Minimum Support Price Operation by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) under Ministry of Textiles was reviewed in a meeting taken by Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Agriculture Minister held yesterday at Krishi Bhawan when Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Textiles (I/C), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister...Read More

Union Agriculture Minister asks CCI to protect interests of cotton farmers

November 12, 2014

New Delhi, 12 November 2014 Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh in a meeting held in New Delhi today asked Cotton Corporation of India to protect the interest of cotton farmers by ensuring procurement of cotton at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the four cotton growing States, namely, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. The meeting was attended by Ministers of State for Agriculture, Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar ...Read More

DGFT notification on cotton export arrives

May 05, 2012

Ahmedabad, 5 May 2012 Much awaited notification on Cotton export has arrived. Following is the complete text of the notification: To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 3, Sub Section (ii) Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Udyog Bhawan Notification No. 113 (RE-2010)/2009-14 New Delhi, Dated 4th May, 2012 Subject:- Permission for registration of contracts for export of cott...Read More