Body suggests cotton cess collection

ISLAMABAD: The Restructuring Committee of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) has recommended collecting cotton cess from textile mills through collectors of the respective district as per Cess Act 1923 in order to streamline the financial matters of the committee.

Besides, it has recommended keeping other testing fees and charges unchanged to promote the textile value addition sector of the country as well as enhancing the cotton crop output across the crop growing areas of the country, said Cotton Commissioner in the Ministry of Textile Industry Dr Khalid Abdullah. He said that the committee has finalised its report and it would be presented in the next meeting of PCCC for approval.



The committee also asked the PCCC to multiply only early generation seed of popular varieties and multiplication may be done through provincial authorities or through private sector to ensure availability of seed for cotton growers.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7^th, 2017.

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