India imposed a lockdown from 24 March 2020 due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. The lockdown is still in operation at press time (10 June 2020) in the country in different forms. The day the lockdown commenced in India, the first and foremost casualty appeared to be the farming sector, which comprises more than half of the population of the country. The first Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, said, 'Everything can wait but not agriculture', realising that the farm activities are bound by times, dates, or months and any lockdown on agricultural activities will rebound in reduced production, productivity, profitability and sustenance of the farming community and landless labourers (Bera, 2020). Thus, the ongoing lockdown due to Covid-19 in India since 24 March 2020 is expected to impact agriculture in general including cotton.
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