The government has procured 525 lakh quintals of seed cotton, equivalent to 100 lakh bales, under Minimum Support Price operations.Telangana recorded the highest procurement at 40 lakh bales, followed by Maharashtra 30 lakh bales and Gujarat 14 lakh bales.In total, Rs 37,450 crore has been paid to approximately 21 lakh cotton farmers across all cotton producing states.The procurement was done through the Cotton Corporation of India under the Ministry of Textiles.