Displacing fears of a reduced cotton harvest in Punjab, officials say the state is set to achieve its target of 26.90 lakh bales this fiscal year.
Growers expect a good harvest and state this year will better its last year's production of 26.78 lakh bales, an official of Punjab agricultural department said.
Many, including the state government, expected the production to go down this year at least marginally considering adverse weather conditions and a bug