Blockchain to lift India’s premium cotton brand

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India’s Kapas Kanti cotton mission puts blockchain-based Kasturi Cotton traceability at the centre of a new multimillion dollar push to upgrade yields and quality 

Indian farmers inspect cotton boll in the cotton field at morning, An Indian rural farming scene.
The scheme runs from 2026/27 to 2030/31 and will feed certified bales into India’s national Kasturi Cotton traceability platform.

NEW DELHI – India has approved a five‑year Mission for Cotton Productivity that explicitly links field‑level agronomy support with Kasturi Cotton Bharat’s traceable, premium cotton branding.

Kasturi Cotton Bharat, implemented by the Cotton Corporation of India and Texprocil, uses QR‑coded, blockchain‑based tracking (KC‑Track) to offer end‑to‑end traceability for India’s only standardised and certified cotton, from farm to fabric and garment.

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