Seri-States of India 2019

– A Profile

CENTRAL SILK BOARD

Ministry of Textiles – Government of India
BTM Layout, Madiwala
Bengaluru – 560 068, INDIA
February, 2019
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 Foreword
Sericulture practice is an ancient avocation in India, traces of which are available from the historical
evidences unearthed from the Harappan civilization and the references in the country’s ancient religious
scriptures. However, the industry could emerge as a credible employment generator only after the Second
World War, which is also synonymous with the India’s growth since independence. This all happened with
the acceptance of a study report submitted by the “Silk Panel “and the resultant institution of an exclusive
national organization christened as “Central Silk Board” by an Act of Parliament during 1948. This was
followed by initiating a series of policy actions and establishing a slew of facilities at Central and State level
which heralded a new dimension in accelerating the pace of developmental initiatives.
Silk industry currently provides employment to 8.5 Million rural people of the country, which is expected to
reach 10 Million by 2022. It is an ideal occupation for employment generation and poverty alleviation and
aligns with most of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) set by the United Nations.
The annual turnover of the industry is about Rs.10,956 Cr. and has the potential to become a major foreign
exchange earner. The outlook of the industry is estimated to be positive propelled by strong domestic
demand and consumption, which is expected to continue in the coming years.
Since sericulture is placed under the concurrent list, the departments of Union and State governments could
compliment in initiating developmental activities for filling gaps in critical areas. Central Silk Board with its
major mandates of policy initiatives, R&D and leadership role in seed production, extension and promotion could
significantly enhance the production, productivity and quality of silk in the country. These efforts have culminated
in achieving the target of self-sufficiency of producing internationally graded silks by the year 2022.
The State Sericulture Departments have also played a critical role in this amazing growth of silk industry.
Most of the developmental activities in the field have been taken up by the State Governments, primarily
suiting to the needs and requirements of the region. There are good number of success stories for the sector
which have effectively become models for replication among the stakeholders, across the States.
The industry also faces few challenges arising due to urbanization, industrialization, climate change,
depleting soil conditions and water sources, threat from manmade fibres, etc. However, we have already
conceived and put in place a series of activities to circumvent these issues through appropriate policy
actions and suitable R&D interventions. Central Silk Board is also in the process of exploring the enormous
scope of using silk in frontier areas like pharmaceutical, industrial, nutraceutical, and nutritional sectors.
We, at the Central Silk Board felt the need to chronicle the developmental activities initiated both by
central and state governments. The Compendium details profiles the efforts of different agencies like the
departments of Union and State Governments, private agencies and other stakeholders.I believe that this
Compendium would certainly serve as a useful reference manual for all those who are interested to learn
about the progress of Indian Silk Industry and participate in the remarkable journey of silk, the mystic fibre
of unparalleled grandeur.

Rajit Ranjan Okhandiar

Member Secretary
Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles
 CONTENTS
Foreword iii
Messages v
Indian Silk Industry 1
State Profiles
Andhra Pradesh 9
Arunachal Pradesh 14
Assam 19
Bihar 26
Chhattisgarh 32
Haryana 37
Himachal Pradesh 40
Jammu and Kashmir 44
Jharkhand 50
Karnataka 54
Kerala 59
Madhya Pradesh 63
Maharashtra 69
Manipur 74
Meghalaya 79
Mizoram 84
Nagaland 89
Odisha 94
Punjab 100
Sikkim 103
Tamil Nadu 106
Telangana 111
Tripura 117
Uttar Pradesh 121
Uttarakhand 127
West Bengal 131
Annexures 137
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Indian Silk Industry Sericulture in India has proved to be an ideal avocation

for inclusive development of rural populace especially
the weaker sections of the society addressing equity
distribution from urban rich to rural poor. With its eco-
friendly production process and high potentialities became
an ideal tool for biotechnological development, and a
way for women and tribal empowerment. Sericulture
stands for livelihood opportunity for millions owing to its
Prolegomena high employment potential, low capital requirement and
The word Silk spells luxury and class. Even today, no other remunerative nature. India being the second largest silk
fabric can match silk in lustre and elegance. The touch producing country in the world, next to China, provides
of silk evokes the very thread of history, a shimmering employment to over 8.5 million people in the entire silk
fabric of unparalleled grandeur. Over the centuries, it production value chain from farm to fabric.
has reigned undisputed as the queen of textiles. Mankind Silk production has achieved remarkable growth during
always love silk. It is the yarn of life, extruded by that recent times. Silk production increased from 23,060 MT in
unassuming caterpillar in a continuous filament as long 2011-12 to 31,906 MT in 2017-18 at a compound growth
as about one and half kilometres. Silk is a way of life in rate of 5.1% per annum. Country’s raw silk production
India. Over thousands of years, and with turn of centuries, is expected to reach 38,500 MT by 2019-20 and become
it became an inseparable part of Indian culture and self-reliant by 2022.
tradition. No ritual is complete without silk being used as
a wear in some or the other form.
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Silk Board was setup under an Act of Parliament (LXI)

of 1948 for shaping the sericulture industry on 9th
April 1949 with its head quarters in Delhi under the
Chairmanship of Shri Syama Prasad Mukherji, Minister
for Industry and Supply, Government of India. As a
part of Centralization effort, the Central Sericulture
Research Station, Berhampore (West Bengal) was
established by the Imperial Government of India
in 1943 under Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) and the Central Sericulture
Research Station at Mysore under Mysore Province,
were brought under the control of Central Silk
Board, Government of India for overall growth of the
industry. In 1958, CSB established Central Silkworm
Seed Station in J&K and in 1961, the Board took
over Parental Seed Station, Coonoor from Madras
Central Silk Board Government. In 1964, Board established Central
Indian sericulture is an ancient industry dating back Tasar Research and Training Institute at Ranchi and
to several centuries. Severe competition from Chinese 3 Regional Offices at Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.
and Japanese silk during 1931-32 affected the Indian During 1970 the Board established Regional
silk industry and there was no effort by the then Sericulture Research Stations and Research
Imperial Government. The Laffroy Committee (1914- Extension Centres based on the recommendations of
15) recommended the need for an organization backed All India Sericulture Coordination Committee headed
by the Government to look after development need of by eminent Scientists like Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
sericulture Industry in India as the industry serves for and Dr. V.L. Chopra, the then DG, Indian Council of
overall development of weaker sections of the society. Agricultural Research (ICAR). Subsequently, Central
The Second World War provided specific attention for Silk Technological Research Institute, Bangalore,
silk industry with the stoppage of supplies of raw silk Central Eri and Muga Research Station, Jorhat with
from China and Japan. The industry received first time
financial assistance from the Government for expansion
of the industry and the raw silk production increased to
1242 MT in 1949 from the level of 691 MT in 1938.
Considering the need for development of silk industry, the
Government of India had set up a Silk Panel on 8th March,
1945 to examine the development of silk industry and
suggest suitable measures. The Panel, while drawing
up a 5-year Plan as a part of a prospective Plan of 15
years, suggested, setting up of the Central Silk Board
for ensuring coordinated development of the industry
under Central Government Control. The Government of
India accepted the recommendations of the Silk Panel
and enacted the CSB Act 1948. Accordingly, the Central
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a network of Research Extension Centres were

established with the approval of the Government
of India as a part of Central Sector Scheme. During
1980, the Central Silk Board organized Silkworm
Seed Organizations for mulberry, tasar, eri and muga.
Under the World Bank-assisted-National Sericulture
Project, CSB established specialized research
institutes viz., Central Sericultural Germ Plasm
Resource Centre, Silkworm Seed Technological
Laboratory and Seri-Biotech Laboratory during
1990.

Progress of Indian raw silk production from I

to VII Plan Progress of Indian raw silk production from VIII
to XII Plan (2016-17)
During the I Plan period, silk production rose from 1,211
MT in 1950 to 1,421 MT in 1955-56 registering an increase Country’s raw silk production has grown from 23,060 MT
of 17%. Further rise of 5% in the production was witnessed during 2011-12 (end of XI Plan) to 30,348 MT in 2016-17
during the II Plan. The output by the end of II Plan (1960- (end of XII Plan) at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
61) stood at 1,499 MT. During the III Plan (1965-66), the of 5.1% per annum. The bivoltine silk (import-substitute)
silk production was 2,152 MT at this time, India ranked production recorded a compound growth of 25.6% per
fourth among the silk producing countries of the world. annum. Similarly, the non-mulberry silks, collectively
The rise in the production was 44% over the II Plan. The called as vanya silk, have achieved a compound growth
same trend continued up to V Plan taking the raw silk rate of 13.6% during the same period. The import of raw
production to 3,711 MT with an increase of 28% over the silk has consistently reduced from 5,683 MT during 2011-
IV Plan. Raw silk production in the country began making 12 to 3,795 MT during 2016-17 due to increase in import-
significant progress during the VI Plan and by the end of substitute bivoltine raw silk production in the country.
VI Plan period (1984-85) the production reached 7,673 Progress of Indian raw silk production from
MT with an outstanding increase of 107% over the V Plan.
2017-18
Similarly, the raw silk production reached 12,016 MT by
the end of VII Plan (1989-90) with an increase of 57% over The country has produced a record level of 31,906 MT of
the VI Plan period. raw silk during 2017-18. During the same year, import
substitute (bivoltine) raw silk production has recorded
11.5% growth over the previous year (2016-17) -indicating
the intense interest of farmers in producing bivoltine
rather cross breed cocoons, through good performance of
the industry.
A significant increase of 8.4% in vanya silk production
during 2017-18 was witnessed over the previous year
(2016-17) due to the implementation of North-East Region
Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), a focused umbrella
scheme for NE States. Raw silk production trends in the
country over different Plan periods are depicted below:
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Trend analysis of raw silk production in India over Plan periods

Plan Period Mulberry Mulberry raw silk (MT) Vanya raw silk (MT) Grand total (MT)
plantation (ha)
BV Total Tasar Eri Muga Vanya Total
VIII Plan (1992-97) 280651 387 12954 235 864 73 1172 14126
CAGR -3.9 -9.7 -0.1 -9.3 3.5 4 0.1 -0.1

IX Plan (1997-02) 232076 840 15842 249 1160 100 1509 17351

CAGR -3.8 15.1 2.4 -4.4 7.3 10 4.9 2.6

X Plan (2002-07) 191893 1089 16525 350 1485 115 1950 18475

CAGR -0.3 9.7 2.5 4.3 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.5

XI Plan (2007-12)

2007-08 184928 1175 16245 428 1530 117 2075 18320

2008-09 177943 1250 15610 603 2038 119 2760 18370

2009-10 183773 1200 16322 803 2460 105 3368 19690

2010-11 170314 1400 16360 1166 2760 124 4050 20410

2011-12 181089 1685 18272 1590 3072 126 4788 23060

CAGR -0.4 7.5 2.4 30.0 15.0 1.5 18.2 4.7

XII Plan (2012-17)

2012-13 186015 1984 18715 1729 3116 119 4964 23679

2013-14 203023 2559 19476 2619 4237 148 7004 26480

2014-15 219819 3870 21390 2434 4726 158 7318 28708

2015-16 208947 4613 20478 2819 5060 166 8045 28523

2016-17 216810 5266 21273 3268 5637 170 9075 30348

CAGR 3.1 21.6 2.6 13.6 12.6 7.4 12.8 5.1

2017-18 223926 5874 22066 2988 6661 192 9840 31906

Indian silk industry with about 1.2 million sericulturist in spite of rapid industrialization and increasing pressure
families and 8.5 million people, involved in a host of on arable land. It is interesting to note that sericulture and
activities accounting for over 20% share of textile sector allied activity sector is the largest employer in the country,
has maintained its momentum in growth and sustainability, next to agriculture.
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Growth of silk production with R&D efforts

Mulberry sericulture in the country initially practised
multivoltine pure breeds for commercial silk production
which had lower silk content (10-12% of cocoon weight),
limited productivity (15.88 kg of raw silk per hectare)
and low silk production (1,437 MT) during 1950s.
The implementation of Centrally sponsored Catalytic
Development Programme and Central Sector Scheme
“Silk Samagra” led to further improvement in productivity
(100kg/ha) and helped in enhancing the bivoltine silk
production to 5,266 MT by 2016-17. Breeding programmes
undertaken by CSB institutions have resulted in the
development of new silkworm hybrids for commercial
exploitation and new breeds with higher silk content
(22%). The raw silk production has increased considerably
all through the period from 1,421 MT in 1955-56 to 14,126 improved races in addition to the better rearing and post-
MT in 1996-97, 23,060 MT by end of XI Plan and 30,348 MT, cocoon technology packages suitable to the industry. The
31,906 MT by 2016-17 & 2017-18. Impact of R&D on silk genetic improvement in muga silkworms has resulted in
production is graphically presented below: production increase from 35 to 60 cocoons per dfl. Tasar
silkworm breeds have increased the production from 25
to 55 cocoons per dfl. Eri production has improved with
development of races having higher productivity (from
2kg/100 dfls to 12 kg/100 dfls).
The National Silkworm Seed Organization (NSSO) over the
years has earned the good will, credibility and preference
from the farmers for quality bivoltine silkworm seed

India traditionally had sericulture activity over decades

with low productivity. From 1992 onwards, the country
is producing 2A grade silk in Multi-end Reeling Machine
(MERM). Since 2008, production of silk quality of 3A &
4A has started with introduction of Automatic Reeling
Machine (ARM).
Vanya silkworms comprising tasar, muga and eri are
wild insect based, which cannot be easily domesticated.
R&D efforts of CSB have resulted in development of a few
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(dfls), even though, the state departments also produce agricultural and in particular, food grain production but
commercial seed. Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization also, alleviation of rural unemployment and poverty and
(BTSSO), Muga Silkworm Seed Organization (MSSO) and have therefore included investments for labor- intensive
Eri Silkworm Seed Production Centres (ESSPC) cater to sub-sectors such as sericulture. Based on past favourable
the needs of maintenance and production of nucleus and experiences and because of its potential for employment
basic silkworm seeds and limited quantity of commercial generation and improving rural income, both Government
seeds. The cocoon yield increase over a period of years is of India and the other State Governments have been
depicted in the graph elsewhere in the paper: planning measures to expand silk production. The table
below gives the historical background of developmental
Projects for the development of silk industry schemes and projects implemented in the country from
The Government of India’s development plans have 1980, which have catalysed the growth of silk industry in
persistently emphasized not only expansion of India:

Sericulture developmental projects implemented in the country

Project period Name of the Project States covered

1980-1985 Karnataka Sericulture Project (KSP) Karnataka

1987-1996 Indo-Swiss Mulberry Project Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
1990-1996 National Sericulture Project (NSP) All the States of India
1991-1997 Bivoltine Sericulture Technology Development – Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
(BSTD-JICA)
1997-2016 Catalytic Development Programme All the states of India
1997-2004 Seri-2000 Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal
1997-2002 Promotion & Popularizing the Practical Bivoltine Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
Sericulture Technology (PPPBST-JICA)
2002-2007 Project for Strengthening Extension System for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
Bivoltine Sericulture (PEBS-JICA)
1999-2003 UNDP assisted Sub-programme on development Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam,
of Vanya Silks: Tropical tasar, oak tasar, muga Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand & Chhattisgarh
and eri silk
1998-2008 JBIC Developmental projects Manipur & Chhattisgarh
2002- 2014 Special SGSY projects for development of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh,
mulberry, tasar, muga and eri culture Bihar and Jharkhand & Uttarakhand
2009-2016 NABARD- Tribal Development Fund Projects Bihar & Jharkhand
2014-2018 Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar & Telangana
2013-2017 Bivoltine Cluster Promotion Programme (BCPP) All the Indian states except Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh &
Jharkhand
2015-2017 Vanya Cluster Promotion Programme (VCPP) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh
2014-2020 North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme All North-eastern states
(NERTPS)
2017-2020 Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk All silk producing states
Industry - ISDSI (Silk Samagra)
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Sector-wise uniqueness of states

# Name of State Sector Uniqueness of the State

Mulberry Tasar Eri Muga
1 Andhra Pradesh √ √ Leading rice-growing state in the country. Second largest in silk production
2 Arunachal Pradesh √ √ √ √ Enriching array of unique & appealing handloom designs. State with least
density of population
3 Assam √ √ √ 3rd largest producer of silk in the country and famous for golden muga
silk. Highest in eri and muga silk production. State with highest number of
handlooms and weavers in the country
4 Bihar √ √ √ Important Buddhist pilgrimage
5 Chhattisgarh √ √ The Rice Bowl of India
6 Goa - - - - Famous for its splendid beaches
7 Gujarat - - - - Rich cultural heritage, especially dance & food
8 Haryana √ The home of Gods
9 Himachal Pradesh √ √ Popular hill stations among tourists attractions
10 Jammu & Kashmir √ Jammu is famous for Temples and Kashmir for lakes and gardens
11 Jharkhand √ √ Famous for its rich mineral resources.
12 Karnataka √ Famous for Pure Mysore silk and coffee & paddy fields. 1st in silk production
13 Kerala √ One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world
14 Madhya Pradesh √ √ Famous for the exquisite sculptures of Khajuraho
15 Maharashtra √ √ Third-most urbanized state of India.
16 Manipur √ √ √ √ Highest producer of Oak Tasar silk in the country.
17 Meghalaya √ - √ √ Tourist destination in NE. 2nd position in eri and muga silk production
18 Mizoram √ √ √ √ Land of hill people.
19 Nagaland √ √ √ √ Cultural heritage of different tribes
20 Odisha √ √ √ Famous for temples
21 Punjab √ Known for tourist destination
22 Rajasthan - - - - Great Indian Desert
23 Sikkim √ √ √ First organic-state in the country
24 Tamil Nadu √ Long coastline and the fabulous hill stations
25 Telangana √ √ Newly formed state in India.
26 Tripura √ Produces only Mulberry silk compared to other NE states
27 Uttarakhand √ √ Devabhumi literally «Land of the Gods» due to a large number of Hindu
temples and pilgrimage centres
28 Uttar Pradesh √ √ √ Known for its rich culture and tradition
29 West Bengal √ √ √ √ Famous for its terracotta temples and palace with popular tourist attraction
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Vision
On 21.3.2018, the Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA), Chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
has approved an Integrated Scheme for Development
of Silk Industry (ISDSI) titled as “Silk Samagra” for
implementation during 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Total outlay for the scheme is Rs.2161.68 crore. The
scheme details have been circulated among all sericulture
producing states. The scheme has four major components
viz., (1) R&D, ToT, Training & IT initiatives (2) Seed
Organizations (3) Coordination and Market Development
and (4) Quality Certification System.
The main focus of the scheme is to,
In India sericulture practices in different states are
i. Increase in silk production from 30,348 MT to traditional and unique. There are 29 States in the country
38,500 MT. which have inherent strength, of which, 26 States are
ii. Production of import substitute bivoltine silk important in sericulture either for mulberry, eri, muga
to reach 8,500 MT and attain self-sufficiency by & tasar or in combination of these sectors. Table in the
previous page gives the details of Indian states and the
2022.
states where different varieties of sericulture is practiced
iii. Help in productive employment from 85 lakhs and silk is produced:
to 100 lakhs (additional 15 lakhs).
As could be seen that, major states in the country practices
iv. Increase in raw silk productivity from 100 kg to mulberry and second position is held by tasar states in
111 kg. per hectare. terms of number of states, third is eri and fourth is muga. Of
v. Improvement in renditta from 6.8 to 6.2 kg for the states, which are shown under tasar sector, Himachal
production of 1 kg of raw silk. Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland & Uttarakhand
produce oak tasar, which is also called temperate tasar,
vi. Focus on improving highest grade quality silk other states produce tropical tasar. In terms of production
from 15% to 25% by 2020. of silk, mulberry stands first, eri 2nd, tasar 3rd and muga 4th
in the country. This book-let contains sericulture profile of
the above states with detailed information of various silk
produced, strength/potential of the state, which will be
handy and a reference book. This book contains the data
for the updated period up to 2017-18. The profile of states
in the following pages are given in alphabetical order.
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ANDHRA PRADESH Monsoons play a major role in determining the climate of

the state. Summers last from March to June. In the coastal
plain, the summer temperatures are generally higher
than the rest of the State, with temperature ranging 20-
42 °C. July to September is the season for tropical rains
in Andhra Pradesh. The state receives heavy rainfall from
the Southwest Monsoon during these months. Economy
275,045 sq. km 84,580,777 67.02% of the state is mainly based on Agriculture and Livestock.
.
Many agricultural products exported through coastal
(United Andhra Pradesh, 2011 census)
districts. 60% of population is engaged in agriculture and
Introduction related activities like Fisheries, Horticulture, Sericulture
etc. Sericulture plays an important role in providing
Andhra Pradesh is reorganized into Andhra Pradesh and subsidiary income. The climatic condition is conducive
Telangana on 2nd June 2014. Andhra Pradesh is one of for commercial exploitation of mulberry and tasar
the 29 states of India, situated on the country’s South- silks. The rain fall in Rayalaseema districts is very low
eastern coast. Bordered by Telangana in the North-west, when compared to the state average rain fall and thus,
Chhattisgarh in the North, Odisha in the North-east, Rayalaseema districts are drought prone districts in the
Karnataka in the West, Tamil Nadu in the South and the state. Therefore, unlike coastal districts, horticulture
Bay of Bengal in the East. crops and sericulture are predominant in Rayalaseema
districts.
The state has second longest coastline of 972 km in India,
next to Gujarat. There are two regions in the state namely Status of silk industry
Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, both put together
generally referred as Seemandhra. There are 13 districts Andhra Pradesh is traditional state and second largest
in the state, 9 in Coastal Andhra and 4 in Rayalaseema. mulberry silk producing state in the country and is well
The state is the largest producer of rice in India and hence known for International Grade Quality Bivoltine Silk.
it is praised as “The Rice Bowl of India”. The climate of Sericulture is an important sector of the state economy
Andhra Pradesh varies considerably, depending on the as it has very strong and traditional weaving base with
geographical region. weaving pockets like Dharmavaram, Patur, Peddapuram,
Mangalagiri, Rayadurg and Poddutur etc. Sericulture
Dharmavaram Development Department headed by Commissioner
of Sericulture with head quarters at Guntur, Andhra
Pradesh. The goal of the department is production of
International 2A and above grade bivoltine silk production
duly sanctioning of ARMs in the state under private sector.
Out of the total population, 0.14% of families are involved
in sericulture industry.

No. of sericulture villages 4217

No. of sericulture farmers 67750
Dharmavaram cluster produces a unique handloom No. of reelers 319
pattu and paavadas. Sarees woven on handlooms No. of weavers 106792
with mulberry silk and zari.
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The state has also got strong industrial base besides

traditional silk handloom pockets like Dharmavaram,
Peddapuram, Uppada, Venkatagri etc., which are nationally
renowned silk handloom weaving centers, encouraging
the growth of sericulture industry in the state.

Silk production trends

# Variety 2013- 2014- 2015- 2016- 2017-
14 15 16 17 18
I Mulberry 45647 45726 29829 33156 36638
plantation (ha)
II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
Bivoltine 380 495 708 1056.46 1216
Cross Breed 6531 5990 4378 4913.82 5559
Total 6911 6485 5086 5970 6775
III Vanya silk (MT)
Tasar 0.46 - 1 3
Grand Total 6911 6485 5086 5971 6778

District-wise status of sericulture during 2017-18

# District Mul- Mulberry cocoon Mulberry raw silk
berry production (MT) production (MT)
area BV CB Total BV CB Total
(ha)
1 Anantapur 15285 3089 18298 21387 494 2524 3018
2 Chittoor 14535 2812 16669 19481 450 2299 2749 Schemes of Government of India
3 Kadapa 885 170 755 925 27 104 131 Government of India is providing continued support
4 Kurnool 1260 322 1137 1459 51 157 208 to Andhra Pradesh State for intensive development of
5 Srikakulum 247 48 137 185 8 19 27 sericulture in all its spheres for maximization of benefits
6 Vijayanagaram 283 50 164 214 8 23 31
from existing capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and
for creating new infrastructure at farmers’ level, common
7 Visakhapatnam 260 50 151 201 8 21 29
facility centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning
8 East Godavari 759 381 650 1031 61 90 151 and silk weaving activities, besides infrastructure for seed
9 West Godavari 740 141 545 686 23 75 98 production for State Governments. These interventions
10 Krishna 399 79 239 318 13 33 46 are expected to transform the state from the present
11 Guntur 457 84 279 363 13 38 51
level of silk production to Silk hub of India in coming
years by providing self employment opportunities in the
12 Prakasham 1211 314 1083.9 1398 50 150 200
hinterland, protect the heritage with ultimate aim of “Make
13 Nellore 318 60 192 252 10 26 36 in India” in an eco-friendly atmosphere. Government of
Total 36638 7600 40300 47900 1216 5559 6775 India has supported Andhra Pradesh for implementation
of CDP, a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to XII
Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host plantations,
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post-cocoon infrastructure, extension, upgradation of Enterprise development programme. The details of

silk reeling and processing facilities, capacity building, assistance are as below:
publicity, enterprise development etc. Fund released by
Central Silk Board to Andhra Pradesh for implementation (Rs. in crore)
of the CDP from IX Plan to XII plan are as under: 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
CSS SILK SAMAGRA
(Rs. in crore) 4.8768 11.71 8.5720 4.123
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17) released State plan schemes
30.37 65.61 70.48 62.61 229.07
State has created a separate department for development
of sericulture which looks after all issues relating to
Silk production trend - Mulberry sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching share
for implementation of the schemes/programmes under
7500
state as well as “Silk Samagra”.
Raw silk production (MT)

6911
7000 6775
6485
6500 5970 The state has manpower for implementation of centrally
6000
sponsored schemes, convergence and state specific
5500 5086
5000 sericulture programmes (the state having 1745 nos. of
4500 manpower). Financial assistance provided by the state for
4000 maintenance of infrastructure and related activities under
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year sericulture sector is as under:

Silk Samagra (Rs. in crore)

During XII State Plan (2012-17) 2017-18 2018-19
Silk Samagra is a comprehensive central sector scheme of 200.59 25.60 74.976
Central Silk Board under implementation from 2017-18 to
2019-20, for overall development of sericulture industry in Convergence programme
the country, implemented directly as well as through state
governments. Central Silk Board has been supporting While funding for the future development programmes
states towards implementation of various beneficiary could be with convergence from Ministry of Textiles,
oriented components under mulberry, vanya and post- Agriculture and Rural Development etc., in the state to
cocoon sectors. These interventions are important consider sericulture as an important sector and provide
tools for transfer and adoption of improved technology matching state share besides, creating a full-fledged
packages developed by the research institutes of Central sericulture department in the years to come. The table
Silk Board. The programme catalyzes the efforts of state below gives details of assistance availed by the state
governments to improve the quality, productivity and under convergence:
production of raw silk besides, generating employment
(Rs. in crore)
opportunities particularly, in the rural areas. The
interventions cover the major areas viz., (a) Development Year RKVY MGNREGA Others Total
and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and XII Plan (2012-17) 13.5147 26.88 - 40.3947
creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure, 2017-18 8.27 13.0166 - 21.2866
(c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure,
(d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in
silk, and (e) Capacity building through skill development/
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Infrastructure under State and CSB for Marketing

sericulture development Andhra Pradesh has its own strength of producing about
Central Silk Board has also established following 45,000 MT of both bivoltine hybrid and improved cross
Institutes/Units to supplement the efforts of State breed reeling cocoons. Presently, only about 2,500 reeling
Government in Andhra Pradesh for the development of basins both under private and government sector are
sericulture: functioning against the actual requirement of 15,600
basins. The present basin in the state hardly can consume
A. Mulberry sector around 6,250 MT of reeling cocoons out of average
1. RSRS, Anantapur reeling cocoon production of 45,000 MT leaving a quantity
2. REC, Eluru of 38,750 MT cocoons which are being drained out to
3. REC, Rayachoty neighboring states. The state cocoons are transacted in
4. REC-Sub Unit, Atmakur the government cocoon markets through open auction
5. REC,V. Kota (e-marketing) under the supervision of a Sericulture
B. Post-cocoon sector Officer, Dept. of Sericulture and no markets are existing in
1. STSC, Dharmavaram the state under private sector for cocoon marketing and
C. Seed sector
the silk commodities i.e., raw silk, twisted silk, silk waste
1. SSPCs, Hindupur
and silk fabrics.
2. SSPC, Madanapalli Way forward
3. SSC, Vijayawada
• Though, state has potential to grow all four popular
4. P2 BSF, Parigi
varieties namely mulberry, tasar, eri and muga, only
5. P2 BSF, Madakasira
mulberry and tasar are practiced on commercial
6. P2 BSF, Horseley Hills scale.
D. Non-mulberry sector
1. BSMTC, Rampachodavaram
• The climatic condition prevail in the State is conducive
for commercial exploitation of mulberry and tasar
# Particulars No. silks.
1 Basic Seed Farm (BSF) 2
2 Grainage 7
• Department is emphasizing more on bivoltine raw silk
production with implementation of various schemes
3 Incubation/CRC 48
started by Central Silk Board and due to which on-
4 Cold storage 1
(Hibernating house) farm & non-farm sectors are gaining momentum in
5 Departmental Nurseries Nos. 36 the state.
Area 70
• With the gained experience of the department, on-
6 Cocoon market 8
farm sector in the sericulture industry has been
7 Pvt. reeling units 240
developed to reasonable heights. The Non-farm
8 Silk handloom 106792 activities particularly, reeling sector has to be
9 Silk twisting spindles 52980 supported with the existing marketing system.
10 Silk power loom 5200
11 Silk exchange 2
• Development of sericulture in the aspirational
districts viz., Vishakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and
12 Sericulture farmers 67750
YSR Kadapa in the form of soil to silk project.
13 Sericulture district 13
14 Sericulture village 4217
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Success story Cocoon yield and income details

# Particulars 2015-16 2016-17
1 Mulberry acreage for rearing 1.5 2.5
2 No. of crops/year - Bivoltine hybrids 10 10
3 No. of dfls brushed (year) 1750 2500
4 Cocoon production (kg/year) 1140 1875
5 Yield/100 dfls (kg) 65 75
Shri M. Kannappa
6 Average Cocoon Rate Rs./kg including 425 475
Village: Kanamanayanapalli incentive
Andhra Pradesh 7 Gross income 4,84,500 8,90,625
Shri M. Kannappa, son of Shri Metteppa, resident of 8 Cost of production (Rs.) 2,00,000 2,50,000
Kanamanayanapalli village. Their family used to cultivate 9 Net income 2,84,500 6,40,625
vegetables for the last 9 years experiences loss in crops and
He always uses chawki worms reared in private
financial loss. He has borrowed money from other farmers
CRCs mainly from Shri Lakshmi Narasimha and Shri
and drilled 3 bore wells but failed to get water. Finally, he
Venkateswara Bivoltine CRC, V. Kota. He uses Decol,
started the sericulture with 1 acre. He has 2.5 acres of V-1
Chlorin-dioxide, Asthra for disinfection of rearing house
mulberry plantation with drip irrigation (3’x3’ spacing). He
and bed disinfectants like Vijetha, Ankush green regularly
applies fertilizers based on the recommendations of soil
and Capton+lime during winter for protecting the silkworm
test reports. He controls pest like tukra and leaf roller by
crops from diseases. He also adopts integrated method for
using integrated pest management practices. Further, with
management of uzi fly infestation by using anti-chamber,
the assistance under RKVY, he has constructed a rearing
nylon nets, uzi trap and pouches of Nesolynx thymus.
house with rearing capacity of 300 dfls per crop and also
Due to adaptation of improved methods of cocoon yield
received an assistance of Rs.37,500/- from department.
increased to 75-80 kg per 100 dfls which in turn increased
his net income source.

“With Sericulture, I’ m able to lead comfortable life

by getting good crops and returns”.
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH food plantation in the state involving around 8736 families
from 542 villages.

Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
I Mulberry 342 341 100 140
plantation (ha)
83,743 sq. km 13,83,727 65.38 % II Mulberry raw silk
(MT)
Introduction Bivoltine 1.2 3 2 2
Crossbreed 0.30
Arunachal Pradesh, the “Land of Rising Sun”, is located Mulberry total (I) 1 3 2 2.3
at the farthest point of North-eastern part of India and III Vanya silk (MT)
major portion is covered under forest. It is the home to Eri 10 32 42 50
some of the most magical lures, including Tawang, Bom- Muga 0.90 2 1 2
dila, Ziro, Itanagar and Pasighat which have rich cultures Vanya total (II) 11 34 43 52
and traditions. Grand total (I+II) 12 37 45 54

Arunachal Pradesh is bounded by Assam and Nagaland District-wise status of sericulture (2017-18)
to the South and shares international borders with Bhu-
tan in the West, Myanmar in the East and is separated # District Raw silk production (MT)

from China in the North. The state consists of 22 ad- Mulberry Eri Muga
ministrative districts viz., Tawang, West Kameng, East 1 West Kameng - 1.00 -
Kameng, Papumpare, Kradaddi, Kurung Kumey, Low- 2 East Kameng - 2.00 -
er Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, West Siang, East Siang, 3 Papumpare 0.35 6.00 0.15
Upper Siang, Lower Siang, Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, 4 Tirap 0.06 - -
Upper Dibang Valley, Lohit, Anjaw, Namsai, Changlang,
5 Kurung Kumey - - 0.33
Tirap, Kamle & Longding.
6 Lower Subansiri 0.06 3.00 -
The state is famous for creating intricate designs in han- 7 Upper Subansiri - 2.00 -
dlooms with 27,286 numbers of handlooms and 33,041 8 West Siang 0.24 6.00 0.10
handloom weavers. The state has rich tradition of Cane
9 Upper Siang - 2.50 -
and Bamboo handicrafts.
10 East Siang 1.00 8.00 0.40
Status of silk industry 11 Siang 0.23 2.00 -

Arunachal Pradesh is the biggest state in North-East 12 Lower Dibang Valley - 3.50 0.30
having vast potential for development of all the 4 varieties 13 Dibang Valley 0.17 -
of silk viz., mulberry, eri, muga and oak-tasar. Eri and
14 Lohit - 2.00 0.06
muga rearing are mostly practiced in foot hill areas,
mulberry in the middle altitude areas and oak-tasar in 15 Namsai 0.19 6.00 0.08
higher altitude areas. People of the state are traditionally 16 Changlang - 6.00 0.10
skilled in weaving which is a household activity. Presently, Total 2.30 50.00 1.50
about 140 hectares of land is covered under mulberry
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Arunachal Pradesh

The 16 districts of Arunachal Pradesh practise sericulture,

mulberry, eri or muga and in certain cases more than one
variety.

Schemes of Government of India

Government of India is providing continued support
to Arunachal Pradesh for intensive development of
sericulture in all its spheres for maximization of benefits
from existing capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and
for creating new infrastructure at farmers’ level. Common
facility centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning
and silk weaving activities, besides, infrastructure for
seed production for state governments.
Government of India has supported Arunachal Pradesh
for implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
(CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to first 3
years of XII Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host
plantation and post-cocoon infrastructure, up-gradation
of silk reeling and processing facilities, enterprise
development, capacity building, extension and publicity
etc. Funds released by Central Silk Board to Arunachal
Pradesh for implementation of the CDP from IX Plan to XI
Plan and first 3 years of XII plan are as under:

(Rs. in crore)
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-13 to released
2014-15)
0.28 2.56 11.01 9.06 22.91

With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,

the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
2015-16 and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
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North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme Intensive Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project (IBSDP).
(NERTPS) The broad objective of the NERTPS under sericulture is to
develop and modernize the sericulture sector in the state
Keeping in view the prospects and potential for by providing the required government support in terms
sericulture development in Arunachal Pradesh and in the of raw material, seed banks, machinery, Common Facility
backdrop of CDP implemented from IX Plan to XII Plan. Centres (CFC), skill development, design &marketing
Government of India, under the umbrella scheme “North- support, etc. Two sericulture projects under Integrated
East Region Textile Promotion Scheme” has given focus Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and Intensive
for sericulture development in Arunachal Pradesh under Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project (IBSDP) are under
Integrated Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and implementation. The details of the projects are as below:

Particulars Project cost GoI share Project in Project output

(Rs. in cr.) (Rs. in cr.)
Beneficiary Raw silk (MT)
(Nos.)
ISDP (eri 18.42 18.42 8 districts & 24 blocks 1,805 79 MT during the project & 35 MT per annum thereafter.
& muga)
(2014-18)
IBSDP 29.47 26.20 3 districts & 5 blocks 1,144 20 MT during the project & 16 MT per annum thereafter.
(mulberry)
(2015-18)

During 2017-18, assistance was provided to Arunachal

Pradesh under NERTPS and hence, assistance was not
Silk production trend - Eri
60
sought under Silk Samagra.
Raw silk production (MT)

50 50
42
Convergence programme 40
32
30
Future development programmes of sericulture in the
20
state could be with convergence of schemes from Ministry 11 10
10
of Textiles, Agriculture and Rural Development etc. Table
0
below gives details of assistance availed by the state
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
under convergence:
Year

(Rs. in crore)
Silk production trend MULBERRY
Year RKVY MGNERGS Others Total
- Mulberry & Muga MUGA
2014-15 0.4 0.4 3 3
Raw silk production (MT)

2.5
3 2
2015-16 0.75 0.75 2
2
2016-17 1.23 - -- 1.23 2
2
1 1.5
2017-18 0.78 - - 0.78 1
1 1 1
2018-19 5.25* - - 5.25* 1

*Sanction not received. 0

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year
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Arunachal Pradesh

Raw silk production - 2017-18 Infrastructure under State and CSB for
1.5 2 sericulture development
3% 4%
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres,
the following infrastructure has been created in Arunachal
Pradesh under State and Central Silk Board over different
Plan periods. Also, Central Silk Board has established one
MULBERRY
Research Extension Centre at Sille.
ERI
50 Sector Infrastructure Under state
MUGA
93%
Muga seed farm 01
Sericulture being high labour intensive sector, Muga Muga reeling centre 10
maintenance of farm throughout the year manually is Muga grainage 01
difficult. So, the assistance provided under RKVY scheme,
Eri production centre 21
Ministry of Agriculture is utilized for mechanisation of
farms. Ambar charkha unit 03
Eri Spinning centre 02
State plan schemes Eri grainage 01
The state has given matching share for implementation Commercial grainage 01
of the schemes/programmes under “NERTPS”. In addition Multiplication centres 28
to the support from Government of India, state has also Mulberry Extension centres 28
state-specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure Cottage basin reeling units 05
created over various plan periods and for implementation Multi-end reeling unit 01
of specific components, which are not covered under any
of the central sector and centrally sponsored schemes. Seed production units 01
Oak Tasar
The state has 521 manpower for implementation of Reeling unit 01
centrally sponsored schemes, convergence and state CFC 03
Others
specific sericulture programmes. Centre of excellence 01
The details of financial assistance provided by the state Post-cocoon sector
for maintenance of infrastructure and related activities
under sericulture sector are as under. The following infrastructure at state and beneficiary
level are available to support value addition of cocoons
(Rs. in crore) produced within the state:
Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Infrastructure No.
Amount 0.95 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50
Cottage basin reeling units 1
The funds from the state plan programmes were in Twisting units 1
respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing and Vanya reeling/spinning units 1
infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
besides maintenance of infrastructure available in the
state created over a period of time.
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Marketing Success story

There is no organized marketing system in Arunachal
Pradesh. However, the state government facilitates the
farmers to market the cocoons produced by them at
identified locations in the state and invite reelers and other
consumers to participate in open auction. This marketing
system is not on a daily basis due to the reason that the
sericulture activity in Arunachal Pradesh is seasonal.
Smt. Bomchak Taipodia,
Way forward W/o. Shri Mikar Taipodia,
• There is much attention required for value addition of Village: Bali,
the cocoons produced within North-East. District: West Siang,
Arunachal Pradesh - 791 101.
• Development of sericulture in the aspirational district
of Namsai. Smt. Bomchak Taipodia (34 years) has been involved in
muga culture since 2008, after undergoing skill training
• To establish a separate department of sericulture.
in muga silkworm rearing and quality cocoon production
• The state has also tremendous scope for development under CDP from Central Silk Board. She raised Som
of eri Industry. plantation in 3 acre plot and achieved an average yield
• Wild sanctuary for muga has been taken up to protect of 1 lakh cocoons from 3000 dfls from 2 crops of muga
the species. cocoons (Jerua & Kotia). She also constructed a muga
spinning/ rearing house in 2010. She earns an annual
Arunachal Pradesh is being an important state in the
income of Rs.1 lakh.
Sericulture Map of India, a project on large scale eri farming
has been approved to cover 1000 acres of plantation in the
Blocks of Papumpare, Siang, East Siang, West Siang and “We have a large family of 10 members
East Kameng districts covering 1270 beneficiaries.
and I am thankful to sericulture that
improved economic conditions of our
family and we lead a decent life. Now,
I am able to send my children to high
school for quality education.”
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ASSAM Magadh, Aung, Mithila and Brahmadesh during 1340 BC.

Sualkuchi, in Kamrup district has large number of cottage
industries engaged in handloom, for which it is also known
as the “Manchester of Assam”. The art of silkworm rearing
and silk weaving have been closely associated with the
culture and tradition amongst the women folk of Assam.
The climatic condition prevails in the state is conducive
78,438 sq. km. 3,12,05,576 72.19% for commercial exploitation of muga, eri, mulberry and
oak tasar silk. The state consists of 35 districts including
Introduction BTC. Sericulture is concentrated in Kamrup & Kamrup,
Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sibsagar,
Assam, with rich biodiversity is the most spectacular Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur,
looking state in the country and known as the Gateway to the Sonitpur, Biswanath Chariali, Darrang, Nalbari, Barpeta,
North-East India. The endless expanses of tea plantation, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Hatsingimari, Goalapara, Cachar,
stretching all over the state, look majestic and it is blessed Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong in
with some incredible gems. Assam is situated in South of Assam and Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Udalguri in Bodoland.
the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak
River valleys. The state is bordered by Bhutan and Presently, 33,920 hectares of land is covered under
Arunachal Pradesh to the North, Nagaland and Manipur to silkworm food plantation in the state by involving around
the East, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to 3,53,000 families from 20, 333 villages and 17,916
the South, and West Bengal to the West. reelers. Assam is the third largest silk producing state
in India. The state produces around 85% of global muga
Assam is known for Assam-tea and Assam-silk. The state silk and 62% of country’s Eri Silk production. Assam is
has conserved the one-horned Indian rhinoceros from the highest producer of eri and muga silk in India. BTC
near extinction, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy contributes more than 30% of Eri silk production in the
hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds and state. More than 40% concentration of Handlooms, out of
provides one of the last wild habitats for the elephant. the total handlooms in NE is present in Assam.
The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam has
jurisdictions in the bodoland territorial area districts. It is Silk production trends
an autonomous administrative council constituted under
# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India covering an
area of about 8795 sq. km. Assam is famous for creating I Mulberry plantation 7356 7765 7898 8594
intricate designs in handlooms and holds 1st position in (ha)
the country with 11,11,577 number of handlooms and has II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
16,43,453 handloom weavers. Bivoltine 29 33 52 59
Cross Breed 2 7
Status of silk industry
Total (I) 31 40 52 59
Assam endowed with numerous flora and fauna which III Vanya silk (MT)
include varieties of sericigenous insect and their food Eri 3055 3143 3619 4645
plants. Agriculture is the primary occupation of the rural Muga 136 142 139 157
populace of Assam. Besides, agriculture and horticulture, Vanya Total (II) 3191 3285 3759 4802
sericulture plays an important role in providing subsidiary Grand Total (I+II) 3222 3325 3811 4861
income. Silk from Brahmaputra valley was marketed to
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The strength of the state is eri silk production followed by

mulberry and muga. There has been incremental increase in
production of all varieties of silk.
District-wise status of sericulture (2017-18)
# District Raw Silk Production (MT)
Mulberry Eri Muga
1 Kamrup & Kamrup (Metro) 0.52 144.54 13.07
2 Morigaon 0.76 133.37 1.58
3 Nagaon 0.83 214.91 0.14
4 Hojai 0.29 2
5 Golaghat 2.17 160.98 8.52
6 Jorhat 2.41 171.89 0.29
7 Majuli 0.1 2 -
8 Sivasagar 1.03 1169.12 16.74
9 Dibrugarh 1.59 138.5 10.55
10 Tinsukia 1.26 111.16 1.82
11 Dhemaji 2.84 133.37 16.47
12 Lakhimpur 7.76 91.72 27.31
13 Sonitpur 2.09 178.46 0.87
14 Biswanath Chariali - 1 0.2
15 Darrang 9.7 80.26 6.18
16 Nalbari 0.35 51.76 0
17 Barpeta 0.7 126.55 0.54
18 Bongaigaon 0.48 29.81 0.3
19 Dhubri 0.38 97.94 -
20 Hatsingimari 0.1 1
21 Goalpara 0.87 143.39 15.58
22 Cachar 0.38 57.91 1
23 Karimganj 0.51 41.12 -
24 Hailakandi 0.38 27.77 -
25 DimaHasao 0.65 87.27 -
26 Karbi Anglong 3.88 157.32 0.04
27 Kokrajhar 4.25 250.7 9.3
28 Chirang 2.55 152.6 6.4
29 Baksa 4.25 250.7 8.6
30 Udalguri 5.95 436 11.5
Total 59.03 4645.12 157
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Assam

state government. These interventions are expected

Silk production trend - Eri to transform the state from the present level of silk
5000
production to silk hub of India in coming years by
Raw silk production (MT)

4645
4500
providing self employment opportunities in the hinterland
4000 and protect the heritage with ultimate aim of Make in India
3619
3500 in an eco- friendly atmosphere.
3143
3000 3055
2613 Government of India has supported Assam for
2500
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
2000
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to first 3
Year
years of XII Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host
plantations, post-cocoon infrastructure, up-gradation of
Silk production trend silk reeling and processing facilities, extension, capacity
MULBERRY
building, enterprise development, and publicity etc.
- Mulberry & Muga MUGA
200 Implementation of CDP was instrumental in raising the
Raw silk production (MT)

157
136 142 139 status of Assam in sericulture sector.Funds released by
150 126
Central Silk Board to Assam for implementation of the
100 CDP from IX Plan to 3 years of XII Plan are as under:
52 59
27 31 40
50 (Rs. in crore)
0
IX X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Plan (2002- (2007- (2012-13 released
Year (1997- 07) 12) to 2014-
2002) 15)
Assam 4.88 20.96 79.01 68.86 173.71
Raw silk production - 2017-18 BTC - 3.12 24.18 27.71 55.01
157 59
3% 1%
With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,
the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
Silk Samagra
MULBERRY
ERI Silk Samagra is a comprehensive central sector scheme of
4645
96%
MUGA Central Silk Board under implementation from 2017-18 to
2019-20, for overall development of sericulture industry in
Schemes of Government of India the country, implemented directly as well as through state
governments. Central Silk Board has been supporting
Government of India is providing continued support to states towards implementation of various beneficiary-
Assam for intensive development of sericulture in all oriented components under mulberry, vanya and post-
its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing cocoon sectors. The programme catalyzes the efforts of
capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and for creating state governments to improve the quality, productivity and
new infrastructure at farmers’ level, common facility production of raw silk besides, generating employment
centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and opportunities particularly in the rural areas. An amount of
silk weaving activities, besides seed infrastructure for Rs.0.21 crore has been released during 2018-19.
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North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme focus for Sericulture development in Assam under Integrated
(NERTPS) Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and Intensive
Bivoltine Sericulture Development Program (IBSDP).The
Keeping in view the prospects and potential for sericulture broad objective of the NERTPS under Sericulture is to
development in Assam and in the backdrop of Catalytic develop and modernize the sericulture sector in the state
Development Programme implemented from IX Plan to by providing the required Government support in terms
XII Plan, Government of India, under the umbrella scheme of raw material, seed banks, machinery, common facility
“North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme” has given centres, skill development, design &marketing support, etc.

Assam
Particulars Project cost GoI share Project in Project Output
(Rs. in cr.) (Rs. in cr.) Benef.(No.) Raw silk (MT)
ISDP 66.67 47.42 8 districts & 5,965 196 MT during the project & 93.64 MT p.a thereafter
(eri&muga) 18 blocks
(2014-18)
IBSDP (mulberry) 29.55 26.28 1 district & 1,144 29 MT during the project & 17.2 MT p.a thereafter
(2015-18)
2 blocks

BTC
Particulars Project cost GoI Project Project Output
(Rs. in cr.) Share (Rs. in cr.) Area
Benef. Raw Silk
(No.) (MT)
ISDP (eri & muga) 34.92 24.68 4 districts &10 blocks 3,356 171 MT during the project &7 5 MT per annum
(2014-18) thereafter
IESDP (eri) 11.41 10.61 1 district & 2 blocks 654 60 MT during the project & 25 MT per annum
(2015-18) thereafter
Soil to silk (eri) 55.36 53.12 1 district & 4 blocks 3,526 245 MT during the project & 100 MT per annum
(2016-19) thereafter
IBSDP (mulberry) 30.06 26.75 2 district & 3 blocks 1,188 26 MT during the project & 15 MT per annum
(2015-18) thereafter

Convergence programme (Rs. in crore)

Future development programmes of sericulture in Year RKVY MGNREGA Others
the state could be with convergence of schemes Assam BTC Assam BTC Assam BTC
from Ministry of Textiles, Agriculture and Rural 2014-15 - - - - 0.69 -
Development etc.The Table below gives details of 2015-16 0.50 - - - 5.96 -
assistance availed by the state under convergence. 2016-17 - - - 9.15 -
2017-18 - - - - 9.38 -
2018-19 - - - - 82.00 -
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Assam

Schemes of the State Under Under

Sector Infrastructure (Assam)
state CSB
State has created a separate department for development
RO, Guwahati - 1
of sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching
share for implementation of the schemes/programmes Field Lab, Titabar - 1
under NERTPS. In addition to the support from Govt. of CMER& TI, Lahdoigarh -- 1
India, State has also state-specific plans for maintenance RMRS, Boko -- 1
of infrastructure created over various plan periods and REC, Lakhimpur -- 1
for implementation of specific components, which are MSSO, Guwahati -- 1
not covered under any of the central sector and centrally
P3 unit, Narayanpur, Hahim &
sponsored schemes. The state has 2635 manpower Paliapool -- 3
for implementation of centrally sponsored schemes,
MUGA SSPC, Kaliabari -- 1
convergence and state specific sericulture programmes.
RSTRS, Guwahati -- 1
The details of financial assistance provided by the State
for maintenance of infrastructure and related activities Village Grazing Reserves (VGR) 67 --
under sericulture sector are as under: Farm cum Seed Multiplication
Centre 12 --
(Rs. in crore) Research sub station 1 --

State 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Reeling unit 14 --

ESSPC, Azara -- 1
Assam 79.95 74.87 82.84 204.07 126.30
Production Centre (ESG) 26 --
BTC 3.05 3.05 3.85 3.85 4.65
Concentration Centre (ECC) 94 --
Note: Figures includes Plan & Non-Plan
Nursery 1 --
The funds from the State Plan programmes were in Spinning centre 25 --
respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing, and Ambar charkha unit 5 --
infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
BSF, Topatali 1
besides maintenance of infrastructure available in the
state created over a period. RSRS, Jorhat -- 1
REC, Mongaldoi -- 1
Infrastructure under State and CSB SSPC, Jorhat 1
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres, P3-farm 2 --
the following infrastructure has been created under State P2-farm 2 --
and Central Silk Board over different Plan periods. P1-farm cum grainage 8 --
Mulberry Cold storage 1 --
Collective Mulberry Garden(CMG) 109 --
Chawki rearing centres 6 --
Reeling Unit 26 --
Multi-end Reeling units 3 --
Cottage Basin 21 --
Twisting Plant 3 --
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Under Under identified locations in the state and invite reelers and other
Sector Infrastructure (Assam) consumers to participate in open auctions. This marketing
state CSB
OAK-TASAR Tasar production centre 5 -- system is not on a daily basis due to the reason that the
Basic Muga Seed Farm 2 -
sericulture activity in Assam is seasonal. The state has
Village Grazing Reserves (VGR) 2 - established cocoon banks at Boko (Kamrup), Golaghat and
Muga
P-3 Basic Seed Station, Kowabil, - 1 Lakhimpur.
Kokrajhar
Eri Seed Grainage (ESG) 4 - Way forward
Eri Concentration Centres (ECC) 22 -
Eri
Eri Spinning Training Centre 5 - • Strength of BTC in ericulture should be fully explored
(ESTC) 1 - for improving productivity in eri silk sector
Eri Nursery 1 -
Cocoon Bank 1 -
• It is proposed to establish Women Technology Park in
Indiluo Eri Spun Mill, Kokrajhar
silk sector
Mulberry Collective Mulberry Garden 15 -
(CMG)
• There is much attention required for value addition
for the cocoons produced within NE in the backdrop of
Post-cocoon sector
inherent strength of this region in weaving.
The following infrastructure at State level and beneficiary
level are available to support value addition of cocoons • Development of sericulture in the Aspirational
produced within the state. Districts-Goalpara, Barpeta, Darrang, Baksa, Udalguri
and Hailkandi.
Infrastructure Assam BTC
• Wild sanctuary for muga has been taken up to protect
No. of multi-end reeling units 1 2
the species.
No. of twisting units - 3
Keeping in view of the huge potential for eri production
Marketing and the demand for high quality spun yarn for industries,
There is no organised marketing system in the state of Ministry has approved to establish a new eri spun silk mill
Assam. However, the state government facilitates the at Biswanath in Assam and Baksa in BTC to produce of
farmers to market the cocoons produced by them at high quality eri spun silk yarn.
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Assam

Success story

Smt. Pratibha Nath

W/o. Shri Jagannath Nath
Village: Hengalpara
Taluk: Hengalpara
District: Darrang
Assam: 784145
Mobile: 8011466238
Smt. Pratibha Nath (50 years) has been involved in mulberry sericulture since 2012-13. With assistance under CDP, she
could construct CRC building and purchased chawki rearing equipment. Besides taking up chawki rearing centre, she
grabbed the opportunity of supplying saplings by raising kisan nursery. She gained the required technical expertise
through Beneficiary Empowerment Programme. She started with production of 65000 saplings during 2012-13, which
she increased to 1 lakh during 2013-14 and 1.4 lakh during 2014-15. She raises S-1635 mulberry saplings in two
batches a year in her 2 acre plot that fetches her with an annual income of Rs.3.25 lakh.

“Sericulture has improved my life from below poverty line (BPL) family to above
poverty line (APL) family besides, improving my life style and health & education
of my children. Regular income from sericulture helped me to construct own
house.”
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BIHAR confined to Kishanganj, Purnea, Araria, Supal, Saharsa and

Madhepura district of North Bihar. Eri culture is practiced
to some extent in the state and activities are restricted
to Bakhtiarpur, Begusarai and Samastipur district. There
are 26,394 sericulturists in 541 villages and 7645 looms
engaged in the silk weaving. Trends in silk production as
on March 2018 are depicted in Table below.
94,163 sq. km. 10,40,99,452 61.8%
Silk production trends
Introduction # Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
I Mulberry 693 743 421 557
Bihar is basically an agricultural state, situated about 173 plantation (ha)
ft. above the mean sea level. The plain is divided into two II Mulberry raw silk 12 19 23 17
unequal halves by the river Ganga which flows through (MT)
the middle from West to East. III Vanya silk (MT)
Tasar 33 41 44 36
Soil in Bihar is alluvial and partly sandy loam rejuvenated
Eri 8 8 10 10
every year by constant deposition of silt, clay and sand,
Total 41 48 53 46
brought by different streams. There are three major
Grand Total 53 67 77 63
types of soil in Bihar. Piedmont swamp soilfound in north (Mulberry +Vanya)
western part of west Champaran district, Terai soil found
in northern part along with the border of Nepal and the District-wise production during 2017-18
plain of Bihar is covered by Gangetic alluvium soil. # District Mulberry Raw silk production (MT)
plantation (ha)
The state enjoys tropical to sub-tropical climate with Mulberry Tasar Eri
moderately hot summer (March to May) and winter 1 Kishanganj 85.00 5.307
(December to February). Maximum temperature in the
2 Supaul 95.34 5.151
state ranges from 38-420C and minimum temperature
3 Purnea 117.58 3.484
from 8 to 120C. Rainfall is spread over 4-5 months during
the year and on an average the state receives around 4 Araria 50.48 1.103
1200-1700 mm of rainfall annually with south-western 5 Saharsa 50.32
monsoon during June to September. Relative humidity 6 Banka 8.55 0.65
ranges from 65 to 95%. The main agricultural crops of
7 Vaishali 8.38
Bihar are cereals, sugarcane, pluses and jute.
8 Katihar 68.70 0.846
Status of silk industry 9 Madhepura 58.80 0.628
In Bihar, sericulture industry is in practice since pre- 10 Banka 10.50 24.05
historic period. Rearing of Tasar silkworm is ancestral and
11 Munger 1.73
deep rooted among Adivasis (Tribal). The agro-climatic
12 Nawada 1.38
conditions prevailing in the state are suitable for tasar, eri
and mulberry sericulture. Biharis left with tasar growing 13 Pradan 8.88
areas in some of south Bihar district viz., Banka, Jamui, 14 Muzaffarpur 3.54 0.005 9.68
Munger, Nawada and Kaimur. Of late, efforts were made TOTAL 557 17 36 10
to increase tasar activities through special SGSY projects
in the district of Banka and Jamui. Mulberry sericulture is
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Bihar

Schemes of Government of India

Government of India is providing support to Bihar for
intensive development of sericulture for maximization of
benefits from existing capacity as a part of consolidation
efforts and for creating new infrastructure at farmers
level, Common Facility Centre for farm mechanization,
reeling, spinning and silk weaving activities, besides
infrastructure for seed production for State Governments.
These interventions are expected to transform the state
from the present level of silk production to silk hub of
India in coming years by providing self employment
opportunities in the hinterland, protect the heritage
with ultimate aim of “Make in India” in an eco- friendly
atmosphere.
Central Silk Board has supported Bihar for implementation
of Catalytic Development Programme (CDP), a centrally
sponsored scheme from XI to XII plan. The CDP
envisaged development of host plantations, post-cocoon
infrastructure, extension, upgradation of silk reeling
and processing facilities, capacity building, enterprise
development, etc. Fund released by Central Silk Board for
Bihar for implementation of CDP from XI Plan to XII plan
is as under:

(Rs. in lakh)
XI Plan (2007-12) XII Plan (2012-17) Total funds
released
544.585 760.465 1305.05

Apart from this, Central Silk Board has released a sum

of Rs. 89.38 Lakh under TSP and Rs. 103.89 Lakh under
SCSP. Based on the decision of Government of India to
restructure Centrally Sponsored Schemes, the CDP was
discontinued during 2015-16.

Silk Samagra
This is a comprehensive Central Sector Scheme of Central
Silk Board (CSB) under implementation from 2017-18 to
2019-20, for overall development of sericulture industry in
the country, implemented directly as well as through state
Governments. Central Silk Board has been supporting
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state towards implementation of various beneficiary State Plan schemes

oriented components under mulberry, Vanya and post-
cocoon sectors. These interventions are important Year Sanctioned (lakh Rs.)
tools for transfer and adoption of improved technology 2014-15 1278.72
packages developed by the Research Institutes of Central
2015-16 3050.14
Silk Board. The programme catalyzes the efforts of State
Government to improve the quality, productivity and 2016-17 3934.50
production of raw silk besides, generating employment 2017-18 1199.16
opportunities particularly in the rural areas. The 2018-19 23.50
interventions cover the major areas viz., (a) Development
and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and creation of Convergence programmes
silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure, (c) Development Under this programme, two mega projects are running in
of farm and post- cocoon infrastructure, (d) Upgradation of the state, namely, Mukhyamantri Tasar Vikas Pariyojna &
reeling and processing technologies in silk and (e) Capacity Mukhyamantri Mulberry Koshi Vikas Pariyojna during XII year
building through skill development / Enterprise Development plan with convergence from state plan, RKVY, MNREGA.
Programme. Department of Sericulture, Bihar has submitted
a project proposal of Rs.103.79 lakh for the year 2018-19 Mukhyamantri Tasar Vikas Pariyojana
under this project.
# District Year-wise plantation (ha) Productive
plantation
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 (ha)
Private land
Silk production trend
50 1 Banka 271 643 753 1189 918
Raw silk production (MT)

44
41
40 2 Munger 25 172 25 275 0
32 33 36
30 3 Nawada 1 - - -25 0
23
19 4 Kaimur 5 - - - 5
20 15
12 17
10
Total 302 815 778 1489 923
10
5 8 8 10
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 # District Year-wise Plantation (ha)
Year MULBERRY TASAR ERI 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL
Forest land
1 Banka - - 3020 933 3953
Raw silk production - 2017-18
2 Kaimur - - 250 240 490
10
16% 17
27%
3 Nawada - - 200 260 460
4 Darbhanga - - - 8 8
5 Rohtas - - 200 - 200
6 W. Champaran - - - 9.6 9.6
MULBERRY
7 Jamui - - 500 500 1000
TASAR
36 Total 4170 1950.6 6120.6
57% ERI
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Bihar

Mukhyamantri Koshi Mulberry Pariyojana

# District Target Year-wise plantation (acre)
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Total
1 Saharsa 500 28.5 30 114 46.5 35.5 754.5

2 Purnea 500 - 27 90 80 395.5 1092.5

3 Araria 500 - 145 18.5 86 77 826.5

4 Kishanganj 500 - - 111 153.5 109 873.5

5 Katihar 500 - 22.5 - - - 522.5

6 Madhepura 500 - 50.5 60.5 32 115 758

7 Supaul 500 35.5 70 214 42.5 93 955

Total 3500 64 345 608 440.5 825 5782.5

Infrastructure under State and Central Silk The state has a separate Directorate of Handloom &
Board Sericulture under the Department of Industries headed
by the Director (Handloom & Sericulture). An officer
Central Tasar Research & Training Institute (CTR&TI) at of Indian Administrative Service, Joint Director (Tech)
Ranchi meets research extension and training needs of and Deputy Director of Industries (Sericulture) lead the
tasar producing states including Bihar. Apart from the sericulture wing with the help of Assistant Director of
above, Central Silk Board has also established one P3 farm Industries (Sericulture). At the district/ field level, all the
for mulberry at Purnea and cluster development centre activities of the Department of Handloom & sericulture
at Kishanganj and Saharsha for promotion of mulberry & are implemented through four Assistant Directors of
ericulture in North Bihar.
Industries (Sericulture) and in the few districts through
The CSTRI, with its Textile Technology Laboratory and the General Manager of District Industries Centre.
Demonstration cum Technical Service Centre (DCTSC) There are 36 Centers/ Office established in the different
at Bhagalpur provides the required support in post- districts of the state for the development of sericulture
cocoon areas of reeling spinning and weaving to the in the state. Detailed sector-wise infrastructure available
entrepreneurs of Bihar as well as adjoining states of with the state is summarized on the next page.
Jharkhand. Similarly, the Weavers Service Centre (WSC)
of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India at Bhagalpur
renders necessary services to weavers of the state.
Details of Central Silk Board infrastructure in the state
are given below:

Name of the Unit Location Activities/ Mandates

Regional Office Patna Liaison office for necessary co-ordination with the state for the overall
development of sericulture.
P2 Farm Purnea Production& supply of P3& P2 mulberry basic seed.
Testing Textile Laboratory /DCTSC Bhagalpur Testing quality of silk of new technologies in cooking, reeling, weaving & dyeing.
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Name of the Unit/ Sector No. commodities. The sub-depot purchases cocoons directly
MulberryExtensioncum Training Centre 8 from the rearers in different weekly hats of Bihar and also
extends market support to KVIC, NGOs, private, reelers
Mulberry Farm 1
and weavers. In addition, PRADAN an NGO working in the
Mulberry Extension Sub-centre 4
state also purchases cocoons directly from producers.
Pilot Project Centre 5 During last few years the prevailing market price of tasar
Eri Silk Farm 1 cocoons remained higher than the minimum support price
Mulberry Reeling Training Centre 2 fixed by RMB.
Tasar Marketing Organization 1
Way forward
Bihar Institute of Silk & Textiles 1
Office of Assistant Director of Industries (Seri.) 4 • Integration of interventions under Mukhyamantri
Tasar Vikas Pariyojana like plantations with seed
Post-cocoon Sector multiplication infrastructure under special projects
implemented by Central Silk Board through PRADAN
Reeling Clusters and initiatives for value addition.
Bhagalpur (Mulberry), Nathnagar, Raghunathpur, Puraini, • Involvement of Jeevika with clear cut action plan and
Sugampur and Kotoria (Tasar). involvement of resource agencies/ personnel in field
Weaving Clusters and headquarters.

Bhagalpur, Gaya, Kadirganj, Biharsharif, Rohtas, Bhaburia, • Seed multiplication initiatives on scientific lines in
Madhubani, Saharsa, W. Champaran. mulberry by utilizing seed rearers nurtured by Central
Silk Board unit at Kishanganj besides integrating with
Marketing of Tasar cocoons interventions under Mukhyamantri Koshi Mulberry
Pariyojana and CDP/CSS.
There is no organized marketing system for tasar products
specially seed cocoons, commercial cocoons, silk yarns, • Establishment of functional marketing system
etc., in the state. In order to ensure remunerative prices through cocoon market in mulberry and cocoon
for tasar cocoons & silk yarn and also arrest exploitation banks/yarn banks in tasar.
of tasar cocoons, producers by middlemen, Central Silk
Board has established a sub-depot of Raw Material • Focus on Post-cocoon and processing sector in
Bank for Tasar at Bhagalpur. This unit of RMB is playing view of skilled manpower and established cluster in
vital role in checking marketing price of Vanya silk Bhagalpur.
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Bihar

Success Story

Smt. Aasiya Bibi

W/o. Shri Salimuddin
Village: Maida
P.O.: Singhia
District: Kishanganj
Bihar - 855 107
Mobile: 9851116416
Smt. Aasiya Bibi (55 years) took up mulberry silkworm rearing in 1990. She harvests more than 230 kg of cocoon per
year from her half-an-acre mulberry plantation (S1 & S-1635) with a productivity of around 37 kg/100 dfls. During
2013-14, she earned a net income of Rs.29,860/- from the activity. Due to adoption of improved package of practices,
her productivity has shown significant improvement over the years.

“Sericulture has changed my life for better. I am earning an additional annual

income of Rs.20,000/- to 25,000/- by raising saplings and supplying to other
farmers. Income from sericulture has helped me in getting my five daughters
married and providing education to my son. Besides, I have been able to
construct a house from my income.”
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CHHATTISGARH Silk production trends

Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016- 2017-18
17
Mulberry plantation 744 771 322 261
(ha)
Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
Bivoltine 0.54 0.35 0.32 0.3
1,35,191sq. km 2,55,45,198 70.28%
. Crossbreed 8 8 7 8
Total 8 9 8 9
Introduction Vanya raw silk production (MT)
The new state Chhattisgarh in India is divided into 16 Tasar 225 254 353 523
revenue districts. Geographically, the state is divided Grand Total 233 263 361 532
(Mulberry + Vanya)
into three agro-climatic zones such as Chhattisgarh
plains, Bastar plateau and North hilly region. The state
Government has decided to diversify the agricultural District-wise raw silk production during 2016-17
activities and sericulture has been included in the
# District Raw silk production (MT)
diversification list of crops. The Strength, Weakness,
Mulberry Tasar
Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) analysis was conducted in
assessing the status, potential, economic viability and the 1 Janjgir 0.1 7.08
technological intervention need planning for the further 2 Bilaspur 0.18 6.13
growth and expansion of the industry. 3 Mungelli 0.51

Status of silk industry 4 Korba 0.5 23.68

5 Sarguja 1.43 7.82
No. of sericulture villages 1647
6 Seed Amb. 0.26 3.03
No. of sericulture farmers 57151
7 Surajpur 0.07 3.13
No. of reelers 1119
8 Balrampur 3.53

Chhattisgarh is the second largest producer of tasar silk 9 Balrampur Seed 0.72
in the country. Tasar sericulture is a traditional occupation 10 Koriya 0.11 2.95
of many tribal communities. The agro-climatic conditions 11 Raigarh 1.12 22.54
in the state are also suitable for the development of 12 Seed 0.28 1.04
mulberry sericulture and eri-culture. During 2017-18,
13 Jaspur 0.22 12.87
the state has achieved production of 532 MT against the
target of 405 MT. 14 Raipur 0 0.61
15 Gariyabandh 0.06 0.8
16 Baludabazar 0.13
17 Mahasamund 0.16 2.9
18 Dhamtari 0.81
19 Rajnandgaon 0.09
20 Bametara 0.08
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Chhattisgarh

# District Raw silk production (MT) Schemes of Government of India

Mulberry Tasar Government of India is providing continued support
21 Kabirdham 0.04 0.04 to Chhattisgarh State for intensive development of
22 Bastar 0.95 5.09 sericulture in all its spheres for maximization of benefits
23 Narayanpur 0.23 0.3 from existing capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and
for creating new infrastructure at farmers’ level, Common
24 Kondagaon 0.52 0.36
Facility Centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning
25 Dantewada 0.1 0.22 and silk weaving activities, besides infrastructure for seed
26 Sukma 0.05 production for State Governments. These interventions
27 Beejapur 2.38 are expected to transform the state from the present level
28 Kanker 0.58 6.77 of silk production to silk hub of India in coming years by
providing self employment opportunities in the hinterland,
29 Natural grown 238.19
protect the heritage with ultimate aim of “Make in India” in
Total 7.62 353.13 an environmental-friendly atmosphere.
Government of India has supported Chhattisgarh State
for implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
(CDP), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme from IX Plan to XII
Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host plantations,
post cocoon infrastructure, extension, upgradation of
silk reeling and processing facilities, capacity building,
publicity, enterprise development, etc.
Fund released by Central Silk Board to Chhattisgarh
State for implementation of the Catalytic Development
Programme (CDP) from IX Plan to XII plan are as under.

(Rs. in lakh)
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(1997-02) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17) released
- 576.95 1703.16 1086.01 3366.12

Silk Samagra
This is a comprehensive Central Sector Scheme of Central
Silk Board under implementation from 2017-18 to 2019-
20, for overall development of sericulture industry in the
country, implemented directly as well as through State
Governments. Central Silk Board has been supporting
states towards implementation of various beneficiary
oriented components under mulberry, vanya and post-
cocoon sectors. These interventions are important
tools for transfer and adoption of improved technology
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packages developed by the Research Institutes of Central

Silk Board. The programme catalyzes the efforts of State
Raw silk production - 2017-18
9
Governments to improve the quality, productivity and 2%

production of raw silk besides, generating employment

opportunities particularly in the rural areas. The
interventions cover the major areas viz., (a) Development
and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and
creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure,
(c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure, MULBERRY

(d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies 523 Tasar

98%
in silk and (e) Capacity building through skill development
/ Enterprise Development Programme. The details of State plan schemes
assistance are as below:
State has created a separate department for development
(Rs.in lakh) of sericulture which looks after all issues relating to
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching share
for implementation of the schemes/programmes under
ISDSI Silk Samagra
“NERTPS” as well as “Silk Samagra”. In addition to the
224.09 186.53 1119.69 4.73
support from Government of India, State has also state-
specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure created
over various plan periods and for implementation of
Silk production trend - Tasar specific components, which are not covered under any of
600 the Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored schemes. The
Raw silk production (MT)

523
500 details of financial assistance provided by the state for
400 384 maintenance of infrastructure and related activities under
353
300 sericulture sector are as under:
254
200 225
(Rs. in lakh)
100
During XII plan (2012-17) 2017-18
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
195.656 268.5135

Year
The funds from the State Plan programmes were in
respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing and
Silk production trend - Mulberry
infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
10
besides maintenance of infrastructure available in the
9 9
Raw silk production (MT)

8.31
9 8 state created over a period of time.
8
7 6
6 Convergence programme
5
4
3
While funding for the future development programmes
2 could be with convergence from Ministry of Textiles,
1
0 Agriculture and Rural Development etc., in the State to
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 consider sericulture as an important sector and provide
Year
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matching state share besides creating a full-fledged # Name of the CSB Unit No.
Sericulture Department in the years to come. Table below
2 Regional Tasar Research Station 1
gives details of assistance availed by the state under
convergence: 3 Basic Seed Farm (P4) 1

4 Basic Seed Multiplication and Training Centre 5

(Rs. in lakh)
5 Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization 1
Year MGNREGA Total
XII Plan (2012-17) 1837.00 1837.00 6 Central Tasar Silkworm Seed Station 1

2017-18 1562.00 1562.00 7 Zonal Office 1

8 Raw material Bank 1

Infrastructure under State and Central Silk

Board for sericulture development Post-cocoon sector
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres, The following infrastructure at state level and beneficiary
the following infrastructure has been created in the state level are available to support value addition of cocoons
under State and Central Silk Board over different plan produced within the state:
periods:
Unit No.
Infrastructure under State (as on March 2017) No. of Spun Silk Mill 1
No. of Vanya reeling / spinning units 1385
# Name of the State Units No.
1 Chawki Rearing Centres 3
2 Licensed Silkworm Seed Production Centre 86 Marketing
(Government + Central Silk Board + Private)
There is an organized marketing system in the state of
3 Registered Seed Farmers (P1) 118
Chhattisgarh. However, the State Government facilitates
4 Technical Service Centre 312
the farmers to market the cocoons produced by them
5 Cocoon Banks 13
at identified locations in the state. Marketing of cocoons
6 Number of Tasar reeling machines 903
have been taken care of by Khadi Gramoudyog Board.
7 Number of Spinning machines 482
At present 6 cocoon banks and 4 yarn banks exist in the
8 Number of spun silk mill 1
state. Cocoons are purchased by cocoon Banks at support
prices fixed by the Department of Sericulture as per the
Infrastructure under Central Silk Board (As on cocoon quality and then sell it to reelers on selling price
March 2017) fixed by the department. Chhattisgarh is very famous for
its tasar fabric, famously known as Kosa. Weaving sector
# Name of the CSB Unit No. is dominated by handlooms of private un-organized
1 Research Extension Centres 1 weavers. The small handlooms with 1-2 looms are now
being upgraded with better looms. Dyeing is done mostly
by the weavers themselves.
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Way forward Success Story

• Focus on integrated farming system to increase the
income of stakeholders.
• Focus on Post-cocoon sector-setting of improved
Vanya reeling machines, like Wet Reeling Machines,
Solar Operated spinning machines, Tasar Reeling
Machinery package under “Make in India” Programme. Shri Jai Lal Rathia
• Promotion and development of sericulture & silk S/o. Shri Daulat Ram
industry which is a priority industry because of its Village & Post: Kartala
being an environment friendly, an effective socio Taluk: Kartala
economic tool for employment generation in rural District: Korba
areas. Chhattisgarh

• Infrastructural and technical support for production Shri Jai Lal Rathia (30 years) has been practicing tasar
of saplings of silkworm food plant and its plantation culture since long time. His intake of tasar dfls has been
and silkworm seed. in the range of 550 to 1250 dfls during last three years.
By rearing 1250 dfls during last year, he could harvest
• Promotion of appropriate & latest technology of 93,300 cocoons that fetched him the highest income of
sapling raising and plantation of silkworm food plants, Rs.92,550/-. He has received assistance for seed rearing
silkworm seed, silkworm rearing, silk spinning and and plantation besides undergoing training.
reeling.
• Facilitate marketing of sericulture produces at the “Adoption of tasar culture brought in
optimum market price.
significant change in our life style. Now,
I am able to provide good education
to my children and health care of the
family. Tasar silkworm rearing helped
me to renovate my house, purchase
essential household goods and
supported in clearing old debts. Well, I
could organize my brother’s marriage
nicely.”
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HARYANA activities in the state were closed down by Department

of Horticulture, Haryana since 1997-98. Infrastructure /
buildings created under NSP were handed over to state
Government to continue the sericulture activities in the
state. The state has three sericultural districts with 22
sericulture villages and 50 sericulture farmers. Presently,
about 50 acres of land is covered under mulberry.
44,212 sq. km. 2,53,51,462 75.55%
Silk production trends
Introduction Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Haryana came into existence on November 1, 1966 and Mulberry plantation 136 171 183 94
was carved out from the state of Punjab on the basis (ha)
of language. It was the home of the legendary Bharata Mulberry raw silk (MT)
dynasty, which gave India its name, Bharat. The state Bivoltine 0.3 0.60 0.68 0.7
also witnessed the epic battle between the Kauravas Mulberry total (MT) 0.3 1 1 1
and Pandavas, which later became the great Indian epic
text, the Mahabharata, at Kurukshetra. It is an agrarian
District-wise raw silk production during 2016-17
state and nearly 70% of the people here are involved in
agriculture. The major crops produced are wheat and # District Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
rice. It is also known for maximum milk production. The 1 Panchkula 0.30
state capital is Chandigarh with 22 districts.
2 Ambala 0.15
Sericulture status 3 Yamunagar 0.23
Total 0.68
Sericulture is gaining popularity over the years as a house
hold remunerative activity in rural areas. The bye-products
like mulberry wood, fruits, waste leaves, silkworm litter, Schemes of Government of India
silk waste and pupae, etc., also supplement the income on Central Silk Board is providing continued support to
regular basis. Promotion of sericulture would be attractive the state for intensive development of sericulture for
in the context of use of locally available resources and maximization of benefits from existing capacity as a part
equitable development through adoption of sericulture. of consolidated efforts and for creating new infrastructure,
Further, the state Government has put sericulture in the common facility centres, farm mechanization, reeling,
priority area in its industrial policy due to its eco-friendly spinning and silk weaving activities, besides infrastructure
nature. In Haryana, two crops (autumn and spring) for seed production.
schedule is being practiced with spring crop contributing
about 70% of the total production of cocoons. Central Silk Board has supported Haryana for
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
There is potential for horizontal and vertical expansion of (CDP) a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to XII
sericulture industry in the state. Popularization of bivoltine Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host plantations,
cocoon production is also a thrust area of the state. post-cocoon infrastructure, extension, up-gradation of
The scheme is being implemented in three districts of silk reeling and processing facilities, capacity building,
Haryana i.e., Panchkula, Ambala and Y. Nagar. Sericulture publicity, enterprise development, etc.
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The details of funds released by Central Silk Board to the Agriculture and Rural Development, etc., in the state to
state for implementation of the Catalytic Development consider sericulture as an important sector and provide
Programme (CDP) from IX Plan to XII plan are as under: matching. Table below gives the details of assistance
availed by the state under convergence:
(Rs. in lakh)
XI Plan (2007-12) XII Plan (2012-17) Total funds released (Rs.in lakh)
50.68 13.14 63.82 Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total
XII Plan (2012-17) 40.68 - -- 40.68
2017-18 - - - -
2018-19 - - - -

State infrastructure
# Particulars No. / Area
1 Sericultural District 3
2 No. of sericulture villages 70
3 Sericulture Farmers 140
4 Government Sericulture Farms Area under 3
farms (acre) 8.50
5 Chawki Rearing Centres 1
6 Hot Air Dryers 1
State plan schemes
There is no separate department for development of Infrastructure under Central Silk Board
sericulture and Department of Horticulture looks after
# Particular No. / Area
all the issues related to sericulture. Department of
Horticulture, Haryana is not availing any assistance under 1 Sub-Research Extension Centre (Mulberry), 1
central sector scheme of Government of India. Sericulture Panchkula
development is continuing from the support from the
state plan programme.
The details of financial assistance provided by the state
for maintenance of infrastructure and related activities Silk production trend - Mulberry
under sericulture sector are as under:
0.8 0.68 0.70
Raw silk production (MT)

(Rs. in lakh) 0.60

0.6
During XII Plan (2012-17) 2017-18 2018-19
40.88 18.82 - 0.4 0.30

0.2 0.13

Convergence programme
0.0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
While funding for the future development programmes Year
could be with convergence from Ministry of Textiles,
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Haryana

Marketing Success Story

There exists no organized marketing system in the state.

However, the State Government facilitates the farmers
to market their cocoons, as the sericulture activity in the
state is seasonal.

Way forward
• The climatic conditions prevailing in the state are Shri Ajmer Singh
conducive for commercial exploitation of mulberry S/o. Shri Daya Ram
silks. Village: Katcha Kila
New Toli Sadhaura,
• Emphasis has been laid for horizontal expansion of
P.O.: Sadhaura
silk industry mostly by utilizing waste / degraded
District: Yamuna Nagar
land for viable and sustainable sericulture activities
Haryana – 133 204
in the state.
Mobile: 94662261267
• Provide need-based infrastructure support to silk
Shri Ajmer Singh took sericulture from the year 2011-
industry so as to ensure regular support of raw
12. Under the guidance of Department of Horticulture, he
material to the industries.
planted 300 S146 variety mulberry plants on the boundary
• Strengthening of post-cocoon infrastructures and of his 2 acres of land with an objective of utilizing the land
establish a marketing system. resources for mulberry silkworm rearing and cocoon
production in off-seasons. Since then, he is undertaking
rearing of 100 dfls in off-season and is able to achieve
productivity of 54 kg/100 dfls. He has undergone training
in sericulture from Regional Sericultural Research Station,
Sahaspur of Central Silk Board.

“I am happy to make additional

income from same piece of land by
utilizing it for sericulture activities. I
am planning to increase this activity
further so that there would be
significant enhancement in my income
from sericulture.”
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HIMACHAL PRADESH in North-western region and shares about 16% of total BV

raw silk production in NW states.

Silk production trends

Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Mulberry plantation 1780 2088 2245 2454

(ha)
55,673 sq. km. 68,64,602 82.8%
Mulberry raw silk (MT)
Bivoltine 30 32 32 32
Introduction
Mulberry total (MT) 30 32 32 32
Himachal Pradesh lies in the lap of Himalayas and is
located in the Northern region of India, bordered by District-wise raw silk production during 2016-17
Jammu & Kashmir on North, Punjab on West and South-
West, Haryana on South, Uttarakhand on South-East # District Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
and China on the East. The state offers diverse climatic 1 Bilaspur 10.79
conditions and has been divided into five climatic zones
2 Mandi 5.65
viz.,wet sub-temperate zone, humid sub-temperate zone,
3 Kangra 7.14
dry temperate alpine high lands, humid sub-tropical zone
and sub-humid tropical zone. Agriculture, horticulture 4 Hamirpur 5.00
and allied sector continue to be the mainstay of the 5 Sirmour 1.56
people of the state as almost 70% population depends 6 Una Solan 1.37
for their livelihood. With fast growing economy, the state
7 Solan 0.02
has emerged as leader in the hill area development by
8 Shimla 0.02
depending on tourism, fruit orchard etc. Sericulture
also plays important role in providing supplementary Total 31.54
remunerative income to the people of Himachal Pradesh.
Schemes of Government of India
Sericulture information
Government of India has been providing support to
Sericulture in Himachal Pradesh is a land-based Himachal Pradesh for the overall development of
activity with good potential for generating productive sericulture through critical components covering seed,
rural employment. The hilly topography, agro-climatic cocoon and post-cocoon sector. The thrust on bivoltine
conditions and abundant availability of natural resources development through cluster approach and establishment
& mulberry wealth and socio-economic conditions of of automatic reeling units is to fulfil the objectives under
the people are favourable factors for development of Make in India with a production of 1651 MT of import
sericulture in the state. Sericulture provides a fairly substitute raw silk. Government of India has supported
remunerative occupation to about 10250 farmers in 1672 Himachal Pradesh under the Catalytic Development
villages and its major base is in Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi, Programme (CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme, from IX
Hamirpur, Una & Sirmour districts. Oak tasar culture is Plan to XII Plan. The details of funds released by Central
practiced at a very smaller scale and only confined to Silk Board to Himachal Pradesh for the implementation of
Kangra, Chamba & Kullu districts. Himachal Pradesh is CDP from IX Plan to XII Plan are as under:
exclusively, bivoltine silk producing non-traditional state
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Himachal Pradesh

(Rs. in lakh)
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total
(1997-2002) (2002-2007) (2007-2012) (2012-2017)
28.49 726.87 1242.52 1898.23 3896.11

Silk Samagra
In view of discontinuation of CDP w.e.f. 2015-16, support
under Integrated Scheme for Development of Sericulture
Industry (ISDSI) - Silk Samagra is being rendered to states
from 2015-16 to supplement efforts for development of
sericulture by the states.
The details of assistance under Central Sector Scheme
(CSS) are as below: Convergence programme
In view of limited fund availability under central sector
Fund released (Rs. in lakh)
scheme and to maintain close inter departmental
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 linkages for effective implementation of developmental
DOI, HP 32.96 56.592 96 schemes, the Government of India emphasized the
CSTRI 20.37 0 0 implementation of sericulture components by converging
CSS programme with the developmental programmes
Total 53.33 56.592 96
of other Departments/Ministries like MORD, Agriculture
etc. Accordingly, DOI, Himachal Pradesh has also availed
State plan schemes
the fund for sericulture development through various
Details of fund received by DOI, Himachal Pradesh un- ministries of the Government of India under convergence
der state plan programme for development of sericul- programme viz., Special SGSY, MGNREGA, RKVY etc.
Progress of sericulture development in Himachal Pradesh
ture in the state during last 5 years is given as under:
under the convergence programme is as under:
Year Fund received under State Plan (Rs. in lakh)
(Rs. in lakh)
2012-13 208.69
Year RKVY MGNREGA Total
2013-14 268.00
XII Plan (2012-17) 498.74 304.49 803.23
2014-15 96.00
2015-16 212.00
Silk production trend - Mulberry
2016-17 355.00
2017-18 155.00 34 32.00 32.10
Raw silk production (MT)

31.57
32
30.00
Total 1294.69 30
28
25.18
26
24
22
20
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year
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Infrastructure under State and CSB Marketing

# Particulars No./Area There are six silk cocoon market yardsare being
1 Department farms (No.) 82
established, one each in most sericulture potential six
districts viz., Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Una
2 Mulberry nurseries (No.) 50
and Sirmaur with providing suitable equipments and
3 Mulberry area (Acres) 278 infrastructure for storage of silk commodities like silk
4 Grainages (No.) 1 cocoons, drying, auction and trading facilities, besides
5 CRC (No.) 71 training in quality assessment of silk cocoons. The
6 Cocoon market (No.) 6
proposed silk cocoons market yards would function as
a contact point between buyers and sellers.The cocoon
7 STS 1
Bank facilities to all sericulture divisions is being provided
8 Govt. reeling unit (No.) 1 under silk market revolving fund of 1.25 crore created
9 Pvt. reeling unit (No.) 15 originally, under CDP scheme ‘Quality linked purchase
10 Twisting unit (No.) 4 system for raw silk and silk cocoons’ with an idea to reduce
burden of inventory cost on purchase of silk cocoons by
11 Hot air dryer(No.) 33
the local silk reelers as only two silk cocoon crops are in
12 Silk powerloom 17 (Pvt. 12)
vogue in Himachal Pradesh.
13 Silk handloom 12
14 Spindles 760
Way forward
1. To become one of the leading state in bivoltine silk
Manpower status in DOI production in the country.
Sanctioned: 369, Filled: 199 and Vacant: 170 2. To create sustainable & gainful employment and
Infrastructure & manpower under CSB improve levels of income in sericulture & silk industry.

Central Silk Board units functioning in Himachal Pradesh 3. To provide needful infrastructural and technical
to provide R&D & extension support under pre & post- service support with enhanced participation of all
cocoon sector are as under mulberry sector: REC, Palampur stakeholders.
and REC, Ghumarwin, RO, New Delhi headed by the Joint
Secretary (Tech) looks after coordination, monitoring &
evaluation of sericulture activities in the state. Besides,
one Nodal Officer in the rank of Deputy Secretary (Tech)
has been nominated at Central Silk Board HQ., Bengaluru
to look after sericulture affairs in the state supported with
19 (Scientist-2, Technical-12 & Admn.-5).
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Himachal Pradesh

Success story

Smt. Raksha Devi

Village: Jarora
P.O.: Dadhol
Tehsil: Ghumarwin
District: Bilaspur- 174021
Himachal Pradesh.
Smt. Raksha Devi (30 yrs) dwelling from Jarora village, Dadhol P.O., Ghumarwin tehsil, Bilaspur district, Himachal
Pradesh practicing sericulture since 2002 in 2.5 acres by availing support from MGNREGA for mulberry plantation
and harvesting two crops in a year with an average cocoon yield of is 60 per 100 dfls and gaining an average income
Rs.40000 per year.
Additional earnings from sericulture helped her family to purchase consumer durables like TV, Refrigerator etc., and to
clear loan taken for purchase of tractor. She is a nominated member of Cluster Promotion Committee (CPC) Ghumarwin
and an active member of SHG that run silk reeling unit at Padyalag. She is also actively engaged as a ‘Lead women
sericulture farmer’ motivating other farmers to adopt sericulture in Bilaspur district.

“The support and incentives from Government has helped me to get good returns
from sericulture and I’m feeling proud by earning through this activity”.
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JAMMU & KASHMIR Kashmiri sarees

2,22,236 sq. km. 1,25,41,302 67.16%

Jamawar Shawl

Kashmiri embroidered silk sarees have a very elegant

look and get up. Its exquisitely woven embroidery
is very popular with the Marwari community which
gives a graceful look.

Jamawar, or grown piece, is a special type of shawl

made in Kashmir. “Jama” means robe and “war/var” is Introduction
chest and metaphorically body, made with Pashmina. Jammu & Kashmir state comprises of three regions viz.,
The brocaded parts are woven in similar threads of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh.
silk or polyester with floral designs, with the kairy
as the predominant motif. Modern, machine-made The state is divided into 22 districts, two in Ladakh, 10
shawls cost less but handmade Jamawars are little each in Jammu and Kashmir regions. The climate of the
expensive state varies from alpine in the North-East to sub-tropical
Silk carpets in South-West. Average annual rainfall is about 75 mm in
alpine area (Kashmir valley) to 1150 mm in sub-tropical
area (Jammu region). The Jammu & Kashmir state’s
economy is predominantly agriculture dependent and
nearly 70% of population is directly or indirectly engaged
in agricultural and allied occupations. Jammu & Kashmir
is globally known tourist destination because of its natural
beauty and Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine.

Sericulture Industry
A Kashmir carpet is a hand-knotted oriental product with
intricate floral designs in a range of colours, sizes and Sericulture industry in the state boasts of its glorious past.
quality. They are primarily made using pure wool, pure Silk has been one of the cherished heritages of Jammu
silk and occasionally, wool/ silk blends or both. These & Kashmir with sericulture activity in the valley finding
are available in wide-ranging colours, designs and a mention in the ancient Sanskrit scriptures including
sizes. Rajtarangni.
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Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu & Kashmir is the only traditional sericulture

state in north India and it shares about 65% of the total
raw silk produced in north India. The Department has
158 mulberry nurseries over an area of 963 acres and
374 mulberry blocks over an area 2215 acre. The annual
production capacity of nurseries is about 30 lakh plants.
The mulberry blocks serve as leaf reservoirs for the
landless and marginal farmers.
Silkworm Seed Infrastructure: The Department of
Sericulture, J&K has well established seed organization
and presently about 57.66 percent of state’s annual seed
demand is met by state itself. State has a well established
By the first half of 20th century, Kashmir had a dynamic three tier monitoring system in place for quality seed
silk trade with its precious silk yarn exported not only to production. There are eight Basic Silkworm Seed stations
the Great Britain but also to whole of Europe.The available (6 in Jammu region at Miransahib, Malyal, Cherry, Chareel,
records reveal that in the year 1855, Kashmir was in a Sial-sallan&Patta and 2 in Kashmir valley at Mirgund and
position to supply 25000 oz. of silkworm seed to Europe. Tarhama) in Jammu and in Kashmir and six Seed Grainages
Because of this, the silk industry of Kashmir gained a (three each in Jammu region and Kashmir valley). Besides,
pivotal position on the silk route of Europe. Presently state has two Cold Storages for preservation of silkworm
Jammu Division contributes a significant silk production seed one each in Jammu region (20 lakh dfls capacity) and
of 67% in the State. Perhaps J&K Sericulture Development Kashmir valley (10 lakh dfls. capacity). Most of the seed
Department is one of the oldest / ancient departments in infrastructures in the state were strengthened/upgraded
the country which came into existence in the year 1889 under CDP and PM’s Special package during X, XI & XII
under the monopolistic control of government to promote plan period.
silk industry in the state. Sound infrastructure including Incubation Centres/CRCs: For providing quality silkworm
mulberry nurseries, silkworm seed stations and silk to the farmers, state has fully equipped 152 Chawki
reeling/weaving factories were established and state Rearing Centers for incubation of eggs. Each Chawki
became one of the leading silk producing states. Silk yarn Centre has the capacity to incubate about 25 oz eggs at
apart from its use as a textile fiber, was being utilized as a one time.
material for parachutes also.
Cocoon Marketing: Jammu and Kashmir is a traditional
The Jammu &Kashmir is a truly a bivoltine silk producing bivoltine silk producing state and producing around 900
state owing to its conducive climate. It produces high MT of cocoons by 27,000 farmers in 2575 villages. Spring
quality bivoltine silk and helps in improving socio- is the major crop and approx. 80% production is coming
economic conditions of the rural masses. Sericulture from spring crop and rest from autumn. Sericulture
continues to be an important subsidiary occupation for Development Department (SDD) is the nodal agency
more than 30000 rural families in the state. Sericulture is responsible for the marketing of cocoons in the state.
practiced in 20 districts the major one in Jammu division
are Rajouri, Udhampurand Kathua whereas in Kashmir Government of India supported for creation of Revolving
division Anantnag, Kupwara, Baramulla and Pulwama. Fund for transaction of cocoons / yarn, establishment
About 80% of the state’s total cocoon production comes of cocoon warehouses, marketing yard, cocoon drying
from these districts. facilities etc. Revolving Capital fund of Rs.1.50 crore has
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been created by state with support from CSB. The state # District Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
has established nine notified cocoon auction markets for
9 Kishtwar 1.2
disposal of cocoons. The cocoon markets are equipped
10 Ramban 2.7
with warehouses, hot air driers and allied facilities
required for marketing and storage of cocoons by the Kashmir Division
sellers and buyers. 11 Anantnag 8.1
12 Kulgam 3.4
Silk production trend - Mulberry 13 Baramulla 8.5
14 Bandipora 6.1
150 145
Raw silk production (MT)

138
15 Budgam 2.8
140 136
132 16 Kupwara 9.8
130 127
17 Pulwama 7.6
120
18 Shopian 2.9
110
19 Srinagar 1.8
100
20 Ganderi 2.4
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year Total 145

Schemes of Government of India

Silk production trends
Central Silk Board, Government of India is implementing
Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 a number of sericulture development programmes in the
Mulberry plantation 8132 8237 8444 8104 state to support the state sericulture department right
(ha) from the R&D need, transfer of technology/extension,
Mulberry raw silk (MT) silkworm seed supply, skill upgradation and training to
Bivoltine 138 127 145 132 the farmers/entrepreneurs and strengthening/creation
of sericulture infrastructure. Central Silk Board has
Mulberry total (MT) 138 127 145 132
been directly assisting the state government and the
District-wise raw silk production during 2016-17 farmers/entrepreneurs under its flagship Catalytic
Development Programme since IX Plan. Besides, the
# District Mulberry raw silk production (MT) state was assisted under PM’s Special Package to
Jammu Division strengthen existing sericulture infrastructure and create
1 Jammu 2.8 the one new infrastructure for sericulture development.
Ministry of Textiles, Government of India has also
2 Samba 0.3
launched a comprehensive project under Integrated Skill
3 Kathua 17.9 Development Scheme (ISDS) while Ministry of Small and
4 Udhampur 29.6 Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India through
5 Reasi 3.6 Central Silk Board has been implementing Enterprise
6 Rajouri 29.5 Development Programme for Silk Carpet Industry in the
state. Apart from this, the state government is availing
7 Poonch 2.8
assistance of the Govt. of India through Rastriya Krishi Vikas
8 Doda 1.0 Yojana (RKVY) of Ministry of Agriculture and MGNREGA of
Ministry of Rural Development.
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Jammu & Kashmir

Central Silk Board has been providing financial assistance Integrated Skill Development Schemes (ISDSI)
to SDD, J&K under CDP since IX Plan for development of & Silk Samagra
sericulture in the state. Till date, total Rs.113.36crore as
CSB share has already been released to SDD, J&K since CSB launched the ISDS programme in November, 2011.
IX plan. Plan wise status of fund released and beneficiary The objectives of the CSB, ISDS project are:
covered since IX Plan is tabulated as under: • To increase income potential of the industry
Plan CDP/CSS CSB share % Beneficiary stakeholders
Components/ released increase covered
Scheme (No.) (Rs. in lakh) (No.) • To improve employability of target group through
IX 10 220.31 - 4500 various skilltrainings
X 15 1728.70 685 5125 • To cover wide range of skills to meet the dynamic
XI 17 4889.31 183 12462 needs of the industry
XII PLAN
2012-13 13 1594.04 - 2675 • To help handloom weavers/handicrafts artisans to
2013-14 8 1444.99 2500 produce quality and innovative products to meet
market challenges/demands
2014-15 12 1458.36 1500
CSB share released 11335.71 28762 • To strengthen ‘resource base’ of trained manpower/
trainers pool
Besides, sizeable infrastructure created/strengthened
at government / private level in seed, cocoon and post- (Rs. in lakh)
cocoon sectors like seed grainage unit, chawki rearing 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
centers, rearing Houses, hot air dryer, cottage basin, Physical Fin. Physical Fin. Physical Fin.
Component
multi-end reeling units, rearing equipment support etc.,
A. SDD, J&K
under CDP.
Prophylactic 23333 84.00 - - - -
measures
State plan schemes including Units
disinfectant,
Details of fund received by SDD, J&K under State Plan
inputs
Programme for development of sericulture in the state supply for
during last 5 years is given as under: productivity
improvement,
Year Fund received under State Plan (Rs. in lakh) support to
CBOs
2012-13 123.38
Training 200 10.00 - - - -
2013-14 152.10 programme benf.
for farmers /
2014-15 239.68
reelers
2015-16 239.68 Development 2 No. 4.14 - - - -
of Kisan
2016-17 162.50
Nurseries
2017-18 197.47 Incentive for 20000 18.00 - - - -
production of kg
bivoltine silk
yarn
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2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Revolving Funds: Rs.135 lakh - Rs.45 lakh corpus funds
Physical Fin. Physical Fin. Physical Fin. for Market intervention & Rs.90 lakh revolving fund for
Component
working capital assistance to reelers / cocoon bank.
Popularization 4 unit 36.00 5 unit 45.00 2 16.00
of Chawki Beneficiary covered : Approx. 50000 beneficiaries
Rearing Centre assisted under pre and post-cocoon sector
(through
RSRS/RECs) Employment Generation : 8.08 lakh mandays
Supply of - 0.00 3188 30.292 - -
rearing Way forward
appliance: unit
Rotary • Strengthening of extension activities by involving
Mountages
KVKs, Agriculture Universities, NGOs, Community
Construction - 0.00 - - 92 92.00
Resource Persons, Para-Professionals/Extension
of Rearing
House Workers, besides DOS and CSB.
Construction - 0.00 1 Unit. 108.00 - - • Steps to improve institutional credit so as to bring in
of Cold
Storage Plant more investments to sericulture sector.
Total 176.53 183.292 108.00 • Step up to outsource major activities to make
B. CSTRI sericulture a self-sustaining and viable enterprise as
Support for 1 No. 65.31 - 0 - - Govt. can be only a supporter and a facilitator, in view
establishment
of the depleting manpower.
of ARM unit
Total 65.31 0.00 0.00
Grand Total 241.84 183.292 108.00
(A + B)

Support under PM’s Special Package for

Kashmir Valley
Implementation Period X Plan Period (2002-03 to 2006-07)
Government of India Rs.11.22 crore from CSB
Assistance
No. of schemes implemented 9
Plantation & Infrastructures 67.442 lakh plants raised &
created maintenance of 20000
existing mulberry trees.
Infrastructure developed/established
Warehouse/Cocoon Storage 7
Godown
Hot Air Drier 1000 kg capacity 1
Silk Exchange 2
Chawki Rearing Centres 101
Rearing House 250
CRC Equipment provided 44
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Jammu & Kashmir

Success story

Shri Ab Salam Dar

District: Pulwama
Village: Pulwama
Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Ab Salam Dar, S/o Shri AbKhaliq Dar Ahad Sheik, resident of Kiserigam Dist. Pulwama (J&K) is associated with
sericulture practices from the last 12 years. He has 150 tall mulberry trees and recently planted 300 more. Has been
provided rearing kit and has constructed rearing shed with an assistance of Rs.0.50 lakh in the year 2010-11 which
prompted him to go for 2nd rearing in autumn. The chart shows the silkworm seed reared and income generated for the
last three years by the silkworm rearer.

Year Season Dflsreared Cocoons harvested Rate/kg (Rs.) Amount Earned (Rs.) Total during the year
(Dfls) (kg) Dry

2011 Spring 300 52 654 34008 34,008

Summer Rearing not taken up
2012 Spring 300 55 873 48015 55,495
Autumn 100 40 (green) 187 7480
2013 Spring 250 53 873 46269 56,409
Autumn 100 52 (green) 195 10140

The silkworm rearer turned into an entrepreneur by initiating reeling activities. He installed one multi-end silk reeling
unit at Kiseregam, Dist. Pulwama (J&K), the first of its kind in the district of Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir. The reeling
unit started functioning during the year 2013-14.
Rearer turned entrepreneur Shri Ab Salam Dar installed MRM, for the first of its kind in Kiseregam of Pulwama district
in Jammu & Kashmir and is doing well.

“Multi-end Reeling Machine (MRM) turned my way from rearer to entrepreneur

through reeling activities”.
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Cross Breed 3 3 1 3
Total 3 3 1 3
III Vanya Silk(MT)
Tasar 1943 2281 2630 2217
Vanya Total 1943 2281 2630 2217
79,714 sq. km. 3,29,88,134 66.41%
Grand Total 1946 2284 2631 2220

Introduction District-wise status during 2016-17

Jharkhand popularly known as Vananchal (meaning land West Singhbhum district (27.80%) contributes major tasar
of forests) has been carved out from the state of Bihar silk in the state, followed by Dumka (19.43%) and Saraikela
on November, 15, 2000. The state capital is Ranchi, which Kharsawan (16.20%). The details are given below:
is an important industrial city of the state. The state is
contributing a lion share of 40% of mineral resources to # District Raw silk production (MT)
India. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar Mulberry Tasar
to the North, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the West, 1 Saraikela Kharsawan 426.0
Odisha to the South and West Bengal to the East. 2 West Singhbhum 731.3

Status of silk industry 3 East Singhbhum 44.3

4 Dhanbad 135.9
Jharkhand is a leading tasar producing state in the
country. However, a small quantity of 2-3 MT of mulberry 5 Giridih 251.4
silk is also produced in the state. Sericulture is practiced 6 Chatra 25.0
by the majority of tribals in the areas of Singhbhum 7 Hazaribagh 32.9
East, Singhbhum West, Saraikela-Kharsawan, Deoghar,
8 Godda 92.8
Dumka, Godda, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad and Giridih areas.
CSB is implementing various developmental programmes 9 Pakur 81.1
in collaboration with Department of Sericulture for the 10 Dumka 511.1
growth of sericulture activities in general and economic 11 Sahebganj 1 8.6
development of tasar growers, in particular. Sericulture,
12 Deoghar 86.8
is practiced by 1,50,453 number of tasar growers in the
state among which 1,590 are nucleus seed rearers, 2,590 13 Palamu 84.5
are Reshamdoots, 5150 are seed rearers and 1,41,123 are 14 Garhwa 26.8
commercial rearers. 15 Ranchi 79.9
Silk production trends 16 Simdega 6.6
17 Loherdega 5.3
# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Total 1 2630.2
I Mulberry 372 372 372 472
Plantation (ha)
II Mulberry Raw Silk
(MT)
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Schemes of Government of India over various plan periods and for implementation of specific
components, which are not covered under any of the central
Catalytic Development Programme (CDP)
sector and centrally sponsored schemes. The financial
(Rs.in lakh) assistance provided by the state towards promotion of
sericulture focusing on tasar sector is given below:
X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17) released # State plan Amount incurred (Rs. in lakh)
477.04 6227.82 7389.31 14094.17 programme 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1 Nucleus seed 292.60 278.63 228.16 303.44
With a view to restructure Centrally Sponsored Scheme, production by
the Government of India discontinued the CDP during Resham Doot
2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI). 2 Conservation of 55.43 50.50 28.33 11.68
local tasar races
Silk Samagra 3 Tasar Keetpalak 433.12 455.89 758.91 526.30
shayak Anudan
This is a comprehensive Central Sector Scheme of Central
4 Training of 271.82 310.08 310.08 70.00
Silk Board (CSB) under implementation from 2017-18 to Resham Doot and
2019-20, for overall development of sericulture industry rearers
in the country, implemented directly as well as through Total 1052.97 1095.10 1325.48 911.42
state governments. The programme catalyzes the efforts
of state governments to improve the quality, productivity
and production of raw silk besides, generating employment
opportunities particularly in the rural areas. The
interventions cover the major areas viz. (a) Development
and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and
creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure,
(c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure,
(d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in
Silk and (e) Capacity Building through Skill development
/ Enterprise Development Programme. The details of
assistance are as below:
(Rs.in lakh)
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
ISDSI Silk Samagra
1079.46 56.34 396.26 358.74

State Plan schemes

State has established a separate department for
development of sericulture which looks after all issues
relating to sericulture. Besides, the state has sanctioned
matching share for implementation of the schemes/
programme under “Silk Samagra”. In addition to the support
from Government of India, state has also drawn state-
specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure created
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Convergence Programme
Silk production trend - Tasar
The state is not implementing any convergence 3000

Raw silk production (MT)

programme. 2500 2630
2281 2217
2000
Infrastructure under state and CSB for 2000 1943
1500
sericulture development
1000
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres, 500
the following infrastructure has been created in the state 0
under state and Central Silk Board over different Plan 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

periods. Year

Sericulture Villages 16997

Sericulture Families 150000 (approx)
Grainages: Raw silk production - 2017-18
Tasar (PPCs) 120 3
Mulberry Nil 0%
Eri 1
TOTAL 121 No.
PPCs:
For tasar 34
For mulberry 6
Chawki Rearing Centre 2
Cocoon Bank 12 MULBERRY
2217
Silk Handlooms 750 Tasar
100%
Silk Powerlooms 3
Handloom Co-operative Societies 162 Post-cocoon sector
Silk Exchange Nil CTR&TI, Ranchi renders support in post-cocoon to the
Tasar Rearers farmers 150453 reelers/ weavers & NGOs for promotion and transfer
Mulberry Rearers 385 of new technology in cooking, reeling and dyeing. State
Reelers/ Spinners 12,000 Government has established 144 Common Facility Centres
(CFCs) for post-cocoon activities (reeling & spinning)
Infrastructure under CSB in the state. Each CFC is assisting 30 tribal women for
# Name of the CSB Unit No. their economic development under post-cocoon sector.
The all tribal women working in the CFC were imparted
1 Central Tasar Research & Training Institute (CTR &TI) 1
training in cooking, reeling & spinning activities at CTR&TI,
2 Regional Sericultural Research Station (RSRS) 1 Ranchi. Besides, state government has also established
3 Basic Seed Multiplication and Training Centre 3 the following training institute for Post Cocoon activities
(BSM&TC) at Chaibasa & Bhagaiya:
4 Research Extension Centre (REC) 2
1. Jharkhand Silk Technical Development Institute at
5 P4 Station 1 Chaibasa.
6 Raw Material Bank (RMB) 1
2. Shahhed Nirmal Mahto Jharkhand Silk Training
Institute at Bhagaiya.
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Marketing The state is having tribal population of about 28%,

though sericulture is practised by the majority of tribals
In order to ensure remunerative prices for tasar cocoons in Jharkhand. Their geographical distribution in remote
and silk yarns and also arrest exploitation of tasar cocoon forest areas is the major challenge for promotion of
producers by middleman in Jharkhand state. CSB has silk industry, particularly tasar. However, the growing
established a Raw Material Bank for tasar at Chaibasa, demand for tasar silk both at global and domestic level
West Singhbhum district. This unit of RMB is playing a vital encouraged central and state agencies to promote tasar
role in checking marketing price of tasar commodities. culture with systematic approach by implementing
Besides, state government has also recently established various developmental programmes as indicated above.
three cocoon banks for marketing of tasar commodities
at Chakulia, Ghatsila and Kuchai. In addition, PRADAN, an Success Story
NGO working in the state also purchase tasar cocoons
directly from producers at remunerative price. During last
few years the prevailing market price of tasar cocoons
remained higher than the minimum support price fixed by
Raw Material Bank.

Way forward
Varieties in tasar silk add to the available opportunities. Shri Bablu Hemrom
Ghicha and Katia yarns are also produced at large in the Village: Mahulbona
state and in general are in demand for home furnishings Block: Ranishwar,
as well as dress materials. Each tasar item is a unique District: Dumka
creation in itself and is a source of livelihood for the Jharkhand
poor natives of the state. Tasar culture not only provides
The state has developed Resham Doot concept for private
employment to the poor tribal rearers in remote areas but
participation in tasar seed production. The Resham Doot
also paved the way for economic development, including
concept has been well conceived and broadly implemented
women. It enabled self-dependence and better living
in the field. The private graineur (Resham Doot) normally
standards for these unprivileged groups. Recently, the
a village level tribal entrepreneur is being selected and
state has developed a large number of tasar reelers/
provided training on tasar seed production. One of the
weavers mainly concentrated in Bhagaiya (Godda district),
tribal entrepreneurs Shri Bablu Hemrom from Mahulbona
Kharsawan & Kuchai (Saraikela Kharsawan district) and
village, Block Ranishwar, District Dumka has successfully
also in Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Giridih, West Singhbhum
established tasar private grainage with a capacity of 5000
and Dumka districts for large scale development of post-
dfls. A vibrant youth grabbed the opportunity and made a
cocoon sector.
net profit of Rs.29,180/- on his first grainage activity by
The initiatives taken by central and state agencies processing 14600 seed cocoons with a production of 3750
have yielded desired results in the field. Tasar raw silk quality tasar dfls.
production and cocoon productivity increased over the
years. A large group of 1.50 lakh sericulture practising “With the encouragement and provided
families has broadened the production base for further training, I’m practicing sericulture
growth of tasar sector in the state.
activities and getting monthly profit”.
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KARNATAKA Molakalmuru sarees

1,91,791 sq. km. 6,10,95,297 75.36%

Introduction
Karnataka was formed on 1st November 1956 originally known
as the State of Mysore and it was renamed as Karnataka Molakalmuru sarees are the traditional silk sarees
in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. It that are weaved in Molakalmuru, Chitradurga
is the seventh largest Indian state by area, sharing its land district. These sarees produced in silk, display a
border with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, number of motifs and patterns, usually inspired by
Maharashtra and Goa. For administrative purpose, the state the Nature
has been divided into four regions, namely, Bangalore,
Mysore, Belagavi and Gulbarga. The capital and largest city is
Bangalore (Bengaluru)which also known as the Garden City/ Mysore Silks - Crepe sarees
IT City/Silicon Valley of the country. Karnataka is famous for
silk, sandalwood, gold, coffee, minerals and tourism. Kannada
is official language of the state.

Sericulture status
Sericulture was introduced and patronised during Tipu
Sultan period, around 200 years ago, in the erstwhile
Mysore State. From there, sericulture has grown steadily
and is providing livelihood to many in rural and semi
urban areas. Govt. of India and Govt. of Karnataka have
been supporting the development of sericulture sector in
the state. At present, the area under mulberry plantation
in the state is 98,135 hectares with mulberry raw silk Mysore Silks is one of the renowned Brands having
production of 9322 MT with around 30% of country’s raw a GI Tag. KSIC (A Govt. of Karnataka undertaking)
silk production. is involved in entire gamut of silk production right
from reeling of cocoons to the weaving of pure silk
The major cocoon production is coming from the fabric of various shades and designs, all under one
southern districts of Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru roof. Mysore Silks is famous for use of pure zari in
Rural, Ramanagara, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamrajnagar, pallu, border and body.
Chickballapur & Kolar. In the recent past, the districts of
Tumkur, Chitradurga, Bellary, Haveri, Belgagavi, Gadag
have taken up sericulture in a big way. Silk reeling is
concentrated in Ramanagara, Chickballapur, Kolar districts
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and the fine quality raw silk is produced in famous silk Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
reeling clusters of Ramanagara, Siddalaghatta and Kolar.
The silk weaving clusters are located in Doddaballapur Mulberry plantation 88489 87598 91492 98135
(Ha)
(Bengaluru Rural), Molakalmuru (Chitradurga), Betageri
Mulberry raw silk (MT)
(Gadag), Ilakal (Bagalkot).
Bivoltine 1203 1344 1488 1651
Highlights of sericulture in Karnataka are: Cross Breed 8442 8479 8083 7671
• Presence of Govt. Cocoon Markets to facilitate Mulberry total (MT) 9645 9823 9571 9322
transaction of cocoons. Asia’s biggest Cocoon Market
is in Ramanagara.
• Introduction of online auction for cocoons.
• Presence of Govt. Silk Exchange for transaction of
raw silk.
• Establishment of Karnataka Silk Marketing Board
(KSMB) for price stabilisation in raw silk trade.
• Presence of Karnataka State Sericulture Research
& Development Institute (KSSR&DI) to meet the R&D
needs of the sector.
• Geographical Indicator (GI) tag - Mysore Silk- granted
to Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd. (KSICL)
District-wise status of sericulture details
for sarees produced by them.
(2017-18)
• Govt. of India sanctioned Mysore Mega Cluster project
# District Mulberry Production of raw silk (MT)
for creating common facility required for silk weaving
area (ha)
and processing. Bivoltine Cross Total
Breed
The important sericulture information of the state is as
follows: 1 Bengaluru Rural 6802 46 476 522
2 Bengaluru Urban 981 58 88 146
No. of sericulture villages 10328
3 Chikkaballapur 18906 86 1559 1645
No. of sericulture families 125545
4 Chitradurga 1592 60 35 96
No. of commercial seed production centres 39
No. of cocoon markets 55 5 Davanagere 432 27 3 30
No. of silk exchanges 10 6 Kolar 19936 208 1065 1273
No. of reelers 5948 7 Ramanagara 17446 101 1943 2044
8 Shivmogga 229 11 2 13
Silk production trends
9 Tumkur 3446 211 178 389
The following table indicates the growth of sericulture 10 Chamarajanagar 1181 6 30 36
sector in Karnataka:
11 Chikmagalur 47 2 0 2
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# District Mulberry Production of raw silk (MT) of funds released by Central Silk Board to Karnataka for
area (ha)
Bivoltine Cross Total
the implementation of CDP from IX Plan to XII plan are as
Breed under:

12 Dakshina Kannada 25 0 0 0 (Rs. in crore)

13 Hassan 1365 89 0 89 IX Plan (1997-2002) X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total
(2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17)
14 Kodagu 10 0 0 0
12.18 54.61 158.97 135.54 361.30
15 Mandya 15471 184 2214 2399
16 Mysuru 1681 104 39 143 Silk production trend - Mulberry
17 Udupi 26.5 0 0 0
10000 9823

Raw silk production (MT)

18 Bellary 1316 84 5 89 9645 9571
19 Bidar 484 30 0 30 9500 9322

20 Kalburgi 628 33 0 33 9000

8574
21 Koppal 324 18 0 18
8500
22 Raichur 517 32 0 32
8000
23 Yadgir 230 10 0 10
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
24 Bagalkote 651 39 1 39 Year

25 Belagavi 715 47 2 50
26 Vijayapura 315 13 0 13
Silk Samagra
27 Dharwad 139 7 1 8 With the discontinuation of CDP from 2014-15 onwards,
28 Gadag 438 29 1 30 the support for sericulture development continued as a
Central Sector Scheme, namely, Integrated Scheme for
29 Haveri 1445 109 9 118
Development of Sericulture Industry (ISDSI), during 2015-
30 Uttar Kannada 145 4 0 4
16 & 2016-17. A comprehensive Central Sector Scheme of
31 Mysore seed zone 1211 20 20 Central Silk Board (CSB), namely, Silk Samagra, is under
Total 98135 1650.66 7670.86 9321.51 implementation from 2017-18 to 2019-20, for overall
development of sericulture industry in the country. CSB
Schemes of Government of India has been supporting the states towards implementation of
various beneficiary oriented components under mulberry,
Government of India has been providing support to vanya and post-cocoon sectors. These interventions are
Karnataka for the overall development of sericulture important tools for transfer and adoption of improved
through critical components covering seed, cocoon and technology packages developed by the research
post-cocoon sector. The thrust on bivoltine development institutes of CSB. The programme catalyses the efforts
through cluster approach and establishment of automatic of State Governments to improve quality, productivity and
reeling units is fulfilling the objectives under Make in India production of raw silk besides, generating employment
with a production of 1651 MT of import substitute raw silk. opportunities particularly, in the rural areas.The
Government of India has supported Karnataka under interventions cover major areas viz., (a) Development
the Catalytic Development Programme (CDP), a centrally and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and
sponsored scheme, from IX Plan to XII Plan. The details creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure,
(c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure,
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(d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in (Rs. in crore)

silk, and (e) Capacity building through skill development/ Year RKVY MGNREGS Total
Enterprise development programme.The details of XII Plan (2012-17) 56.49 207.56 264.05
assistance are as below: 2017-18 6.38 51.66 58.04
2018-19 - 5.99 5.99
(Rs. in crore)
Year 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Infrastructure under CSB and State
Scheme ISDSI SILK SAMAGRA
Fund released 4.98 6.73 - - The following infrastructure of CSB and the state
department are supporting for the development of
State Plan schemes sericulture in the state:
Sericulture is an important activity in the state with a CSB infrastructure
separate Ministry to look in to all matters related to
development of sericulture. There is a Directorate for # Name of the Unit Nos.
sericulture development, through which all developmental 1 Headquarters of CSB -Bengaluru 1
schemes are being implemented. Apart from providing 2 Mulberry Research Institute (CSRTI), Mysuru 1
matching state share under the erstwhile CDP and now 3 Regional Sericulture Research Station (RSRS) 2
under the ongoing Silk Samagra, Government of Karnataka 4 Research Extension Centre (REC) 3
has been supporting the development of sericulture 5 REC Sub-Unit 12
through its own state scheme. The state scheme is 6 P4 Station 1
designed to cover all components from developing 7 P2- Basic Seed Farm 6
mulberry plantation to establishment of automatic reeling 8 Commercial Seed Production Centre (CSPC) 6
units, plus some innovative components. The details of 9 Post-Cocoon Research Institute (CSTRI),Bengaluru 1
budget provision made by the state for the development 10 Sub Units of CSTRI 5
of sericulture sector are as under: 11 Certification Centre (CC) 1
12 Seri Biotech Research Laboratory (SBRL) 1
(Rs. in crore)
13 Silkworm Seed Testing Laboratory (SSTL) 1
During XII Plan (2012-17) 2017-18 2018-19
932.43 395.92 307.06 State infrastructure
Special components under ongoing state schemes The Directorate for sericulture development at Bengaluru
include incentive for seed cocoons, subsidy on chawki and is supported by its four Zonal offices and many sericulture
support for construction of mounting halls, reeling sheds extension centres spread across the State. The total
and solar water heaters. manpower available at the State Sericulture Department is
Convergence programme 2038 against a sanctioned strength of 4299. The following
reeling infrastructure is available at beneficiary level to
Apart from the funds under CDP/CSS and state schemes, support value addition for cocoons produced in the state:
the State is seeking funds under convergence programme
like RKVY & MNREGA for the development of sericulture. # Type of reeling unit No. of units
The details of fund sourced by the state under convergence 1 Charka 1917
programme are indicated below: 2 Cottage Basin Reeling 3761
3 Multi End Reeling 238
4 Automatic Reeling 56
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Marketing Success story

Karnataka is having the Asia’s largest silk cocoon market
located at Silk city Ramanagaram. The department of
sericulture has established cocoon markets to facilitate
both rearers and reelers to get competitive and fair
price to their cocoons. This type of regulated transaction
system of cocoons exists only in Karnataka. In these
markets, the cocoons brought from the rearers are
transacted as separate lots and dealt in open auction. To Shri Syed Salim Abrar
bring transparency in transactions, electronic weighing M/s S.R.R. Silk Reeling
machines and computers are installed in the markets. District: Ramanagaram,
State also has 55 Government Cocoon Markets and 10 Silk Karnataka
Exchanges. The concept of automatic reeling in India began during the
Way forward X Plan, with the first two pilot units going to the States of
then combined Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu. Shri Syed
• Systematic expansion of area under mulberry Salim Abrar of M/s S.R.R. Silk Reeling was the first person
plantation with a cluster-based approach with well- to establish an automatic reeling unit in Ramanagaram,
defined backward and forward linkages Karnataka. With the commercial production, starting in
the year 2010, this unit became a model for many more
• 1.25 lakh ha under mulberry and 14600 MT raw silk
automatic reeling units in the state. Since its inception, the
production by 2030
unit is producing international quality raw silk consistently
• Establishment of Silk Parks to support the unorganised and is contributing to Make in India initiative. The success
silk reeling sector of M/s S.R.R Silk Reeling influenced many reelers to go
in for automatic silk reeling. As on date, 27 ARM units
• Thrust on by-product utilization and non-textile are functioning and 29 units are under various stages
application of silk of implementation. For the success of automatic reeling
• Linking sericulture with tourism by developing Seri- concept in Karnataka, Shri Syed Salim Abrar deserves
Tourism in Bangalore-Mysore corridor some credit.

“The concept and development of

automatic reeling machine gave ways
for reelers like me and I’m thankful
to Central Silk Board for all technical
guidance and support”.
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KERALA cocoon production in the state (2017-18) was 110 MT. The
Central Silk Board and the Rural Development Department
are taking various measures to implement the Sericulture
activities in the state.
Handloom industry is the 2nd largest traditional industry
in Kerala, the first being Coir. Out of the total number of
handloom weavers in the state, nearly 42% are reported
38,863 sq. km. 3,34,06,061 94%
to be in Thiruvananthapuram district only. The district
with the 2nd largest concentration of weavers and looms
Introduction is Kannur in North Kerala. The products in Kannur district,
Kerala is on the South-western, Malabar Coast formed meant mainly for export market. The type of looms, the
on 1st November 1956 by combining Malayalam speaking technique of weaving, skill of weavers, type of products
etc in Kerala varies from district to district.
regions. It is bordered by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
the Lakshadweep Sea & Arabian Sea to the West and divided The Government of Kerala vide GO. (RT) 3413/2014/
into 14 districts with the capital Thiruvananthapuram. LSGD dt. 20.12.2014 has constituted a Directorate
of Sericulture under Commissionerate of Rural
Development and designated the Commissioner for Rural
The state has witnessed significant emigration, especially
Development as the Director of Sericulture of the state.
to Arab countries of the Persian Gulf during the Gulf
The government of Kerala has prescribed an institutional
Boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, and its economy
structure for sericulture project implementation in the
depends significantly on remittances from a large
present LSGD (RD) Department and in the context of
Malayali expatriate community. Hinduism is practised by
Panchayath Raj Institutions (PRI) through Jilla Panchayat/
more than half of the population, followed by Islam and
Block Panchayat/Grama Panchayath. A Directorate of
Christianity. The culture is a synthesis of Aryan, Dravidian,
Sericulture is functioning under CRD with Deputy Director
Arab, and European cultures, developed over millennia,
of Sericulture along with a few Assistant Sericulture
under influences from other parts of India and abroad.
Officers for technical support. There are very good
Status of silk industry prospects for further expansion of this activity in Kerala
establishing with backward and forward linkages.
Kerala is one of the largest per-capita consumers of silk
products in the country, though the state has a little share Silk production trends
of silk production. Sericulture is a non-traditional activity
# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
in Kerala promoted by the state government. Sericulture
I Mulberry 125 141 126 149
schemes are implemented by Rural Development
plantation (ha)
Department. The productive acreage was 555 acres up
II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
to 2001-02 and during the X plan period, it increased to
Bivoltine 7 11 11 15
3351 acres. Cocoon production increased from 31 MT
Total 7 11 11 15
during 1995-96 to 101 MT in 2006-2007, the highest in the
sericulture history of the state. Kerala is a 100% bivoltine
state, producing high quality cocoon with higher Silk Ratio
Percentage (SR%). The growth in cocoon production was
significant particularly, in X Plan period. The current
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Silk production trend - Mulberry

16 15

Raw silk production (MT)

14
11 11
12
10
7
8
6 4
4
2
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year

State plan schemes

District-wise raw silk production during 2016-17
For the development of sericulture activities in Kerala,
# District Mulberry raw silk production (MT) in the cluster pockets of Palakkad, Idukki & Wayanad
1 Idukki 0.365 districts, CSB has formulated a project at a total cost of
Rs.925.50 lakhs during two years period from 2018-19
2 Palakkad 9.933
to 2019-20 as per details of break up given below in the
3 Wayanad 0.671
table:
4 Kannur 0.023
5 Kasargod 0.067 (Rs. in lakh)
# Components 2018 - 19 2019 - 20
Total 11.06
Project CSB State Project CSB State
cost share share cost share share
Schemes of Government of India I Palakkad
Cluster
(Rs. in lakh) 1 Pre -cocoon 161.00 80.50 40.25 191.50 95.75 47.88
components
Year Central share State share Beneficiary Total 2 Training, 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75
(CSB) share HRD, Skill
2013-14 1.10 -- -- 1.10 development
components
2014-15 -- -- -- --
Total 164.75 84.25 40.25 195.25 99.50 47.88
2015-16 68.27 17.07 17.07 102.41 II Idukki
Cluster
2016-17 146.60 31.94 22.52 201.06
1 Pre -cocoon 89.75 44.88 22.44 138.00 69.00 34.50
components
Silk Samagra
2 Training, 2.25 2.25 3.00 3.00
State has not sought support under Silk Samagra. HRD, Skill
development
components
Total 92.00 47.13 22.44 141.00 72.00 34.50
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III Wayanad Highlights of CSB’s intervention

Cluster
1 Pre -cocoon 125.50 62.75 31.38 200.25 100.13 50.06 • Improved mulberry variety V1, S36 and improved
components silkworm breeds (CSR breeds) developed by the
2 Training, 3.00 3.00 3.75 3.75 research institutes of the CSB have improved the
HRD, Skill productivity and quality of silk
development
components • Skill up-gradation to departmental officials and stake
Total 128.50 65.75 31.38 204.00 103.88 50.06 holders of silk industry
Grand Total 385.25 197.13 94.07 540.25 275.38 132.44
• 1012 rearing houses supported
• 1,238 acres developed under high yielding mulberry
Convergence programmes
variety
The state could not mobilise support from convergence
• 624 ha mulberry plantation supported with drip
programmes.
irrigation
Existing sericulture infrastructure in the state
Way forward
Sericulture villages 20
• Steps to explore potential of the state for producing
Sericulture farmers 256
high quality bivoltine seed cocoons in Palakkad,
Chawki rearing centres 1 Idukki and Wayanad districts would help sustenance
Licensed silkworm seed production centres (Govt + 1 of bivoltine sericulture in suitable clusters besides its
CSB + Private)
expansion.
Registered seed farmers (P1) 46
• To integrate sericulture with other rural development
Infrastructure under CSB initiatives so that, more women can participate
and take up sericulture along with other livelihood
# Name of the CSB Unit No. activities as a part of the group approach.
1 Silk Mark Organization of India (SMOI), Palakkad 0 1

2 Research Extension Centre (REC), Palakkad 1

3 Basic Seed Farm (P1, P2 and P3), Palakkad 1

4 Silkworm Seed Production Centre (SSPC), 1
Palakkad
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Success story

Shri Amalraj Francis Xavier

Village: Kozhipara,
District: Palakkad
Kerala
Shri Amalraj Francis Xavier, Kozhipara, Palakkad is a stakeholder of sericulture since last 13 years. The farmer is
adopting the new technologies when it reaches to the door step of the farmer through REC, Palakkad. An average of
1500 dfls rearing throughout the year with 10-11 crops and obtaining about 90% cocoon yield.
As informed by him the revenue generated by him through sericulture was very well utilized for his family development
such as construction of new dwelling house, purchase of new motor cycle, mulberry farm equipments like mini power
tiller, weed cutter and power sprayer etc. and his children getting good education. He is very happy with sericulture
activities and further, he is extending mulberry plantation in two more acres besides, two acres already available.
His two brothers also started sericulture. He is a good farmer and always supporting other farmers those who are
practising sericulture in that sericulture pocket.

“I’m very happy with sericulture activities and further, able to extend mulberry
plantation in two more acres”.
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MADHYA PRADESH Maheshwari

3,08,245sq. km. 7,26,26,809 69.32%

Maheshwari sarees are glossy finish and lightweight.

Though originally, done only with silk, Maheshwari
sarees are now available in cotton, silk cotton and
with wool. With fine cotton yarns in its weft and
Chanderi silk in the warp, this light and airy fabric is soft &
lustrous. These are specific sarees of Maheswar
cluster.

Introduction
Madhya Pradesh’s economy is predominantly agrarian.
However, despite favorable soil, agro-climatic conditions
and abundant surface and ground water resources, the
agricultural productivity is low. The poor performance
is attributed mainly to small and fragmented land
holdings, low take off, less credit and lack of irrigation.
Chanderi is a traditional ethnic fabric characterized Issues affecting agricultural growth in the state include
by its lightweight, sheer texture and fine luxurious poorly developed rural infrastructure (for example, rural
feel. Chanderi fabric is produced by weaving in silk roads, marketing, electrification and communication);
and golden zari in the traditional cotton yarn results input supply services and inadequate groundwater
in the creation of the shimmering texture. Sarees development/exploitation. The state enjoys a tropical
are produced from three kinds of textiles: pure silk, climate, suitable for mulberry cultivation.
Chanderi cotton and silk cotton. Traditional coin, Status of silk industry
floral art, peacocks and geometric designs are woven
into different Chanderi patterns. Sericulture villages 125
Sericulture farmers 24248
Reelers 534
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of the total returns from cocoon production from the

farmers towards the cost of resource utilization. These
efforts for development of sericulture were further,
intensified with the creation of a separate Directorate of
Sericulture in 1984. At present, sericulture is practiced
in mulberry as-well-as non-mulberry sectors through
silk centres throughout the state. With a purpose to
provide an opportunity for self-employment through
sericulture, the state government in 1996 introduced a
scheme, ‘Mulberry Swavalamban Yojana’. There are 80
Mulberry Swavalamban Centres in all the 21 districts of
the state covering an area of 673 acres under plantation.
Under this scheme, mulberry is planted for one acre
in the government farm by the farm labourers, who
take the benefits of the scheme. In addition to this, an
amount of Rs.6,200 was also given to them as a revolving
fund, while irrigation facility, rearing house and other
equipments for rearing of cocoons were arranged by
the department. Other than this, the department also
provided the dfls at a nominal price of Rs.1 per dfls
and technical help for cocoon rearing. To promote the
sericulture in state, there are a total of 116 mulberry silk
centers in 25 districts covering an area of 4281.12 acres.
Silk production trends
# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
I Mulberry 4854 5597 5597 2765
plantation (ha)
The Madhya Pradesh government started sericulture II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
in 1955 with establishing a few mulberry centers in Bivoltine 128 107 30 71
the district of Indore. It was a completely new and Cross Breed 59 93 54 14
non-traditional activity for the state and started with Total (I) 187 200 84 85
the objective of providing employment to the poor III Vanya silk (MT)
people of rural areas. Initially, there were only 10 silk Tasar 59 56 26 18
centers in the state and over a period of 10 years, Eri 2 1
the number of silk centres increased to 70 in seven Vanya Total (II) 61 57 26 18
districts. By the end of 1960, the extension activities in Grand Total (I+II) 248 257 111 103
the sericulture sector were taken up with the support
of IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme)
under the industrial department, wherein farmers were
involved in mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing.
The Department of Sericulture charged 10 to 20 percent
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District-wise status of sericulture during 2017-18 # District Raw silk (MT)

Mulberry Vanya
# District Raw silk (MT)
BV CB Total Tasar
Mulberry Vanya
31 Ujjain 0.02 0.15 0.17
BV CB Total Tasar
32 Shajapur 0.01 0.01 0.02
1 Guna 0.5 0.36 0.86
33 Devas 0.03 0.12 0.15
2 Ashoknagar 0.06 0.11 0.17
34 Ratlam 0.04 0.11 0.15
3 Shivpuri 0.04 0.06 0.1
35 Agar 0.01 0.03 0.04
4 Vidisha 1.15 0.4 1.55
36 Khandwa 1.45 0.36 1.81
5 Rajgarh 0.4 0.32 0.72
37 Burhanpur 0.66 0.69 1.35 0.01
6 Bhopal 0.34 0.02 0.36
38 Hoshangabad 32.2 3.95 36.15 2.72
7 Sehore 0.63 0.46 1.09 0.02
39 Betul 20.51 0.66 21.17 0.91
8 Raisen 0.28 0.12 0.4
40 Chhindwada 2.79 0.01 2.8 1.39
9 Balaghat 3.1 0.99 4.09 1.95
41 Harda 0.95 0.09 1.04 1.12
10 Seoni 0.08 0.06 0.14 1.03
Total 71 14 85 18
11 Mandla 1.35 0.45 1.8 1.43
12 Dindori 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.3
13 Narsinghpur 3.01 2.47 5.48 1.62
Silk production trend -
14 Jabalpur 0.23 0.28 0.51 0.3 250 Mulberry & Tasar
Raw silk production (MT)

15 Katani 0.01 0 0.01 0.05 200 187 200

16 Panna 0.01 0.02 0.03 150

108
17 Sagar 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.02 100 84
85
18 Chhatarpur 0 0 0.09 50 86
59 56 26
18
19 Shahdol 0.23 0.15 0.38 2.15 0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
20 Anuppur 0.06 0.04 0.1 0.46
Year
21 Sidhi 0.15 0.12 0.27 0.83
22 Satna 0.03 0.06 0.09 0.42
23 Singraulli 0.05 0.05 0.1 0.47
24 Reewa 0.01 0.01 0.02
Raw silk production - 2017-18
25 Indore 0.01 0.07 0.08
18
26 Dhar 0.16 0.45 0.61 0.03 17%
27 Jhabua 0.06 0.22 0.28 0.46
28 Khargon 0.22 0.49 0.71
29 Badwani 0.11 0.2 0.31
MULBERRY
30 Alirajpur 0 0 0 0.04 85
83% Tasar
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Schemes of Government of India production of raw silk besides, generating employment

opportunities particularly in the rural areas.The
Government of India is providing continued support to interventions cover the major areas viz., (a) Development
Madhya Pradesh for intensive development of sericulture and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and
in all its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure,
capacity as a part of consolidated efforts and for creating (c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure,
new infrastructure at farmers’ level, Common Facility (d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in
Centers for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and silk and (e) Capacity Building through Skill development/
silk weaving activities, besides, infrastructure for seed Enterprise development programme. The details of
production for state governments. These interventions assistance are as below:
are expected to transform the state from the present
level of silk production to Silk hub of India in coming (Rs.in crore)
years by providing self-employment opportunities in the 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
hinterland, protect the heritage with ultimate aim of “Make
in India” in an eco- friendly atmosphere. ISDSI Silk Samagra
738.79 354.57 - -
Government of India has supported Madhya Pradesh State
for implementation of Catalytic Development Programme, State Plan schemes
a Centrally Sponsored Scheme from IX Plan to XII Plan.
The CDP envisaged development of host plantations, State has created a separate department for development
post-cocoon infrastructure, extension, up-gradation of of sericulture which looks after all issues relating to
silk reeling and processing facilities, capacity building, sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching
publicity and enterprise development etc. share for implementation of the schemes/programmes
under “Silk Samagra”. In addition to the support from
Funds released by Central Silk Board to Madhya Pradesh Government of India, state has also state-specific plans for
for implementation of the CDP from IX Plan to XII plan are maintenance of infrastructure created over various plan
as under: periods and for implementation of specific components,
(Rs.in lakh)
which are not covered under any of the central sector and
centrally sponsored schemes. The financial assistance
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17) released provided by the State for maintenance of infrastructure
203.43 737.37 2874.90 4210.54 8026.24 and related activities under sericulture sector during XII
Plan was Rs.741.72 crore. The table below indicates the
With a view to restructure Centrally Sponsored Scheme, mulberry area and raw silk production in the State for the
the Government of India discontinued the CDP during year 2015-16:
2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
Variety XII Plan Achievements National
Silk Samagra 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Share (%)
This is a comprehensive Central Sector Scheme of Central Mulberry 2081 2595 4854 5597 3
Silk Board (CSB) under implementation from 2017-18 to area (ha)
2019-20, for overall development of sericulture industry in Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
the country, implemented directly as well as through state Bivoltine 73 67 128 107 2
governments. The programme catalyzes the efforts of
Cross 33 41 59 93
state governments to improve the quality, productivity and Breed
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Variety XII Plan Achievements National Infrastructure under CSB

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Share (%) # Name of the Unit No.
Mulberry 106 108 187 200 -
1 Research Extension Centre (REC) 1
Total (I)
Vanya raw silk production (MT) 2 REC Sub-Units 1

Tasar 83 86 59 56 3 Basic Seed Multiplication and Training Centre 1

(Tropical) (BSMTC)
Tasar - - - - -
(Oak) Post-cocoon sector
Eri 2 1 1.50 1
The following infrastructure at state and beneficiary
Muga - - - - -
levels& are available to support value addition of cocoons
Vanya 85 87 61 57 - produced within the state:
Total (II)
Grand 191 195 248 257 - Name of the Unit No.
Total (I +II) Multi-end reeling units 16
Cottage basin reeling units 5
Convergence programme Twisting units 6
Funding for the future development programmes could Vanya reeling/spinning units 388
be with a convergence from the Ministry of Textiles,
Marketing
Agriculture and Rural Development etc., in the state to
consider sericulture as an important sector and provide Apex Society i.e., MP Silk Federation is located at Bhopal
matching state share besides, creating a full-fledged with different outlets across the state for marketing of
sericulture Department in the years to come. The cocoons produced by the beneficiaries at the rate fixed by
assistance availed by the state under convergence for XII Apex Society. Apex Society (SERIFED) is responsible for
Plan (2012-17) was Rs.1030 crore under RKVY and Rs. marketing of cocoons and yarn of the producers to the
848 crore under MGNREGS. consumers like weavers and members of the weaver’s
co-operative society.
Infrastructure for sericulture development
Way forward
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres,
the following infrastructure has been created in the state • Involving agencies like State Rural Livelihood Mission
under state and Central Silk Board over different Plan to include sericulture in their programmes, in view of
periods: poor staff strength for constant monitoring.
Existing sericulture infrastructure in the state • Cluster approach and privatization of various activities
across the value chain to make the infrastructure
# Name of the Unit No. created functional.
1 Chawki rearing centres 53
2 Licensed silkworm seed production centres 602 • Strengthening post-cocoon sector- setting of
(Govt+CSB+Private) Indigenous ARMs/multi-end reeling machines, hot air
3 Registered seed farmers (P1) 90 dryers and improved vanya reeling machines, like wet
reeling machines, solar operated spinning machines
and tasar reeling machinery.
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Success Story

Shri Yashwant
Village: Salhe
Taluk: Lalburra
District: Balaghat
Madhya Pradesh
Ph: 8989054179
Shri Yashwant has been practicing sericulture since long. He takes up silkworm rearing with bivoltine hybrids,
harvesting more than 355 kg of quality cocoons out of 700 dfls from his 1 acre of mulberry plantation with an yield
of 50 kg cocoons per 100 dfls. He has availed CDP assistance for construction of rearing house, bivoltine rearing
equipment and irrigation facility. He has adopted innovative sprinkler system over roof of rearing house that helped
him in getting 30-40% higher yield per 100 dfls. His average income is Rs.1 lakh per year.

“Income from sericulture has given good livelihood for me and my entire family.
Now, I am able to provide good education to my children. I have constructed own
pucca house, purchased power tiller, TV, and motor cycle etc. I am proud to take
up sericulture and realized that it is a sustainable activity that farmers should
take up, besides, their traditional farming.”
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MAHARASHTRA In 2017-18, farmers produced 2280 MT of mulber-

ry cocoons to produce 350 MT of raw silk. Similarly,
the tasarfarmers reared 354 lakh numbers of tasar-
cocoons, out of which 19.33 MT of tasar raw silk was
produced. Thus, sericulture provides good employ-
3,07,713 sq. km. 11,23,74,333 82.34% ment opportunities for farmers in the state. Pune and
Aurangabad divisions outstand among all sericulture
Introduction districts as far as mulberry silk is concerned whereas,
tasar silk is grown in four districts of Vidarbha region
Maharashtra is India’s second largest state, in terms of
i.e., Gondia, Gadhchiroli, Bhandara & Chandrapur. The
both population and geographical area. The state has 36
production details during last five years are indicated
districts, divided into six revenue divisions viz., Kokan,
Pune, Nasik, Aurangabad, Amravati and Nagpur. The
below:
rainfall in the state varies from a heavy 4000 mm in Kokan Silk production trends
to barely 500 mm in Khandesh area. Varied agro-climatic
conditions offer good scope for cultivation of variety of # Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
cereals, cash crop and horticultural crops.
The state has gross area of 229 lakh ha where, cereals, I Mulberry plantation 2774 3947 3480 4327
(Ha)
pulses and other major food grains are grown. Forest
covers 20.04 percent (61,724 sq.km) of the total II Mulberry Raw Silk (MT)
geographical area of the state. The state has made Bivoltine 199 249 228 350
rapid strides in the production of commercial crops like Cross Breed 4 4 3 3
sugarcane, soybean, cotton, oilseeds and onions. The Total 203 252 231 353
last few years have witnessed healthy shift towards III Vanya Silk (MT)
horticultural crops and sericulture. The state is famous for Tasar 19 21 27 19
its Alphonso mangoes, grapes, bananas, pomegranates Grand Total 222 274 258 373
and oranges.The per capita income in the state at current
prices, as at the end of 2017-18, has been Rs.180596. District-wise status of sericulture (2017-18)
Status of silk industry # District Mulberry cocoon Mulberry raw Silk
production (MT) production (MT)
The Directorate of Sericulture, Nagpur was established in
September, 1997 for the development of sericulture in the 1 Amaravati 18.817 2.895
state. Presently, silk industry is progressive in 28 districts. 2 Yavatamal 60.018 9.234
Maharashtra is a non-traditional sericulture state that 3 Washim 18.508 2.847
produces both mulberry and tasar silks. It occupies the
4 Buldhana 69.359 10.671
top position in terms of quantity in silk production among
non-traditional states and enjoys 13th rank among the silk 5 Akola 15.105 2.324
producing states. About, 9955 farmers are involved in silk 6 Wardha 71.177 10.95
production with mulberry plantation in about 10816 acres 7 Chandrapur 0.182 0.028
of land. Similarly, 3000 farmers are involved in tasar
8 Nagpur 43.484 6.69
plantation covering 10669 hectares.
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# District Mulberry cocoon Mulberry raw Silk Schemes of Government of India

production (MT) production (MT)
Maharashtra has implemented various centrally sponsored
9 Bhandara 2.289 0.352 schemeswith the help of Central Silk Board, since X five
10 Aurangabad 113.244 18.422 year plan for the development of sericulture in the state.
In XI plan, emphasis was on implementation of various
11 Jalana 246.996 37.999
Catalytic Development Programmes (CDP) for farmers and
12 Parbhani 122.253 18.808 entrepreneurs. For Cluster Promotion Programme (CPP),
13 Hingoli 70.625 11.565 Beed, Osmanabad and Buldhana have been identified
for mulberry and Yeola in Nasik district for post-cocoon
14 Nanded 85.031 14.082
programmes, particularly, for weavers/designers for up-
15 Latur 70.369 10.826 gradation of Paithani. Pune district is covered under normal
16 Osmanabad 198.409 30.524 CDP for mulberry and tasar areas up to 2009-10. During
17 Beed 334.049 51.392
2010-11, additional seven districts namely Satara, Solapur,
Sangli, Ahamadanagar, Aurangabad, Jalna and Nanded
18 Pune 150.216 23.11 were covered under normal CDP. During 2011-12, normal
19 Sangali 67.73 10.42 CDP schemes were implemented throughout the state.
20 Satara 106.128 16.327 Release particulars under CDP are depicted below:
21 Solapur 156.153 24.024 (Rs. in lakh)

22 Kolhapur 84.341 12.976 Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

CSB Share
23 Ahamad 133.027 20.466 64.6 83.88 77.8605 28.21 338.04
released
Nagar
24 Nasik 30.36 4.671 During XII Plan, CDP scheme is implemented in all
25 Dhule 1.438 0.221 mulberry and tasar sericulture districts of the state.
The details of fund released by CSB under Catalytic
26 Nandurbar 0.237 0.036
Development Programme (CDP) are as mentioned below:
27 Thane 10.311 1.586
(Rs. in lakh)
Total 2279.86 353.45
Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
CSB Share
890.925 951.725 999.83 141.74 Nil
released
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creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure,

Silk production trend - MULBERRY (c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure,
400 Mulberry & Tasar TASAR (d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies
Raw silk production (MT)

350 353
300 252
in silk and (e) Capacity building through skill development
231
250 203 / Enterprise development programme. During 2018-
200
19, under Tribal Sub-Plan, Silk Samagra fund has been
150 112
100 released to Directorate of Sericulture, Maharashtra. The
50 10 19 21 27 details of assistance are as below:
19
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
(Rs.in crore)
Year
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Raw silk production - 2017-18 ISDSI Silk Samagra

1.4174 - - 0.9819
19
5%
State Plan schemes
The state has given matching share for implementation
of the schemes/programmes under CDP/Silk Samagra in
addition to the support from Government of India; there
MULBERRY are state-specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure
353
95%
Tasar created over various plan periods and for implementation
of specific components, which are not covered under any
of the central sector and centrally sponsored schemes.
Silk Samagra The state has a man-power of 379 nos. (272 technical
Silk Samagra, a comprehensive central sector scheme of and 107 non-technical) for implementation of centrally
Central Silk Board isunder implementation from 2017- sponsored schemes, convergence and state specific
18 to 2019-20, for overall development of sericulture sericulture programmes.
industry in the country, implemented directly as well as The details of financial assistance provided by the state
through state governments.Central Silk Boardhas been for maintenance of infrastructure and related activities
supporting states towards implementation of various under sericulture sector are as under:
beneficiary oriented schemes under mulberry, vanya and
post-cocoon sectors. These interventions are important (Rs. in crore)
tools for transfer and adoption of improved technology During XII Plan (2012-17) 2017-18 2018-19
packages developed by the research institutes of Central 21.25 6.18 3.66
Silk Board. The programme catalyzes the efforts of state
governments to improve the quality, productivity and The funds from the State Plan programmes were in
production of raw silk besides, generating employment respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing and
opportunities particularly, in the rural areas. The infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
interventions cover the major areas viz., (a) Development besides, maintenance of infrastructure created over a
and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and period.
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Convergence programme Staff strength

Funding for the future developmental programmes could The state has a man-power of 379 nos. (272 technical
be with convergence from Ministry of Textiles, Agriculture and 107 non-technical) for implementation of centrally
and Rural Development etc., in the state to consider sponsored schemes, convergence and state specific
sericulture as an important sector and provide matching sericulture programmes.
state share. Table below gives details of assistance availed
by the state under convergence: Marketing
(Rs. in crore) State government is offering Minimum Support Prize
Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total (MSP) for cocoon producer. Directorate of Sericulture have
XII Plan (2012-17) 18.58 7.01 22.73 48.32 sanctioned 21 reeling-cum-twisting units in the state with
financial assistance from CDP and RKVY. Government has
2017-18 6.19 19.65 1.00 26.84
sanctioned an incentive of Rs.100per kg raw silk produced
2018-19 up to Dec 2018 6.47 28.57 - 35.04 on multi-end reeling machine and Rs.150per kg for raw
silk produced on automatic reeling machine in mulberry
Infrastructure under State
and Rs.100per kg for tasar reeled yarn through DPC
Particulars Mulberry Tasar (State Plan).
Directorate of Sericulture, HQ, Nagpur 1 Directorate of Sericultureis establishing Government
Seri Desk at Mantralaya, Mumbai 1 cocoon market on the lines of Ramanagaram market
Regional Offices 04
(Karnataka) at Jalna and Solapur districts though RKVY.
It has started a cocoon market on experimental basis at
District Sericulture Offices 22 04
APMC, Jalna on 22nd April 2018 and the response from
Silkworm Seed Production Centre (SSPC) 1 4 farmers was good.
PETC 10 15
Way forward
Reeling Unit (Multi-end & Cottage Basin ) 13 6
• Promoting group approach to sustain sericulture.
Twisting & Weaving Centre 2 1
Cocoon Purchase Centre 26 8 • Establishing market linkages, tasar host plantations,
incentives for cocoon processing
Cold Storage 1 -
• Credit linked capital subsidy to silk entrepreneurs like
Infrastructure under Central Silk Board dyers, processing and weaving machineries.
Particulars Location • Maha-Reshim campaign with the help of BARTI, PUNE
Regional Office Mumbai to create awareness and register new farmers.
Research Extension Centre Baramati, Aurangabad, • Tasar tourism corridor will be established across the
(Mulberry) Osmanabad, Pune, Parbhani &
Amravati
Forest/Tiger Reserve at Tadoba/ Pench/ Navegaon
Regional Sericulture Research Bhandara
and Nagzira through Forest Department and MTDC.
Station - Tasar
Basic Seed Multiplication & Daudipar, Dist. Bhandara
Training Centre
Demonstration-cum-Technical Bhandara
Service Centre
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Success Story

Smt. Shantabai Shankar Bhusari

Village: Asalgaon
Taluk: JalgaonJamod
Dist.: Buldana
Mobile: 9921682808
Smt. Shantabai Shankar Bhusari and her son Satish Bhusari of Asalgaon Village, Jalgaon, Jamod taluk, Buldana have
only 2.5 acre of agriculture land. Traditional agriculture crop in dry and hot area of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra
hardly helped them. On attending an extension communication programme of Central Silk Board and Directorate
of Maharashtra, they decided to adopt sericulture. They planted one acre with V1 variety of mulberry besides, tree
plantation around the field and rearing house to save the garden from dust, heat wave and pesticide drifts from
adjoining cotton/ soybean fields. The mulberry plants were pruned at a height of 1.5 feet and using an open well for
irrigation by drip irrigation facility. All the five members of family are engaged in sericulture.
She uses only organic fertilizers for sericulture like compost made of vegetative materials available in field including
annual grasses etc. She harvested good and robust cocoon crops and fetched highest rate for the cocoons with a
production of 71.29 kg/100 dfls during first year and 69 kg/100 dfls during second year of plantation. Wetting the
roof of the rearing house by Drip system helps her to maintain required temperature and humidity in the rearing shed
during hot season. Previously, she was earning only Rs.2 lakh from soybean / cotton and vegetables in entire 2.5 acre.
Now, additional income from sericulture in one acre itself is Rs.2,32,205 and total annual income from 2.5 acre is Rs.
4.82 lakh.

Crop wise rearing details

Particulars/ Year Dfls Reared Cocoon Production (kg) Avg. Rate (Rs.) Yield/100 dfls (Kg) Amount realised (Rs.)
Total/ Average 850 606 439.17 71.29 266500

(2016-17)
Total/Average 700 482 478.75 69 232205

(2017-18)

“Sericulture has changed our life and helped us earn better. We are planning to
extend the mulberry plantation to further our returns”.
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MANIPUR Status of silk industry

The art of silkworm rearing and silk weaving has long
been closely associated with the culture and tradition
amongst the women folk of Manipur. Manipur has been
practicing all the four types of natural silks i.e., mulber-
ry, eri, muga and oak tasar. Availability of food plants,
22,327sq. km. 27,21,756 79.21% traditional rearers and skilled weavers are advantages
for sericulture development in the state.The five valley
Introduction districts are major mulberry silk producing areas.Out of
the total population, 1% of families are involved in seri-
Manipur literally meaning «A jewelled land» nestle culture industry.
deep within a lush green corner of North-East India. It is
indeed a state of exquisite natural beauty and splendours, Presently, about 32,078 hectares of land is covered
surrounded by blue hills with an oval shaped valley at under silkworm food plantation in the state involving
the centre, rich in art and tradition and blessed with around 18,000 families in 782 villages with 3,567 reelers.
nature’s pristine glory. Manipur is one of the seven sister Manipur ranks first in mulberry raw silk production in
states in North-eastern region of India and bounded by NE and highest producer of oak tasar silk in the country.
Nagaland to the North, Mizoram to the South, Assam to The state has tremendous scope for development of oak
the West and having international border of Myanmar to tasar industry. In overall silk production, it holds fourth
its East. Out of 16 districts in Manipur, 5 are in the valley and position in the NE after Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
11 are in the hilly region. The strength of the state is in eri silk production followed
The main language of the state is Meitei (also known as by mulberry, oak tasar and muga. There has been
Manipuri) while Loi, Yaithibi, Kuki and Naga people speak incremental increase in production of all varieties of silk.
a variety of Sino-Tibetan languages. Tribes constituting Silk production trends
about 20% of the state population are distinguished by
dialects and cultures. Manipur is home to many sports # Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
and is credited with introducing Polo to the world. It I Mulberry 6858 7338 7548 3590
is also the origin for Manipuri dance. The two areas of plantation (ha)
Valley and Hills are distinct in physical features and are II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
conspicuous in flora and fauna which include varieties of Bivoltine 138 133 149 84
sericigenous insects and their food plants. Agriculture is Cross Breed 12 10 12 9
the primary occupation of the rural populace of Manipur.
Besides, sericulture plays an important role in providing Mulberry Total (I) 150 144 161 92
subsidiary income. The climatic condition is conducive III Vanya Silk (MT)
for commercial exploitation of mulberry, eri, muga and Oak-Tasar 4 4 5 5
oak tasar silk. Manipur is famous for creating intricate Eri 361 370 363 290
designs in handlooms and holds 2nd position in the country
Muga 1 1 1 1
with 1,90,634 number of handlooms and has 2,18,753
handloom weavers. Vanya Total (II) 366 375 369 296
Grand Total (I+II) 516 519 529 388
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District-wise status (2017-18)

# District Raw silk production (MT)
Mulberry Oak-Tasar Eri Muga
1 Imphal East 22.00 0.83 50.56 0.57
2 Imphal West 9.00 0.09 26.26 0.19
3 Troubal 15.00 0.21 74.84 -
4 Bishnupur 12.00 0.23 68.08 0.07
5 Senapati 5.00 0.70 2.40 -
6 Ukhrul 6.00 0.09 4.17 -
7 Chandel 5.30 0.83 13.09 -
8 Churachandpur 7.50 0.95 5.65 0.20
9 Tamenglong 7.00 0.28 4.59 -
10 Kangpokpi 3.38 0.79 2.48 -
11 Jiribam - - 37.92 0.14
Total 92 5 290 1

The 11 districts in Manipur practise sericulture, either

mulberry or eri, muga or oak tasar and in certain cases
more than one variety.

Schemes of Government of India

Government of India is providing continued support to
Manipur for intensive development of sericulture in all
its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing
capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and for creating
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Silk production trend MULBERRY Raw silk production - 2017-18

MUGA
ERI
400
Raw silk production (MT)

350 157
353 361 370 290
300 363 29%
290 53%
250
200 150 161 4.8
129 144 157
150 1%
100 142 92
126 136 139
MULBERRY
50
ERI
0 92 MUGA
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 17% TASAR
Year

new infrastructure at farmers’ level, Common Facility With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,
Centres for reeling, spinning and silk weaving activities, the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
besides, infrastructure for seed production for state 2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
government. These interventions are expected to transform
the state from the present level of silk production to silk hub North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme
of India in the coming years, by providing self-employment (NERTPS)
opportunities in the hinterland, protect the heritage with an
Keeping in view the prospects and potentialities for
ultimate aim of “Make in India” in an eco-friendly atmosphere.
sericulture development in Manipur and in the backdrop
Government of India has supported Manipur for of CDP implemented from IX Plan to XII Plan, Government
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme of India, under the umbrella scheme “North East Region
(CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to XII Textile Promotion Scheme” (NERTPS) has focussed on
Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host plantations, sericulture development in Manipur under Integrated
post-cocoon infrastructure, extension, up-gradation of Sericulture Development Project (ISDP).The broad objective
silk reeling and processing facilities, capacity building, of the NERTPS under sericulture is to develop and
publicity, enterprise development etc.Funds released by modernize the sericulture sector in the state by providing
Central Silk Board to Manipur state for implementation of the required government support in terms of raw material,
the CDP from IX Plan to XII plan are as under: seed banks, machinery, Common Facility Centres (CFC),
skill development, design and marketing support etc. Two
(Rs. in crore) sericulture projects under ISDP for valley and hill districts
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds are under implementation. The details of the projects are
(1997-02) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17) released as below:
0.02 2.37 23.98 23.63 50.00

Particulars Project GoI share Project in Project output

cost (Rs. in Cr.)
(Rs. in Cr.) Benf. (No.) Raw silk (MT)

ISDP (valley) (mulberry) 149.76 126.60 4 districts & 9 6,613 450 MT during the project and 200 MT per
(2014-18) blocks annum thereafter
ISDP (hill) 30.39 24.67 7 districts & 2,169 29 MT during the project and
(mulberry & eri) 12 blocks 20 MT per annum thereafter for mulberry
(2015-18) 38.40 MT during the project and 30 MT per
annum thereafter for eri
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During 2017-18, assistance was provided to Manipur infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
under NERTPS and hence, assistance was not sought besides maintenance of infrastructure available in the
under Silk Samagra. state created over a period of time, which are not covered
under any centrally funded programmes.
Convergence programme
Infrastructure under state and CSB for
Future development programmes of sericulture in the
sericulture development
state could be with convergence of schemes from Ministry
of Textiles, Agriculture and Rural Development etc. The To support development of sericulture in all its spheres,
table below gives details of assistance availed by the state the following infrastructures have been created under
under convergence. State and Central Silk Board over different Plan periods.
CSB established two units - One Regional Sericultural
(Rs. in crore)
Research Station at Imphal and one Field Laboratory in
Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total T. Kullen.
2014-15 - - 4.00 4.00
Sector Infrastructure Under State
2015-16 - - 2.20 2.20
2016-17 - - 2.31 2.31 Muga Seed Farm 02

Grainage 06
Schemes of the state (State plan)
Eri Basic Seed Farm 03
The state has created a separate department for
Spinning Unit 01
development of sericulture which looks after all issues
relating to sericulture. Besides, the state has given P2 Grainage 14
matching share for implementation of the schemes/ P3 Grainage 03
programmes under “NERTPS”. In addition to the support
Seed Multiplication Centre 08
from Government of India, Manipur has also state-specific
plans for maintenance of infrastructure created over Seed Farm 34
various plan periods and for implementation of specific Mulberry Industrial Grainage 15
components, which are not covered under any of the
Technical Service Centre 27
central sector and centrally sponsored schemes. The
state has staff strength of 525, for sericulture sector. The Silk Reeling & Spinning Factory 01
details of financial assistance provided by the state for Weaving Unit 02
maintenance of infrastructure and related activities under
Training-cum-Production Centre 02
sericulture sector are as under:

(Rs. in crore) These units are supporting sericulture development in the

Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 State at various stages of silk production value chain.

Amount 36.49 27.72 23.13 25.29 28.19 Post-cocoon sector

Note: Figure includes Plan & Non-Plan The following infrastructure at state level and beneficiary
level are available to support value addition of cocoons
The funds from the State Plan programmes were in produced within the state:
respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing,
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Infrastructure No. Success Story

Multi-end reeling units 3
Cottage basin reeling units 21
Twisting units 4
Vanya reeling/spinning units 4

Marketing
There is no organized marketing system in Manipur. Shri Thangjam Umakanta Luwangcha
However, the state government facilitates the farmers S/o Shri Thangjam Shamungou
to market the cocoons produced by them at identified Village: Yumnam Khunou
locations in the state and invites reelers and other District: Imphal East Manipur - 795 114
consumers to participate in open auction. Mobile: 9612407810
Way Forward Shri Thangjam Umakanta Luwangcha (30 years), a
graduate from a family of 11 members, was not involved
• Development of sericulture in the aspirational district-
in their house hold farming activities till he came
Chandel, in the form of soil- to- silk project.
across the income potential in mulberry kisan nursery.
• Development of oak tasar industry. Subsequently, he took up raising mulberry saplings of K2
and S-1635 varieties in his 1.25 acre of land. He raised
• Keeping in view of the huge potential for eri production 70,000 saplings every year in one batch which are sold
and the demand for high quality spun yarn for @ Rs.1.75 per sapling. He earns a net income of around
industries, Government of India has sanctioned a new Rs.65,000 through kisan nursery, in a span of about 5-6
eri spun silk mill at Sangaipat in Imphal to produce months.
high quality eri spun silk yarn.
Sericulture has brought a sea change in his life and
approach. Sericulture converted him into a responsible
farmer from an idle and unemployed youth. He could
contribute towards construction of house from this
income. Now sericulture helps him to earn his livelihood.

“Sericulture has helped me to earn my

livelihood and has elevated standard of
living”.
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MEGHALAYA around 56,462 families from 1845 villages and 127 reelers
are involved in various activities. Meghalaya is the second
highest producer of silk among North-eastern states.

Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
I Mulberry 2659 3009 3209 3209
plantation (ha)
II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
22,429 sq. km. 29,66,889 74.43%
Bivoltine 17 15 28 39

Introduction Cross Breed

Mulberry Total (I) 17 15 28 39
Meghalaya, “The Abode of Clouds” is a land of rolling hills
III Vanya silk (MT)
and valleys, abundant rainfall, sunshine and tumbling
waterfalls.Meghalaya is one of the most beautiful states Eri 622 824 872 1007
in North-east India. Meghalaya is a region of great scenic Muga 16 18 27 30
beauty, a panorama of lush, undulating hills, fertile valleys, Vanya Total (II) 639 842 899 1037
250 species of orchids, meandering rivers, waterfalls and Grand Total (I+II) 656 857 927 1076
lakes. The state is bounded to the South by Bangladesh
and to the North and East by Assam. The strength of the state is in eri silk production followed
by mulberry and muga. There has been incremental
The state consists of eleven administrative districts increase in production of silk over the years.
namely, East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, West Jaintia
Hills, Ri Bhoi District, West Garo Hills, East Garo Hills, South District-wise status of sericulture (2017-18)
Garo Hills, East Jaintia Hills, North Garo Hills, South West
Garo Hills and South West Khasi Hills. Agriculture is the # District Raw silk production (MT)
primary occupation of the rural populace of Meghalaya. Mulberry Eri Muga
Besides, sericulture plays an important role in providing 1 East Khasi Hills 1.00 - 7.00
subsidiary income. The art of silkworm rearing and silk 2 West Khasi Hills 5.50 100 3.50
weaving has been closely associated with the culture 3 West Jaintia Hills 29.50 90
and tradition amongst the women folk of Meghalaya. The 4 Ri Bhoi - 130 3.45
climatic condition prevailing in the state is conducive for 5 West Garo Hills 2.00 95 4.00
commercial exploitation of mulberry, eri and muga. 6 East Garo Hills 0.50 155 1.50
7 South Garo Hills - 115 7.20
Meghalaya is famous for creating intricate designs on
8 North Garo Hills 0.40 100 3.50
handlooms. It has 8,967 number of handlooms and 13,612
9 South West Garo Hills - 152 -
handloom weavers.
10 South West Khasi Hills - 70 -
Status of silk industry TOTAL 39 1007 30

Among North-eastern states, Meghalaya produces three

silk varieties namely mulberry, eri and muga. Sericulture
is spread horizontally in 10 districts of the state. Presently,
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Schemes of Government of India

Government of India is providing continued support to
Meghalaya for intensive development of sericulture in
all its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing
capacity as a part of consolidation effort and for creating
new infrastructure at farmers’ level, Common Facility
Centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and
silk weaving activities, besides seed infrastructure. These
interventions are expected to transform the state from the
present level of silk production to Silk hub of India in the
coming years by providing self-employment opportunities
in the hinterlands and protecting the valuable heritage in
an environmental-friendly atmosphere.
Government of India has supported Meghalaya for
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme,
a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to first 3
years of XII Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host
plantation and post-cocoon infrastructure, up-gradation
of silk reeling and processing facilities, enterprise
development, capacity building, extension and publicity,
etc. and the funds released for the purpose by Central Silk
Board is as under:

(Rs. in crore)
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total fund
(1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-13 to released
2014-15)
0.97 6.20 18.41 23.02 48.60

With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,

the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme
Keeping in view the prospects and potentialities for
sericulture development in Meghalaya and in the backdrop
of CDP implemented from IX Plan to XII Plan, Government
of India, under the umbrella scheme “North East Region
Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS)” has given thrust for
sericulture development in Meghalaya under Integrated
Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and Intensive
Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project (IBSDP). The
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Meghalaya

broad objective of the NERTPS under sericulture is to Convergence Programme

develop and modernize the sericulture sector in the state
by providing the required Government support in terms Future development programmes of sericulture in the
of raw material, seed banks, machinery, Common Facility state could be with convergence of schemes from Ministry
Centres (CFC), skill development, design & marketing of Textiles, Agriculture and Rural Development etc.
support, etc. Schemes of the state (State Plan)
Two sericulture projects have been approved under The state has given matching share for implementation
Integrated Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and of the schemes/programmes under “NERTPS”. In addition
Intensive Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project to the support from Government of India, Meghalaya has
(IBSDP). The details of the projects are as below: also state-specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure
Particulars Project GoI Project Project output created over various plan periods and for implementation
cost share in Benef. Raw silk
of specific components, which are not covered under any
(Rs. in (Rs. in (No.) (MT) of the central sector and centrally sponsored schemes.
crore) crore)
The state has 413 manpower for implementation of
ISDP 30.16 21.91 3 2,856 162 MT centrally sponsored schemes, convergence and state
(mulberry, districts during the
eri & & 11 project & specific sericulture programmes. The details of financial
muga) blocks 77 MT per assistance provided by the state for maintenance of
(2014-18) annum
thereafter
Silk production trend - Eri
IBSDP 29.01 25.77 1 1,044 27 MT 1100
Raw silk production (MT)

(mulberry) district during the

1000 1006.8
(2015-18) &2 project &
blocks 16 MT per 900
872
annum 800 824
thereafter
700

During 2017-18, assistance was provided to Meghalaya 600 615 622

under NERTPS, hence no assistance was sought by the 500

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
state under Silk Samagra.
Year

Silk production trend MULBERRY Raw silk production - 2017-18

39
50
- Mulberry & Muga MUGA 30.4
3% 4%
Raw silk production (MT)

39
40
28
30
18 30.4
16 17
20 27

10 16 15 MULBERRY
14
0 ERI
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 1006.8
MUGA
Year 93%
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infrastructure and related activities under sericulture These infrastructures created under State and CSB are
sector are as under: supporting sericulture development at various stages of
silk production value chain.
(Rs. in crore)
Year 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Post-cocoon Sector
Amount 1.54 0.20 2.09
The following infrastructure at state level and benefi-
The funds from the State Plan programmes were in ciary level are available to support value addition of co-
respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing, and coons produced within the state.
infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
besides maintenance of infrastructure available in the Infrastructure No.
state, created over a period. Multi-end reeling units 3
Twisting units 1
Infrastructure under State and CSB
Marketing
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres,
the following infrastructure has been created in the state There is no organized marketing system in the state of
under State and Central Silk Board over different Plan Meghalaya. However, the state government facilitates
periods. CSB established 7 units - one muga P4 unit in Tura, the farmers to market the cocoons produced by them
four muga P3 units in Mendipathar, Rompara, Adokgiri & at identified locations in the state and invite reelers and
Nongpoh, one Silkworm Seed Production Centre (SSPC) in other consumers to participate in open auctions. This
Tura and one Research Extension Centre (REC) in Shillong. marketing system is not on a daily basis due to the reason
that the sericulture activity in Meghalaya is seasonal.
Sector Infrastructure Under State
VGR 03 Way forward
Muga P2 farm 02
Muga
Muga reeling unit 02 • There is much attention required for value addition to
the cocoons produced within NE
Seed grainage 04
Eri Spinning centre 13 • To establish a separate department for sericulture
Silk twisting spindles of handlooms 120
• Development of sericulture in the aspirational district
Nucleus farm 01
Basic farm 05 i.e., Ri-bhoi
Mulberry Extension centre 13
Chawki rearing centre 28 • Wild sanctuary for muga has been taken up to protect
the species
Others Handloom co-operative societies 38
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Meghalaya

Success story

Smt. Philina Lyngdoh

W/o. Shri Marten Thangkhiew
Village: Wahsynon New Jirang
District: Ribhoi
Meghalaya – 793 107
Mobile: 7308121612
Smt. Philina Lyngdoh (38 years) has been practicing eri culture since her childhood. Today, she has 2 acres land
under eri food plant and half acre under eri nursery (kesseru, castor & tapioca). She has received assistance for
augmentation of eri food plants, rearing house and kisan nursery. Annually, she is supplying 22600 saplings @ Rs.3-
6 to other farmers, harvesting and selling more than 30 kg of cocoon shells and earning a net income of Rs.1.5 lakh.

“I used to support my parents and that is how I picked up eri rearing technique.
After marriage, I took it up as a commercial activity, as it gave me good financial
support. Through the income from this activity and eri saplings, I am able to meet
the requirements of my children education and other social needs.”
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MIZORAM 5,054 farmers in 175 villages. Mizoram ranks second

among North-eastern states in mulberry silk production
after Manipur.The state has conducive climate for
commercial exploitation of all varieties of silk.

Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
21,081 sq. km. 10,97,206 91.33%
I Mulberry 3700 3843 4009 4094
plantation (ha)
Introduction II Mulberry silk (MT)
Bivoltine 32 46 47 61
Mizoram means «Land of the Mizos» (Mizo means
Cross Breed 8 9 18 14
name of native inhabitants and Ram means land).
It is the southernmost landlocked state, sharing Mulberry Total 40 55 65 75
(I)
borders with three of the Seven Sister States,
namely Tripura, Assam and Manipur. The state also III Vanya silk (MT)
shares a 722 kilometre border with the neighbouring Oak-Tasar 0.02 0.005 0.02 0.05
countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar and blanketed with Eri 10 9 11 8
breath-taking valleys, green forests, unique cultures and Muga 0.1 0.12 0.26 0.76
beautiful tribes. The state is a serene heaven in North-East
Vanya Total (II) 10 9 11 9
India, which is still far away from the glitz and glamour
of the modern world. Mizoram’s cultural splendour and Grand Total 50 64 76 84
(I+II)
simple living can be seen in various festivals celebrated
The strength of the state is in mulberry silk production
here. This offbeat destination in India takes you to many
followed by eri, muga and oak tasar. There has been in-
charismatic places some of which include Aizawl, Lunglei,
Thenzawl, Champhai, Palak Dil, Hmuifang Tlang, etc. The
cremental increase in the production of all varieties of
state has 8 administrative districts viz., Aizawl, Lunglei, silk.
Siaha, Champhai, Kolasib, Serchhip, Lawngtlai and
Mamit. The state is famous for creating intricate designs
District-wise status of sericulture (2017-18)
on handlooms in the country with 24,136 number of District Raw silk production (MT)
handlooms and 43,528 handloom weavers. # Mulberry Oak Tasar Muga Eri
1 Aizawl 26.00 - 0.32 0.73
Status of silk industry
2 Lunglei 12.55 - 0.05 1.63
Mizoram is a home for all sericigenous insects (mulberry, 3 Siaha 1.50 - - -
eri, muga and oak tasar) with different host plants that 4 Champhai 11.15 0.052 - 0.63
are grown naturally and has been blessed with congenial 5 Kolasib 3.00 - 0.18 2.26
climatic condition, ample land and inherited skills in the -
6 Serchhip 8.15 0.07 0.70
tribal people. All the 8 districts in Mizoram are practising - -
7 Lawngtlai 2.25 0.39
sericulture.
8 Mamit 10.40 - 0.18 1.66
Presently, 5,475 hectares of land is covered under TOTAL 75.00 0.052 0.80 8.0
silkworm food plantation in the state involving around
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Mizoram

Schemes of Government of India (CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to first 3
years of XII Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host
Government of India is providing continued support to plantation and post-cocoon infrastructure, up-gradation
Mizoram for intensive development of sericulture in all of silk reeling and processing facilities, enterprise
its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing development, capacity building, extension and publicity
capacity as a part of consolidation effort and for creating etc., and funds released by Central Silk Board to Mizoram
new infrastructure at farmers’ level, Common Facility for the purpose are as under:
Centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and silk
weaving activities, besides seed infrastructure. (Rs. in crore)

These interventions are expected to transform the state IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(1997-2002) (2002- (2007- (2012-13 to released
from the present level of silk production to Silk hub of 07) 12) 2014-15)
India in coming years by providing self-employment 1.36 8.84 23.26 21.77 55.23
opportunities in the hinterlands and protecting the
heritage in an eco-friendly atmosphere. With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,
the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
Government of India has supported Mizoram for
2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
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North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme Bivoltine Sericulture Development Programme (IBSDP).
The broad objective of the NERTPS under sericulture is to
Keeping in view the prospects and potentialities for develop and modernize the sericulture sector in the state
sericulture development in Mizoram and in the backdrop by providing required government support in terms of raw
of CDP implemented from IX Plan to XII Plan, Government material, seed banks, machinery, Common Facility Centres
of India, under the umbrella scheme “North East Region (CFC), skill development, design & marketing support,
Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS)” has given thrust etc. Three sericulture projects under ISDP and IBSDP are
for sericulture development in Mizoram under Integrated under implementation. The details of the projects are as
Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and Intensive below:

Particulars Project cost GoI share Project in Project Output

(Rs.in crore) (Rs. in crore) Benef. (No.) Raw silk (MT)

ISDP (mulberry) 32.49 24.49 1 district & 1,683 117 MT during the project & 49 MT per annum thereafter
(2014-18) 2 blocks

IMSDP (muga) 13.52 12.83 1 district & 833 7.34 MT during the project & 4.26 MT per annum
(2015-18) thereafter
2 blocks
IBSDP 30.15 26.88 1 district & 1,169 26 MT during the project &
(mulberry) 15.60 MT per annum thereafter
(2015-18) 2 Blocks

During 2017-18, assistance was provided to Mizoram State plan schemes

under NERTPS, and hence, assistance was not sought State has created a separate department for development
under Silk Samagra. of sericulture, which looks after all issues relating to
sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching share
Convergence programme for implementation of the schemes/programmes under
“NERTPS”. In addition to the support from Government of
Future development programmes of sericulture in the
India, state has also state-specific plans for maintenance
state could be with convergence of schemes from Min- of infrastructure created over various plan periods and
istry of Textiles, Agriculture and Rural Development etc. for implementation of specific components, which are
The table below gives details of assistance availed by not covered under any of the central sector and centrally
the state under convergence: sponsored schemes. The state has 283 manpower
for implementation of centrally sponsored schemes,
(Rs. in crore)
convergence and state specific sericulture programmes.
Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total
The details of financial assistance provided by the state
2014-15 11.92 - - 11.92 for maintenance of infrastructure and related activities
2015-16 2.25 - - 2.25 under sericulture sector is as under:
2016-17 2.18 - 0.95* 3.13
(Rs. in crore)
2017-18 0.83 - - 0.83 Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
*Eri development under Ministry of Tribal Affair. Amount 13.48 16.19 16.82 18.97 19.34
Note: Figures includes Plan & Non-Plan.
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Mizoram

The funds from the State Plan programmes were in

Silk production trend - Mulberry respect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing,
80
75 infrastructure development at beneficiary and state level,
Raw silk production (MT)

70
60 65 besides, maintenance of infrastructure available in the
50 55 state created over a period.
40
30 34
40
Infrastructure under State and CSB
20
10 To support development of sericulture in all its spheres,
0 the following infrastructure has been created in the
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
state under State and Central Silk Board over different
Year Plan periods. Also, CSB has established one Research
Extension Centre at Aizawl.

Sectors Infrastructure Under

State
Muga P2 seed farm 1
Commercial seed farm 1
Muga Grainage 2
Silk production trend MUGA Extension centre 2

12
- Eri & Muga ERI
Raw silk production (MT)

11 Basic seed farm 2

10 7.99
9 10.00 10.55 Commercial seed farm 2
8 8.86 Grainage 2
7 8.00
6 Eri Extension centre 1
5
4 Ambar Charkha unit 1
3
2 1.00 0.76
0.10 0.26
1 0.12
0
P2 seed farm (Rangvamual, Aizawl) 1
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year Seed multiplication farm 10
Grainage 2
Extension centre 8
Chawki rearing centre 8
Mulberry Technical service centre 1
Multi-end reeling (22 basins) 1
Silk twisting spindles-unit (240 spindles) 1

Raw silk production - 2017-18

7.99 0.76 Basic seed farm 1
1%
9% Commercial seed farm 1
Oak Tasar Grainage 1
Extension centre 1

Silk handlooms (Private) 20

MULBERRY Handloom co-operative societies 1
75 Others Silk exchange (yarn bank) 1
ERI
90% Emporium 1
MUGA
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These infrastructures created under State and CSB are Success story
supporting sericulture development in the state at various
stages of silk production value chain.

Post-cocoon sector
The following infrastructure at state level and beneficiary
level are available to support value addition of cocoons
produced within the state. Smt. Lalbiakzami
Infrastructure No. W/o. Shri Hmingliana
Multi-end reeling units 1
P .O.: Saitual Aizawl
Twisting units 1
Mizoram - 726 261
Vanya reeling/spinning units 5
Mobile: 8575462295
Smt. Lalbiakzami (52 years) has been involved in mulberry
Marketing cocoon production activity since 2010. Her family
There is no organised marketing system in the state of occupation changed from Jhum cultivation to sericulture.
Mizoram. However, the State Government facilitates Initially, she had 1.5 acre mulberry plantation of S-1635
the farmers to market the cocoons produced by them at variety, and later with attractive returns flowing in, she
identified locations in the state and invite reelers and other decided to increase the plantation area to 2.5 acre to boost
consumers to participate in open auction. This marketing the returns. On an average, she could successfully harvest
system is not on a daily basis due to the reason that the 314 kg cocoons and generate net income of Rs.69,000
sericulture activity in Mizoram is seasonal. annually.

Way forward “After attending a training programme

• There is much attention required for value addition to
under BEP (CDP), I felt confident to
the cocoons produced within NE start sericulture in 2010; and today, I
• Keeping in view, the potential for, Government of India
appreciate my decision. Our lifestyle
has sanctioned a new project under NERTPS in the has improved; I could renovate our
aspirational district of Mamit. existing dwelling house, purchase
household goods and additional
rearing equipment to support my
activity out of income from sericulture.”
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NAGALAND from 754 villages. Nagaland holds third position in NE for

silk production after Assam and Meghalaya.

Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
I Mulberry 633 743 290 290
plantation (ha)
16,579sq. km. 19,78,502 79.55% II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
Bivoltine 6 4 7 11
Introduction Cross Breed 3 1.37 1
Nagaland is a mountainous state located in the extreme Mulberry Total (I) 6 7 8 12
North-eastern end of India, bordering the Assam to III Vanya silk (MT)
the West, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to the Oak-Tasar 0.1 0.07 0.08 0.002
North, Myanmar to the East and Manipur to the South.
Eri 610 622 669 602
The state consists of 11 administrative districts namely
Kohima, Dimapur, Peren, Mokokchung, Wokha, Zunheboto, Muga 3 2 1 1
Tuensang, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire and Phek. Rich in Vanya Total (II) 613 624 670 603
terms of diversity, culture and traditions inhabited by 16 Grand Total (I+II) 619 631 678 615
major tribes along with other sub-tribes with distinctive
languages adds heritage. The strength of the state is in eri silk production followed
by mulberry, oak tasar and muga. There has been an
Nagaland is blessed with salubrious climate throughout incremental increase in production of all varieties of silk.
the year, which is a blend of tropical and temperate
conditions suitable for sericulture. Almost all the tribes District -wise status of sericulture (2017-18)
in different districts practice sericulture as a source of
# District Raw silk production (MT)
livelihood based on potential and prospects. The state
Mulberry Eri Muga
is famous for creating beautiful and intricate designs
1 Dimapur 8.60 114.57 0.35
in handlooms in the country with 47,688 number of
2 Peren 2.80 44.62 0.13
handlooms and has 66,490 handloom weavers.
3 Mokokchung 0.75 156.08 0.22
Status of silk industry 4 Wokha - 58.29 0.30
5 Kohima - 73.10 -
Nagaland is traditionally practicing all the four varieties
6 Phek - 24.00 -
of silk. Mulberry is practiced in the districts of Dimapur,
7 Tuensang - 46.61 -
Kohima, Paren, Mokokchung, in lower area bordering
8 Kiphire - 24.12 -
Assam and also in the high altitudes of Wokha and
9 Mon - 23.5 -
Zunheboto. Oak tasar is concentrated mainly, in the
10 Longleng - 21.11 -
forest areas in Phek and Tuensang. Muga is practiced in
11 Zunheboto - 16.28 -
Mokokchung, Tuensang and Wokha, whereas, eri culture
Total 12.15 602.28 1.00
is predominantly practiced all over Nagaland.
Presently, about 7,672 hectares of land is covered under All the 11 districts in Nagaland are practicing sericulture,
silkworm food plantation in the state under mulberry, eri, either mulberry, eri, oak tasar or muga and in certain
muga and oak tasar, involving around 18,017 farmers districts more than one variety.
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Schemes of Government of India (CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to first
3 years of XII Plan.The CDP envisaged in development
Government of India is providing continuous support to of host plantation and post-cocoon infrastructure,
Nagaland for intensive development of sericulture in all up-gradation of silk reeling and processing facilities,
its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing enterprise development, capacity building and publicity
capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and for creating etc. Funds released by Central Silk Board to Nagaland for
new infrastructure at farmers’ level, common facility implementation of CDP from IX Plan till first 3 years of XII
centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and plan are as below:
silk weaving activities, besides, seed infrastructure for
state government. These interventions are expected (Rs. in crore)
to transform the state from the present level of silk IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
production to Silk hub of India in coming years by providing (1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-13 released
self employment opportunities in the hinterland and to 14-15)
protect the heritage with ultimate aim of “Make in India” in 0.59 4.21 19.53 24.41 48.74
an eco-friendly atmosphere.
With a view to restructure, centrally sponsored scheme,
The Government of India had supported Nagaland for the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme 2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).
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North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project (IBSDP). The
(NERTPS) broad objective of the NERTPS under sericulture is to
develop and modernize the sericulture sector in the state
Keeping in view the prospects and potentials for sericulture by providing the required government support in terms
development in Nagaland and in the backdrop of CDP, of raw material, seed banks, machinery, common facility
Governmentof India, under the umbrella scheme “North centres, skill development, design & marketing support,
East Region Textile Promotion Scheme” has given focus etc. Four sericulture projects of ISDP and IBSDP are under
for sericulture development in Nagaland under Integrated implementation. The details of the projects are as below:
Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and Intensive
Particulars Project cost GoI share Project Project output
(Rs. in cr.) (Rs. in cr.) in
Benf. (Nos.) Raw silk (MT)
ISDP (mulberry, eri & muga) 31.47 22.66 4 districts & 2,678 166 MT during the project & 69 MT per annum
(2014-18) 9 blocks thereafter
IESDP (eri) 13.66 12.83 1 district & 1,053 72 MT during the project &
(2015-18) 2 blocks 24 MT per annum thereafter
Post-cocoon technology (2016- 8.57 8.48 1 district & 400 Post-cocoon & post-yarn activities.
19) 2 blocks
IBSDP (mulberry) 29.43 26.16 1 district & 1,144 27 MT during the project &
(2015-18) 2 blocks 16 MT per annum thereafter

Silk production trend MULBERRY

Raw silk production - 2017-18
12
1
14
- Mulberry & Muga MUGA
0%
2%
12
Raw silk production (MT)

12
10 8
8 7
6
6
3 7
4
2 2 1 1 MULBERRY
2
0 ERI
602
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 MUGA
98%
Year
Silk Samagra
Silk production trend - Eri Silk Samagra is a comprehensive central sector scheme
700
of Central Silk Board under implementation from 2017-
Raw silk production (MT)

650
669 18 to 2019-20, for overall development of sericulture
industry in the country, implemented directly as well as
622
600
597
610 602 through state governments.The programme catalyzes
the efforts of state governments to improve the quality,
550
productivity and production of raw silk besides, generating
500 employment opportunities particularly, in the rural areas.
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 An amount of Rs.0.63 crore has been released to the state
Year for spinning machines for the year 2018-19.
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Convergence programme Infrastructure under State and CSB for

sericulture development
Future development programmes of sericulture in the
state could be with convergence of schemes from Ministry To support development of sericulture in all its spheres
of Textiles, Agriculture and Rural Development etc. The at various stages of silk production value chain, following
table below gives details of assistance availed by the state infrastructure have been created under State and Central
under convergence: Silk Board over different Plan periods. Also, Central
Silk Board has established two units - Muga P3 unit at
(Rs. in crore)
Kobulong and Mulberry Research Extension Centre at
Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total Dimapur. The details are as follows:
2016-17 0.56 - - 0.56
Sector Infrastructure State
2017-18 2.14 - 2.50 4.64
Muga Muga farm 2

State plan schemes Farm-cum-grainage 2

Seed grainage 1
State has created a separate department for development Eri P2-farm 1
Eri farm 10
of sericulture which looks after all issues relating to Spinning units (5 Ambar charkha in each unit) 2
sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching share
CRC/ Farm 7
for implementation of the schemes/programmes under Reeling unit 1
“NERTPS” as well as “Silk Samagra”. In addition to the Mulberry Multi-end reeling unit (10 basin) 1
support from Government of India, state has also state- Cottage basin (5 basin) 1
specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure created Twisting unit (120 spindle) 1
over various plan periods and for implementation of Oak-tasar farm 4
Oak
specific components, which are not covered under any Reeling unit (5 basin) 1
Tasar
Seed cocoons preservation unit (2 lakh capacity) 1
of the central sector and centrally sponsored schemes.
The state has 267 manpower for implementation of
Post-cocoon sector
centrally sponsored schemes, convergence and state
specific sericulture programmes. The details of financial The following infrastructure at state and beneficiary
assistance provided by the state for maintenance of level are available to support value addition of cocoons
infrastructure and related activities under sericulture produced within the state:
sector are as under:
Infrastructure No.
Multi-end reeling units 1
(Rs. in crore)
Cottage basin reeling units 1
Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Twisting units 2
Amount 13.23 16.83 17.45 21.94 21.08
Vanya reeling/spinning units 15
Note: Data include Plan & Non-Plan.
The funds from the State Plan were in respect of activities
Marketing
like plantation, silkworm rearing, and infrastructure There is no organized marketing system in the state of
development at beneficiary and state level, besides, Nagaland. However, the state government facilitates
maintenance of infrastructure available in the state the farmers to market the cocoons produced by them at
created over a period of time. identified locations in the state and invite reelers and other
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consumers to participate in open auctions.This marketing Success story

system is not on a daily basis since the sericulture activity
in Nagaland is seasonal.

Way forward
• There is much attention required for value addition to
the cocoons produced within NE.
• Keeping in view, the potential for eri and oak tasar Shri Kevilelie Medom
production, Government of India has sanctioned a S/o. Late Neilhousa
new project under NERTPS in the aspirational district Village: Chedema
of Kiphire. District: Kohima
Nagaland - 797 003
It is also expected that the Nagaland being an important Mobile: 8256985371
state in the sericulture map of India contributing quality
bivoltine silk production apart from eri and muga. Shri Kevilelie Medom (39 years) is involved in production
Bivoltine sericulture development project through women of eri silkworm seed since 2009. Earlier, he practiced
empowerment in Wokha district is approved by Ministry agriculture through Jhum and terrace cultivation. He
and is being implemented to cover 400 acres of plantation started as an eri rearer and later took up silkworm
to cover 436 beneficiaries to meet national priorities seed production after getting training at ESSPC, Azara.
through production of import substitute quality Bivoltine Now, he is producing 4000-5000 dfls per operation and
silk. performs 6-7 grainage operations per year. He earned
Rs.42,000 as net income from the grainage activity during
the year 2013-14 and has established himself as a rural
entrepreneur.
“In last 4 years with regular income
from this activity, I have been able to
construct a house besides supporting
my family to have a decent livelihood. I
am happy to be a source of inspiration
for other educated unemployed youth
of the area.”
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ODISHA Mulberry sericulture is quite non-traditional to the state.

9 districts have been identified for mulberry sericulture.
Among them Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Keonjhar and
Phulbani are the important districts. The state has already
adopted the most developed bivoltine hybrid i.e., CSR hybrids.
Sericulturists in the state mostly take up bivoltine silkworm
rearing with CSR hybrids in two favourable seasons and
1,55,707 sq. km. 4,19,74,218 72.87% multi-bivoltine (crossbreeds) in other two seasons. The state
also plays a major role in generation of seed cocoons for West
Introduction Bengal state for silkworm seed production in grainages.

Mainly, tasar and mulberry sericulture is practised Silk production trends

in Odisha state. Tasar silk is the traditional one and # Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
contribute major share of Odisha’s silk production. Odisha
I Mulberry 463 584 686 464
is predominantly a traditional tasar producing state. Tasar plantation (ha)
culture is one of the main occupation in the tribal pockets II Mulberry raw
of Deogarh, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput, Rayagada, silk (MT)
Mayurbhanj, Sonpur, Dhenkanal, Anugul, Nabarangpur, Bivoltine 2 3 3 2
Keonjhar Sundargarh & Boudh districts. Crossbreed 1 0.11 1
Total (I) 3 3 3 3
Khandua /Sambalpuri
III Vanya
Tasar 88 107 116 106
Eri 7 7 6 7
Total (II) 95 114 122 113
Grand Total (I+II) 98 117 125 116

District-wise silk production during 2017-18

# District Raw Silk Production (MT)
Mulberry Eri Tasar Total
1 Mayurbhanj - - 37.5 37.5
2 Bhubaneswar 0.1 2 - 2.1
3 Chandragiri 1.1 - - 1.1
4 Deogarh 0.2 0.5 4.5 5.2
5 Dhenkanal - 0.5 10.5 11
6 Kalahandi 0.05 0.5 2 2.55
Khandua is a traditional “bandha” or ikat saree
produced from Odisha worn by women during 7 Keonjhar 0.3 0.5 35.5 36.3
wedding. Nuapatna is famous for Khandua (silk 8 Koraput 0.3 0.5 - 0.8
& cotton) sarees and Ikat sarees manufactured 9 Phulbani 0.95 1 1.5 3.45
using tie and dye process which is similar to that of
10 Sundergarh - 1.5 14.5 16
Poochampalli in Andhra Pradesh.
TOTAL 3 7 106 116
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Financial Support to sericulture promotion

(Rs. in Lakh)
Year Central Silk State Beneficiary Total
Board share share share

2013-14 537.17 99.8625 99.8625 736.895

2014-15 273.49 68.3725 68.3725 410.235
2015-16 1275.43 165.671 58.545 1499.646
2016-17 9.92 1.364 1.364 12.648
2017-18 115.67 11.567 1.1567 128.3937

Schemes of Government of India

Highlights of Central Silk Board intervention in the state:
Mulberry sector
• Improved mulberry variety (S1635, S1) and improved
silkworm breeds (CSR2xCSR4, SK6xSK7) developed
by the research institutes of Central Silk Board have
improved the productivity and quality of silk.
• Mulberry seed zones developed in Gajapathi and
Koraput districts to supply seed cocoons to West
Bengal for remunerative price (Rs.500-550/Kg) to the
farmers. Entire seed cocoons lifted by Central Silk
Board were used for seed preparation.
• 1622 farmers were supported by supplying rearing
equipment & 1756 farmers for rearing houses under
Catalytic Development Program (CDP).
• 2 mulberry clusters were organized at Ghatogan in
Keonjhar district & Kashipur in Rayagada district
under Transfer of Technology (ToT) for improvement
of productivity and two Scientists were assigned to
monitor the programme.
• Technical support was extended to Sonpur mulberry
hub, Sonpur for improvement in productivity. The
average yield has reached to 36 kg/100 dfls during
2013-14 from 23 kg/100 dfls during 2012-13 and
targeted to increase dfls consumption to 400 dfls/
farmers with average yield to 45 kg during 2014-15.
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Tasar sector
Silk production trend - Mulberry & Eri
8 • Technical support was extended in monitoring tasar
Raw silk production (MT)

7 7.00 seed multiplication through PPCs & Private Grainuers.

7.00 7.00
6 6.30 • 4 seed multiplication units (PPCS) were adopted for
4.80
5 quality seed production.
4 3.30
2.99
3.30 3.00 • 564 private tasar graineur supported for construction
3 2.91
of grainage houses and procurement of equipments.
2
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
• 725 seed rearers supported for procurement of
MULBERRY ERI
Year equipments.
• 1259 ha of tasar host plantation is developed.
Silk production trend - Tasar
140 • 300 tasar cocoon storage houses are established.
Raw silk production (MT)

120
106 • 4 tasar clusters and one IVLP cluster are organized for
100 107 116
88
Transfer of Technology and improvement of productivity.
80
60 • 15,000 sericulture farmers / reelers are covered
40 45
under women health insurance scheme.
20
0 • Seed testing van with equipment for disease
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 monitoring
Year
Details of basic tasar seed supply
Raw silk production - 2017-18 Particulars Variety 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
3
7
3% Indent received BV 370000 400000 133710
6%

TV 20000 30000 125000

Total 390000 430000 258710
Dfls supplied BV 366741 341775 180040
TV 123491 83645 123555
MULBERRY
Total 490232 425420 303595
ERI
106
TASAR Remarks % of 125.7 98.93 117
91% supply
• As per request of Director of Textiles, Odisha, directed Silk Samagra
Regional Sericultural Research Station, Koraput,
Sericulture Development Centre, Ramagiri & Research Joint Projects in Pipelines- TSRDS projects under social
Extension Centre, Deogarh for extending technical corporate responsibilities
support and crop monitoring at farmers level in co-
Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS) under
ordination with the Assistant Director’s of Koraput,
Corporate Social responsibility have undertaken many
Phulbani, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Sonpur Districts for crop
welfare schemes in and around Bramhanipal areas for
improvement.
upliftment of rural tribal’s by restraining migration of labour.
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TSRDS has also taken some initiation for production of tasar • Permanent central nursery: Approved under District
seed, training to the farmers and keen on development of Mineral Funds (DMF) - Rs.4 crores.
mulberry and tasar sericulture under CSR programmes. • Now host plantation: 600 ha under DMF- Total cost-
TSRDS has also agreed to fund the whole project (including Rs. 3.80 crores.
beneficiary share) and interested to implement jointly with
• Common facility centre at Bhagamunda: Under
Central Silk Board and State Department. While, TSRDS will
OMBADC- Rs. 10 crores.
be funding the project, Central Silk Board will play a major
role in technology dissemination and in implementation of • Spun silk mill (By-product utilization) - Rs.16 crores.
the project and the state will provide available infrastructure,
market and extension support for successful implementation
Convergence programmes
of the project. The total outlay of the project is Rs.3,604.01 (Rs. in crores)
lakh. Of which, Rs.2,490.79 lakh and Rs.1,112.72 lakh would Year RKVY MGNREGSA Others
be for mulberry and tasar sectors, respectively. 2013-14 0 4.88 0.36

State plan schemes 2014-15 6.03 6.45 0

2015-16 8.35 16.42 2.57
Tasar sericulture project
2016-17 4.43 9.15 0
• Tasar Silk Park at Bhagamunda: Under state plan- 2017-18 4.06 17.55 0
Total project cost Rs.4.07 crore under implementation.
2018-19 1.75** 13.03*
• Weaving cum stitching unit: Under state plan-Total
*upto November 2018 (against allocation of Rs. 30.93),
project cost- Rs.3.80 crores.
** under implementation.

Infrastructure for sericulture development

Central Silk Board infrastructure
Name of units No. Location Support extended to state
Regional Office 1 Bhubaneswar Close liaison of effective co-ordination with the state
Government in implementation of sericulture development
programs of the projects.
Regional Sericultural Research Station 1 Koraput Fine tuning of the research findings, Demonstration and
farmers training.
Research Extension Centre 1 Dhenkikote Transfer of Technology & Demonstration.
Cluster Promotion Program 2 Ghatogaon & Kishipur Transfer of Technology on bivoltine silk under CSRTI,
Berhampore (West Bengal).
Divisional Cluster Technical Service 1 Cuttack Major training / quality testing service common facility
Centre service / liaison.
Cluster Sericulture Development 1 Ramagiri Closed.
Non-Mulberry
RTRS 1 Baripada To work on Modal eco-race.
BSMTC 4 Baripada, Sundergarh, Production and supply of basic tasar silkworm seed.
Nowrangpur & Kendujhara
REC 1 Bangriposi Closed.
Field Unit 1 Pallahara
REC = Research Extension Centre, BSM&TC = Basic Seed Multiplication & Training Centre.
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State level infrastructure Marketing

Under tasar sector (Nos.) Apex society i.e., State Tasar & Silk Co-operative Society
is located at Bhubaneswar with different out lets at
a) Pilot project centre 15
Keonjhar, Baripada, Koraput, Fakirpur and Nuapatna.
b) Tasar seed multiplication centres 85 Cocoons produced by the beneficiaries are sold to
c) Tasar Rearers Coop society (TRCS) 62 primary society at the rate fixed by apex society.
Apex society (SERIFED) is responsible for marketing of
d) State tasar research farm 01
cocoons and yarn of the producers to the consumers
e) Reeling units 14 like weavers and members of the weavers’ co-operative
f) Training centre 13 society.
g) Ushnokothis 12 Way forward
h) Reeling & spinning devices 5000
1. Low return to farmers because of low cocoon price in
Under mulberry sector (Nos.) mulberry & tasar offered by the state.

a) Mulberry Demonstration Farms (MDFs) 13 2. In mulberry, low cocoon quality is mainly due to poor
mulberry garden, lack of timely supply of rearing
b) Mulberry Rearers Coop. Society (MRCS) 39
appliances, rearing houses and poor disinfection.
c) Mulberry Extension Service Centre (MESC) 33
3. In tasar sector, monopoly in marketing of tasar
d) Mulberry grainage unit 02 cocoons resulting low return to the farmers.
e) Reeling units 04
4. Shortage of technical manpower at different levels.
f) Dyeing units 02
5. Existing multi-end reeling units for mulberry silk
g) CATD 3 reeling are not working to full potential.
h) CRC 27
6. In tasar, lack of facilities like non performance of state
i) Cocoon markets (with marketing facility at MRCS) 25 PPCs for multiplication of tasar basic seed (1:10) to
j) CFC 25 meet the state’s seed requirement.

Under eri sector (Nos.) 7. Proper documentation of the plan & programmes.

a) Eri Seed Stations (ESSs) 02

b) Eri centre 11
c) Eri Rearers Coop. Society (ERCS) 01
d) Eri farm-cum-grainage unit 19
e) Takli/ eri spinning devices 300
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Success story

Shri Ghanashyam Champia

Block: Harichandanpur
District: Keonjhar
Odisha
Shri Ghanashyam Champia is a successful tasar farmer of Tangiriapal TRCS Ltd., of Harichandanpur Block of Keonjhar
district in Odisha. His dwelling house is situated in the bank of the river Kusei and sub-forests of Daitary hill saturated
with natural Asan plants.
He is practicing tasar culture for more than 30 years and protected the flora surrounding his house for his Tasar
culture. Previously, he was rearing wild Nalia tasar which was found to be irregular and variable and loss of crop.
But, introduction of Daba T.V, with new technology of rearing and dfl from Patel Nagar, BSMTC (West Bengal) gives
very good result. Previously, his earning was from paddy crop, part vegetable crop like Brinjal, Tomato, etc., and part
sericulture along with wagon loading unloading of ores and minerals in Brahmanipal Railway siding. Since 2002-2003
gradually, the income increases above 1 Lakh per annum and now his full family is completely depending on tasar
culture leaving aside vegetable farming and working labourer. During the year 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
he earned Rs.45,005, Rs.81,226, Rs.1,42,835, Rs.2,14,700 respectively, (2013-14 was failed due to Phailene Cyclone). It
also created great impact to neighbour tasar farmers of the TRCs. During the year 2015-16, 22 farmers earned more
than 1 lakh rupees and presently, the Tangiriapal TRCs is No-1.
He had received support under CDP, State Plan Scheme and Tasar rearers Co-operative Society Tangiriapal TRCs, Ltd.,
The assistance to establish private grainage under CDP has helped him in producing tasar dfls for his own utilization
in commercial rearing as well as selling to his co-farmers. He has constructed a dwelling house and a pond of 1 acre
for fish culture. All his customs and culture function comfortably.

Earning from tasar culture

Year Amount (Rs.)
2014-15 K10-11-0 Rs.45,005
2015-16 K30-5-10 Rs. 81,226
2016-17 K47-1-0 Rs.142,835
2017-18 K85-10-0 Rs.2,14,700

“Introduction of new technology in rearing has led living successful path. I’m so
comfortable now with tasar culture.”
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# District Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
1 Pathankot 1.80
2 Gurdaspur 0.14
3 Hoshiarpur 0.67
4 Ropar 0.14
50,362sq. km. 2,77,43,338 75.84% Total 3.00

Introduction Schemes of Government of India

The first known documentation of the word ‘Punjab’ is Financial assistance availed by DOH, Punjab under CDP
in the writings of Ibn Batuta, who visited the region in for development of sericulture industry in the state is as
the fourteenth century. However, the first mentioning of under:
Sanskrit equivalent of ‘Punjab’ occurs in the great epic,
the Mahabharata, where, it is described as pancha-nada, • CSB share released during XI Plan : Rs.103.10 lakh
which means ‘country of five rivers’. The capital of Punjab • CSB share released during XII Plan : Rs.32.12 lakh
is Chandigarh.
• Total CSB assistance under CDP : Rs.135.22 lakh
Status of silk industry
Physical progress
Sericulture in the erstwhile Greater Punjab was started in
the year 1895. The growth of sericulture industry suffered Components XI Plan XII Plan
a lot on account of transfer of sericultural potential area Support for Mulberry Plantation Development 235 -
to the neighboring Himachal Pradesh. Sericulture activity (Acre)
of Punjab is under the administrative control of the Supply of rearing appliances (Beneficiary) 30 -
Directorate of Horticulture, Governmentof Punjab with the
Support for construction of rearing house (No.) 295 63
headquarters at Mohali. Sericulture activities are spread
over four districts and controlled through two divisions i.e., Publicity : Seminar/Workshop (No.) 1 1
Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur. In Punjab, two crops (autumn
Support for tapioca/castor cultivator (No.) 175 -
and spring) are practiced, of that spring crop contributes
more than 70% of the total raw silk production of the state. Support for eri rearing house (No.) 140 -

Silk production trends Support for hot air dryers (No.) 4 -

Supply of MRTM/MSM (No.) 14 -

Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Beneficiary empowerment programme 140 -
Mulberry plantation 1127 1129 1129 1129 (training & visit) (No.)
(ha)
Mulberry raw silk (MT) Silk Samagra
Bivoltine 4 0.76 3 3
With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,
Cross Breed the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
Mulberry total (MT) 4 0.76 3 3 2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI), to
supplement efforts for development of sericulture by the
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states. DOH, Punjab could not avail any assistance from

ISDSI scheme of Central Silk Board due to lack of state
matching share. However, during 2017-18, DOH, Punjab
submitted proposal under SCSP project.

Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) during 2017-18

State is implementing “Empowerment of Scheduled
Caste families through sericulture under Scheduled Caste
Sub-Plan (SCSP)” project to support 75 Schedule Caste
families with the financial support from Central Silk Board
in Pathankot district during the year 2017-18. Central Silk
Board has released Rs.128.52 lakh for implementation of
the project under the following components:

# Component 2017-18 State Plan schemes

Physical Amount Details of fund received by DOH, Punjab under State Plan
unit released Programme for development of sericulture in the state
1 Support for mulberry plantation 75 Acre 8.40
during last 6 years is given as under:
development -tree plantations
Year Fund received under State Plan (Rs. in lakh)
2 Support for construction of vermi- 15 No. 2.40
compost units 2012-13 112.45
3 Supply of rearing appliance 75 No. 24.00 2013-14 115.84
4 Supply of disinfecting materials 75 No. 1.20 2014-15 37.67

5 Assistance for construction of rearing 75 No. 72.00 2015-16 0.00

houses 2016-17 0.00
6 Assistance for raising & maintenance of 1 No. 8.00
chawki garden, construction of Chawki 2017-18 0.00
Rearing Centre (CRC) with equipments
7 Production unit for biological inputs/ 1 No. 1.20 Convergence programme
door-to-door service agents for
disinfection and inputs supply & In view of limited fund availability under central sector
assistance for sericulture poly clinics scheme and to maintain close inter-departmental
linkages for effective implementation of developmental
8 Support for setting up of hot air drier 1 No. 1.04
(50 kg. capacity electrical) schemes, the Government of India emphasized the
9 Training to sericulturists 75 Benf. 2.25 implementation of sericulture components by converging
CSS programme with the developmental programmes of
10 Exposure visit for sericulturists 25 Benf. 0.50 other Departments/Ministries like MORD, Agriculture etc.
11 Information, Education and LS 7.53 Accordingly, DOH, Haryana has also availed the fund for
Communication (IEC) - Publicity sericulture development through various ministries of the
materials, passbook, awareness camp, Government of India under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
krishi mela, CBOs etc.
(RKVY) etc. Fund release for RKVY for 2012-13: 20.26 lakh,
Grand Total 128.52 2013-14: 35 lakh, and for 2017-18 it was 50 lakh.
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Silk production trend - Mulberry Success Story

5 4.00
Raw silk production (MT)

3.73
4
4 3.00 3.10
3
3
2
2 0.76
1
1
0 Shri Bakshi Ram
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Year
S/o. Shri PyareLal
Village: Sariyna
Application of SILKS for expansion of plantation P.O.: Hajipur
In order to identify the potential area in term of availability District: Hoshiarpur
of silkworm host plant and agro-climatic condition, Punjab – 144 221
Central Silk Board in association with the North Eastern Mobile: 9417219501
Space Application Centre (NESAC), ISRO, Dept. of Space, Shri Bakshi Ram (48 years) is practicing silkworm
Government of India, Shillong has taken up the project rearing as a subsidiary occupation in addition to regular
on Application of Remote Sensing and Geographical agricultural activities since last few years, particularly,
Information System (GIS) in sericulture development. The during off season, since 2000. He has half an acre of
key objective of the project was to identify potential areas S146 and TR10 mulberry plantation. Annually, he has
for sericulture expansion in waste cultivable lands using been rearing 150 dfls to harvest 85 kg of cocoons with a
RS techniques and GIS applications. A SILKS (Sericulture productivity of 57 kg/100 dfls. He could get an additional
Information Linkages Knowledge System) web portal income of more than Rs.15,000 from sericulture.
has also been developed for all potential districts as an
important source of knowledge for all the stakeholders.
“Income from sericulture has helped
Infrastructure under State and Central Silk me in buying seed and fertilizers as
Board required for my agricultural crops.
# TSC Farmer Reeler CRCs Kisan Total I could also provide health care
Nursery
1 Seri division- 159 0 0 0 159
and education to children besides
Mukeria purchasing essential household goods.
2 Seri division-
Sujanpur
490 0 0 0 490 I am able to manage the needs of my
Total 649 0 0 0 649 family and I don’t have to look up to
other sources of income.”
Way Forward
• To make focused efforts without spreading resources
• To plan to integrate value addition and to ensure
remunerative price to cocoons produced by the
farmers to keep their interest continued in sericulture
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SIKKIM Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

I Mulberry 198 198 198 185

plantation (ha)
II Mulberry raw
silk (MT)
7,096 sq. km. 6,10,577 81.42 % Bivoltine 5 3.5 6 0.001
Mulberry Total (I) 5 3.5 6 0.001
Introduction III Vanya Silk (MT)
Eri 3 2.70 3 -
Sikkim is one of the smallest states amongst the eight Muga 0.17 0.15 0.17 -
sister states of the North-East, endowed with numerous Vanya Total (II) 3 2.85 3 -
flora and fauna and has a varied landscape. Southern part Grand Total (I+II) 8 6.35 9 0.001
is blended with plain lands of West Bengal and gradually,
gathers height towards the North. Sikkim is a state in District-wise silk production during 2016-17
North-East India, bordered by the international boundaries
Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal. As a part of the Himalayas, # District Raw silk production (MT)
the area has a dramatic landscape that includes India’s Mulberry Eri Muga
highest mountain, Kanchenjunga (8,586 m). The state 1 East 0.1 0.05 0.02
is home to glaciers, alpine meadows and thousands of
2 West 0.4 0.04 0.14
varieties of wildflowers.
3 South 0.3 0.01 0.04
The state consists of 4 districts viz., East Sikkim, West 4 Others 5.2 2.9
Sikkim, North Sikkim and South Sikkim. Sikkim has become
Total 6 3 0.2
India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic
practices in around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.
And famous for creating intricate designs in handlooms
Schemes of Government of India
with 345 numbers of handlooms and 568 handloom Government of India is providing continued support to
weavers. Sikkim for intensive development of sericulture in all
its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing
Status of silk industry
capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and for creating
Sericulture in Sikkim is of new origin and its activities new infrastructure at farmers’ level, Common Facility
remain confined with the Department of Forests and Wild Centres (CFCs) for reeling, spinning and silk weaving
life. The art of silkworm rearing and silk weaving has activities, besides, infrastructure for seed production for
been closely associated with the culture and tradition state government.
amongst the women folk. The climatic condition prevailing
The Government of India had supported Sikkim for
in the state is conducive for all the 3 varieties of silks,
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
i.e., mulberry, muga and eri. Presently, 384 hectares of land
(CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to
is covered under all the three silkworm food plantations by
first 3 years of XII Plan. The CDP envisaged development
involving around 350 families in 30 villages.
of host plantation and post-cocoon infrastructure,
up-gradation of silk reeling and processing facilities,
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enterprise development, capacity building and publicity

etc. Funds released by Central Silk Board to Sikkim for
implementation of CDP from IX Plan to XI Plan and first 3
years of XII plan are as below:

(Rs.in crore)
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total funds
(1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-13 to released
2014-15)
0.12 1.54 4.64 0.46 6.76

With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme,

the Government of India discontinued the CDP during
2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).

North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme

(NERTPS)
Keeping in view the prospects and potentialities for
sericulture development in Sikkim and in the backdrop of
CDP implemented from IX Plan to XII Plan, Government
of India, under the umbrella scheme “North East Region
Textile Promotion Scheme” (NERTPS) has focused on
sericulture development in Sikkim under Integrated
Sericulture Development Project (ISDP). The broad
objective of NERTPS is to develop and modernize the
sericulture sector in the state by providing the required
government support in terms of raw material, seed banks,
machinery, CFCs, skill development, design and marketing
support etc.
One sericulture project under Intensive Bivoltine
Sericulture Development Project (IBSDP) is under
implementation. The details of the project are as below:

Particulars Project GoI Project in Project output

cost share Benf. Raw silk
(Rs. in (Rs. in (No.) (MT)
Cr.) Cr.)
IBSDP 29.68 26.43 2 districts 1094 27 MT
(mulberry) (West & during the
(2015-18) South project and
Sikkim) & 17 MT per
2 blocks annum
(Soreng thereafter
and Wok)
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to market the cocoons produced by them at identified

Silk production trend MULBERRY locations in the state and invite reelers and other
MUGA consumers to participate in open auction. This marketing
7 6
Raw silk production (MT)

6
ERI system is not on a daily basis due to the reason that the
5
5 sericulture activity in Sikkim is seasonal.
4 4

3
3 2.70 3.00
Way forward
2 • Emphasis has been laid for horizontal expansion of
1 0.15 0.17 0.15 0.17
0.001 silk industry in all NE states mostly in the form of
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
land-based activity for cocoon production.
Year
• There is much attention required for value addition
to the cocoons produced within NE in the backdrop of
Raw silk production - 2016-17 inherent strength of this region in weaving.
0.17
2% MULBERRY
• To establish a separate department for sericulture.
3.00
33%
ERI Success story
MUGA

6.000
65%

Infrastructure under State and Central Silk Smt. Kavita Subba

Board for sericulture development W/o. Shri Bal Bahadur Subba
Village: Lower Beyong, Siktam
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres,
Post: Tikpur GPU, Sombaria
the following infrastructures have been created under
District: West Sikkim
state and Central Silk Board over different Plan periods.
Sikkim - 737 121
Central Silk Board has established one Research
Mobile: 7872963047
Extension Centre in Rangpo.
Smt. Kavita Subba has expertise of raising kisan nursery since
Sector Infrastructure Under State/Pvt.
2003-04 in 2.5 acre with around 10,000 mulberry saplings
Mulberry farm 3
of Kosen, BC-259 varieties in two batches, gains an income
Mulberry Extension centre 1
of about Rs.20,000. She has been assisted for construction
Chawki rearing centres 4
of rearing house and supply of rearing equipment under
CDP and undertook an exposure visit to South Indian states
These infrastructures created under state and Central Silk
during 2008-09 and training by DOS Sikkim staff.
Board are supporting sericulture development at various
stages of silk production value chain.
“With returns from sericulture, I could
Marketing construct house, purchase one acre of land,
There is no organized marketing system in Sikkim. a television and other household goods. Now,
However, the state government facilitates the farmers my family is leading a better life.”
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TAMIL NADU Kanchipuram

1,30,058 sq. km. 7,21,47,030 80.09 %

Introduction
Tamil Nadu is located in the southernmost part of the
country surrounded by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kanchipuram is a traditional centre for silk
Kerala, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. The state ranked sarees, manufacturing with rich deigns in pallu,
as one of the top seven developed states in India based on body and the border of the saree. The sarees
a «Multi-dimensional Development Index». are woven, using pure mulberry silk yarn.Three
shuttles are used to weave a Kanchipuram saree.
Status of silk industry
The border colour and designs are quite different
Sericulture introduced in Tamil Nadu from the border areas of from the body. Sarees are distinguished by their
Karnataka during early 1960. Now, Tamil Nadu stands number wide contrast borders. Temple borders, checks,
one in bivoltine silk production in India. The weaving sector of stripes and florals (buttas) are traditional designs
Tamil Nadu comprises mostly of handlooms. Kancheepuram, found on a Kanchipuram sarees.
Arni, Kumbakonam, Salem, Coimbatore, Madurai and
Tirunelveli are important weaving centres in the state. The Seri Tourism Corridor
Government of Tamil Nadu upgraded the sericulture wing
functioned under the Department of Industries & Commerce
to function as a separate Department of Sericulture (DOS)
headed by a Director of Sericulture during 1979 with
its headquarters at Salem. After formation of the DOS,
infrastructure facilities like seed farms, cocoon markets, silk
reeling units, sericulture training centres and silk exchange
were established.
At present (up to 31.03.2018), about 24,427 farmers
In order to popularize the sericulture activity
are practicing sericulture in Tamil Nadu, cultivating
among public, the Government of Tamil Nadu in
mulberry in 46,570.25 acres. This gives employment
association with Central Silk Board is establishing
opportunities to 2,32,850 persons. Tamil Nadu occupies
a Seri Tourism Corridor covering 6 acres of land at
fourth position in the country in silk production. During
Yercaud, a tourist destination in Salem district to
2017-18, the state has produced 1984 MT raw silk,
showcase sericulture activities from soil to silk to
including 1775 MT of bivoltine raw silk. The state
the tourists. Yercaud is a hilly destination, which
continues to occupy the leading position in cocoon
attracts about 1.30 lakh tourists every year, both
productivity of 80 kg per 100 silkworm layings, against
from inland and abroad.
the national average of 60.24 kg.
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District-wise status of sericulture (2017-18)

# District Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
Bivoltine Cross Breed Total
1 Krishnagiri 227 113 340
2 Dharmapuri 127 14 142
3 Salem 98 11 109
4 Erode 195 17 212
5 Coimbatore 204 204
6 Thiruppur 167 167
7 The Nilgiris 2 0 2
8 Vellore 113 14 127
9 Kancheepuram 1 1
Silk production trend - Mulberry 10 Thiruvallur 1 1

2500
11 Thiruvannamalai 35 2 37
Raw silk production (MT)

1898 1914 1984 12 Namakkal 84 5 89

2000
1602
1500
13 Karur 14 2 15
1120
1000
14 Trichy 37 4 41
15 Perambalur 3 1 4
500
16 Ariyalur 6 6
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 17 Pudukottai 23 2 25
Year
18 Thiruvarur 5 1 6
Silk production trends 19 Thanjavur 10 1 12
20 Nagapattinam 3 1 3
Sericulture farmers of Tamil Nadu are in the fore front in
adopting the latest technologies in mulberry cultivation 21 Villupuram 32 3 35
and silkworm rearing. Thrust has been given to produce 22 Cuddalore 12 1 13
quality bivoltine silk in the state. The performance of the 23 Madurai 16 1 17
state for production of raw silk during the last five years 24 Theni 82 4 86
is given below in the Table: 25 Virudhunagar 18 2 19
Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 26 Ramnad 6 0 7

Mulberry plantation 16576 16160 17574 18854 27 Sivagangai 10 0 11

(ha) 28 Dindigal 155 1 156
Mulberry raw silk (MT) 29 Tirunelveli 67 6 73
Bivoltine 1207 1532 1627 1775 30 Thoothukudi 11 1 12
Cross Breed 395 366 288 210 31 Kanyakumari 11 1 12
Mulberry Total (MT) 1602 1898 1914 1984 Total 1775 210 1984
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Schemes of Government of India (Rs. in crore)

The Department of Sericulture, Government of Tamil Year Central assistance through CSB Total

Nadu and the Central Silk Board are implementing var- 2014-15 14.09 20.78
ious developmental activities under Catalytic Develop- 2015-16 4.91 ISDSI 30.13
ment Programme in IX, X, & XI Five Year Plan periods, 2016-17 9.49 ISDSI 27.4
ISDSI in 2015-16 & 2016-17 and Silk Samagra during 2017-18 11.10 Silk Samagra 29.3
2017-18 to till date. Major support has been given for 2018-19 Tentative allocation Fund released Total allocation
plantation development, irrigation, construction of Rs.14.50 crore Rs.6.22 crore Rs.28.67 crore
rearing house, supply of rearing appliances, supply of
quality disinfectants, production units for biological in- State Plan schemes
puts/door-to-door service agents for disinfection and To protect the welfare of sericulture farmers, the state
inputs supply & assistance for sericulture poly clinics, government continues to implement important schemes.
establishment of chawki rearing centres, strengthening Year-wise fund utilized/allocated under State Plan is
of state seed infrastructure, establishment of multi-end given below:
& automatic reeling machines, twisting machines and
dupion machines etc. Plan-wise fund released is given (Rs. in crore)
below in the table: 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Total
6.69 25.22 17.91 18.20 14.17 82.19
(Rs.in crore) (Allocated)

IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total Convergence programme

(1997-2002) (2002-2007) (2007-2012) (2012-2017)
5.02 12.45 59.57 53.30 130.35 (Rs. in crore)
Year 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Total
Silk Samagra MGNREGA 0.25 0.44 -- 0.04 -- 0.73
An Integrated Scheme for Development of Sericulture and
Infrastructure under State and CSB
Silk Industry viz., Silk Samagra, is under implementation
from 2017-18 to 2019-20 for overall development of Infrastructure under State Sericulture Department
sericulture industry in the country. Central Silk Board
is supporting the state for implementation of various Units No.
components under mulberry, which catalyses the efforts Head Quarters at Salem 1
of state government to improve quality, productivity and Regional Offices 5
production of raw silk besides, generating employment Sericulture training institute 1
opportunities particularly in the rural areas. The Bivoltine seed grainages 3
interventions cover major areas of (a) Development and Technical service centres 105
expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and creation ADS Offices 19
of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure, (c) Seed farms 19
Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure, (d) State grainages 11
Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in Government silk farms 31
silk, and (e) Capacity Building through Skill Development/ Tamil Nadu Cooperative Silk Producers Federation 1
Enterprise development programme. The details of Ltd., (TANSILK) with 6 branches
assistance are as below:
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Units No. functioning to transact the seed cocoons. 0.75 % of cocoon

Government cocoon markets 20 transaction value is collected as levy from sellers and
Reeling units 8 buyers. The performance of these cocoon markets for the
Private reeling units (1033 Nos. of reeling devices) 134 past three years is given below:
State chawki rearing centres 4
Year Cocoon transaction (MT) Value Levy
Private chawki rearing centres 134 (Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in lakh)
(Micro 100 + Macro 34)
2015-16 1862.72 4728.44 71.66
Handlooms 1,04,000
2016-17 1753.80 6480.19 97.29
2017-18 1720.26 7787.54 117.06
Infrastructure under Central Silk Board
Units No. Way forward
Regional Office, Salem 1 • Supporting small and marginal farmers by
Regional Sericultural Research Station (RSRS), Salem 1 encouraging intensive cultivation.
Central Sericultural Germplasm Resource Centre (CSGRC), 1
Hosur • Creation of critical infrastructure facilities.
Satellite Silkworm Breeding Station, Coonoor 1
• Thrust on capacity building and training.
Research Extension Centre (REC) 4
Silkworm Seed Production Centre (SSPC) 3 • Market intelligence, coordination and development.
Basic Seed Farm (BSF) 2
• Strengthening sericulture extension system.
Silk conditioning & testing house, Kanchipuram 1
• Promotion of organic farming.
Post-cocoon sector
• Integration with other collaborative departments.
For strengthening post-cocoon sector, multi-pronged
strategy has been adopted with a thrust for production • Strengthening of silkworm seed infrastructure for
of import-substitute bivoltine raw silk, establishment of self-reliance.
more number of automatic/ multi-end/ automatic dupion
• Obtaining quality certification for grainages and
silk reeling units, skill training for entrepreneurs in quality,
training institutes.
productivity, cost minimization and silk waste management.
It is proposed to give training in silk reeling to more number • Technology up-gradation.
of silk reeling workers as well as entrepreneurs. For enabling
the farmers to transact the cocoons they produced, the DOS • To promote ericulture in the state, in view of creating
has established 20 cocoon markets in various districts in the employment opportunities to the economically
state. A committee consisting of buyer, reelers and farmers weaker sections of the people, particularly, tribals
helps in fixing fair price for cocoon every day. The market and for the production of “Ahimsa Silk”.
staff facilitates the open auction and reelers are allowed to • 100% DBT compliance by the state.
bid and procure the cocoons. Seed cocoons are purchased
from seed rearers and supplied to grainages for commercial • 100% FRDB updation by the state.
silkworm seed production. Three seed cocoon markets are • No DCB pending with the state.
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Success Story

Shri M. Ponraj
Village: Aathukinathu Patty, Kudimangalam Block
Taluk: Udumalpet
District: Tirupur
State: Tamil Nadu
Shri M. Ponraj (38 years) hails from Aathukinathu Patty Village, Kudimangalam Block, Udumalpet Taluk, Tirupur district,
is a successful sericulture farmer since 2004. His wife Smt. Sudha (32 years) also assists him in silkworm rearing
activities. He took training in sericulture activities at Tamil Nadu Sericulture Training Institute, Hosur.
He maintains his mulberry garden and silkworm rearing shed as per the latest techniques suggested by the sericulture
staff and uses cost-effective methodologies like bio-fertilizers, neem cake and farm yard manure to enhance the soil
health of his garden. He is recycling seri-bed wastes in the form of compost and using bleaching powder and newly
developed ‘Serifit’ rearing house disinfectant. He procures chawki silkworm from nearby chawki rearing centres to
ease the rearing efforts and reduce the rearing period. Shri M. Ponraj received state support for construction of a
rearing house, rearing appliances and drip irrigation to ensure quality rearing. He rears 400-600 dfls per crop, obtains
90 to 95% yield every crop, and earns an average income of Rs.17.50 lakh/year/10 crops. He has built a house and
owning a car, out of income from sericulture.

“Systematic and scientific way of practicing sericulture helped me to earn a

decent income and lead a happy life”.
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TELANGANA T. tomentosa and T. arjuna in the districts of Adilabad,

Karimnagar, Khammam and Warangal with around 1300
households, mostly tribals, engaged in tasar silkworm
rearing in the state. Reeling industry is well developed
in Jangaon district and there is well established system
of providing direct market to sericulture farmers in
Government Cocoon Market established at Tirumalagiri
275,045 sq. km 84,580,777 67.02% of Secunderabad and Automatic Reeling Machine (ARM),
Jangaon, where, the reelers purchase cocoons through
(United Andhra Pradesh, 2011 census)
a system of competitive bidding process. Government is
Introduction also encouraging farmers with production incentives to
the cocoons produced by them since 2014.
Telangana is situated in the central stretch of the eastern
seaboard of the Indian Peninsula. The Deccan plateau is Gadwal saree
drained by two major Rivers, Godavari (79%) and Krishna
(69%) and other minor Rivers such as Manair, Bhima,
Dindi, Kinnerasani, Manjeera, Munneru, Moosi, Penganga,
Praanahita, Peddavagu and Taliperu. Telangana comprises
of 31 districts. It has its borders with Maharashtra,
Karnataka and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh
(Seemandhra).
Telangana is a semi-arid area and has a predominantly
hot and dry climate. Summers start in March and peak
in May with an average high temperatures in the 42 °C
(108 °F) range. The monsoon arrives in June and lasts
until September with about 755 mm (29.7 inches)
of precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts during late
November and lasts until early February with little Gadwal saree is a handcrafted woven saree style
humidity and average temperatures in the 2223 °C (72-73 in Gadwal of Jogulamba, Gadwal District. They
°F) range and the climate is suitable for agriculture and are most notable for the zari on the sarees. The
allied activities. The majority of the people of Telangana saree consists of cotton body with silk pallu.
are engaged in subsistence agriculture. Rice, corn, millet,
pulses, cotton and sugar cane are the main crops and
sericulture (silk cultivation) is also wide spread. Telangana is known for production of quality bivoltine
silk. The hilly topography, socio-economic condition of the
Status of silk industry people, agro-climatic condition of the state with abundant
In Telangana, about 4256 farmers in 31 districts are availability of natural resources including natural
practicing mulberry sericulture. The state has the mulberry wealth are favourable factors for development
advantage of having a large number of silk weaver pockets of sericulture in the state. Tasar activities are also carried
in Narayanpet, Pochampally and Kotha Kota. Reeling out in the state at small level. However, this sector
industry is well developed in Jangaon district. Telangana could not be established on commercial basis due to
state is also bestowed with 4000 ha. of forest flora of various reasons. Sericulture industry is looked after by
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of bivoltine hybrid cocoons duly providing incentives on

production of bivoltine cocoons to the farmers @ Rs.75
per kg. Out of the total population, 0.013% of families are
involved in sericulture activities.

Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
I Mulberry area (ha) 1862 2509 2650 3517
II Mulberry raw silk (MT)
Bivoltine 51 89 105 158
Crossbreed 49 27 7 0.035
Mulberry Total (MT) 100 116 112 158
III Vanya silk (MT)
the Commissioner of Horticulture who is also in-charge Tasar 0.26 0.756 7 5
of sericulture with headquarter in Hyderabad (recently Grand Total 100 116 119 163
the department has been merged with Horticulture (Mulberry + Vanya)
Department of Telangana) and there is no separate
directorate to look after exclusively sericulture activities
in the state. Efforts of Central Silk Board and state
departments in reaching farmers, reelers and weavers
with appropriate and modern technologies create positive Silk production trend - MULBERRY

impact on quality bivoltine silk production. 200 Mulberry & Tasar TASAR
Raw silk production (MT)

158
150
Telangana, though it is in non-traditional area, gradually, 116 112
100
enhancing production of bivoltine cocoons to the tune 100
of 1108 MTs during 2017-18. Most of these families
50
belong to economically weaker sections of the society 7 4.5
0.26 1
having marginal/small land holdings. Nalgonda district 0
of Telangana is completely converted to bivoltine cocoon 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

production and the farmers are getting remunerative Year

price for the bivoltine cocoons than crossbreed cocoons.

Medak, Nalgonda, Khammam, Karimnagar, Gadwal,
Warangal, Mahabubnagar are the major cocoon producing
districts in the state. Raw silk production - 2017-18
4.5
3%
In the recent past, the department is emphasizing more
on bivoltine raw silk production with implementation
of CDP/CSS due to which on-farm & non-farm sectors
are gaining momentum in Telangana. The goal of the
department is production of International 2A and above
grade bivoltine silk production duly sanctioning of ARMs MULBERRY
in the state under private sector. The department is also 158 Tasar
concentrating on strengthening of marketing system 97%
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District-wise cocoon and raw silk production Schemes of Government of India

during 2017-18 Government of India is providing continued support to
# District Mulberry Bivoltine Telangana for intensive development of sericulture in all
area (ha) its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing
Cocoon Raw silk
production production
capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and for creating
(MT) (MT) new infrastructure at farmers’ level, common facility
1 Mancherial 34 5.02 0.72 centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and
2 Nirmal 62.8 4.4 0.63 silk weaving activities, besides infrastructure for seed
production for state governments. These interventions
3 Karimnagar 216.8 81.94 11.71
are expected to transform the state from the present level
4 Jagtial 132.8 7.88 1.13
of silk production to silk hub of India in coming years by
5 Peddapally 28.8 4.95 0.71
providing self employment opportunities in the hinterland,
6 Rajanna Sircilla 53.6 3.87 0.55 protect the heritage with ultimate aim of “Make in India” in
7 Nizamabad 25.6 2.38 0.34 an eco-friendly atmosphere.
8 Kamareddy 20.8 5.11 0.73
9 Warangal (U) 165.6 77.72 11.10
Government of India has supported Telangana for
implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
10 Warangal (R) 92.4 46.18 6.60
(CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to XII
11 Jayashankar 40.8 15.6 2.23 Plan. The CDP envisaged development of host plantations,
Bhupalpally
post cocoon infrastructure, extension, up-gradation of
12 Jangaon 84.4 65.85 9.41
silk reeling and processing facilities, capacity building,
13 Mahabubabad 90 30.56 4.37
publicity, enterprise development, etc. Fund released by
14 Khammam 211.2 27.79 3.97 Central Silk Board to Telangana for implementation of the
15 Bhadradri 77.6 29.31 4.17 CDP from IX Plan to XII plan are as under:
Kothagudem
16 Medak 144.4 33.65 4.81 (Rs. in crore)
17 Sanagareddy 340.8 64.79 9.26 IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total
18 Siddipet 368.4 164.35 23.48 (1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) (2012-17) funds
released
19 Mahbubnagar 178 23.54 3.36
United Andhra Pradesh 19.91 19.91
20 Wanaparthy 92 33.08 4.73
21 Nagar Kurnool 41.2 2.34 0.33 Based on the decision of Government of India to
22 Jogulamba Gadwal 104 72.21 10.32 restructure centrally sponsored scheme, the CDP was
23 Nalgonda 169.2 31.6 4.51 discontinued during 2015-16.
24 Suryapet 350 160.06 22.87
25 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 135.2 76.15 10.88
Silk Samagra
26 Vikarabad 68.4 6.89 0.98 Silk Samagra, a comprehensive central sector scheme of
27 Medchal Malkajgiri 2.8 Central Silk Board under implementation from 2017-18 to
28 Ranga Reddy 185.6 30.88 4.41 2019-20, for overall development of sericulture industry in
TOTAL 3517 1108 158 the country, implemented directly as well as through state
governments. Central Silk Board has been supporting
the state towards implementation of various beneficiary
oriented components under mulberry, vanya and post-
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cocoon sectors. These interventions are important tools The funds from the State Plan programmes were in re-
for transfer and adoption of improved technology packages spect of activities like plantation, silkworm rearing, and
developed by the research institutes of Central Silk Board. infrastructure development at beneficiary and state lev-
The programme catalyzes the efforts of state governments el, besides maintenance of infrastructure available in
to improve the quality, productivity and production of the state created over a period of time.
raw silk besides, generating employment opportunities
particularly in the rural areas. The interventions cover the Convergence programme
major areas viz., (a) Development and expansion of host While funding for the future development programmes
plant, (b) Strengthening and creation of silkworm seed could be with convergence from Ministry of Textiles,
multiplication infrastructure, (c) Development of farm and Agriculture and Rural Development, etc., in the state to
post-cocoon infrastructure, (d) Up-gradation of reeling and consider sericulture as an important sector and provide
processing technologies in silk and (e) Capacity building matching state share besides creating a full-fledged
through skill development/Enterprise development sericulture department in the years to come. Table below
programme. The details of assistance are as below: gives details of assistance availed by the state under
convergence:
(Rs. in crore)
(Rs. in crore)
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total
CSS Silk Samagra
XII Plan (2012-17) 3.6722 2.2261 - 5.8983
4.32 2.04 2.10 4.060
2017-18 - 157.47 - 157.47
State Plan schemes 2018-19 - 2.1052 - 2.1052
State has directorate of sericulture for development
of sericulture which looks after all issues relating to Infrastructure under State and Central Silk
sericulture. Besides, the state has given matching share Board
for implementation of the schemes/programmes under Central Silk Board has also established following
state plan as well as “Silk Samagra”. In addition to the Institutes/Units to supplement the efforts of state
support from Government of India, state also has state- government for the development of sericulture:
specific plans for maintenance of infrastructure created
over various plan periods and for implementation of Particulars No.
specific components, which are not covered under any Department farms 28
of the Central Sector and centrally sponsored schemes. Basic seed farm --
The state has limited manpower for implementation of Grainages 1 (not functioning)
centrally sponsored schemes, convergence and state Chawki rearing centre 8 (private)
specific sericulture programmes (the State is having 220 Cocoon market 2
staff strength). Financial assistance provided by the state Government reeling unit 3
for maintenance of infrastructure and related activities Private reeling unit 4
under sericulture sector is: Number of reelers 110
Number of weavers 606
(Rs. in crore)
Silk handloom 500 (Mulberry)
During XII Plan (2012-17) 2017-18 2018-19
Spindles 5
30.6328 2.64 7.64
Silk Park 1 (Private)
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Mulberry sector Tasar sector Way forward

RSRS, Mulugu BSMTC, Chinoor • As the poor tribals are practising the tasar activity
foregoing the wage earning, there is a need to treat
REC, Vikarabad RSRS, Warangal
the rearing period on wage earning under MGNREGS
scheme.
Marketing
• Development of sericulture in the aspirational
The Department of Sericulture, Government of Telangana districts viz., Kammam, Warangal and Adilabad in the
established two government cocoon markets one each form of soil to silk project.
at Tirumalgiri of Secunderabad and another notified
cocoon market at Jangoan to create marketing facilities • The state has also got strong industrial base besides,
to the cocoons produced by the sericulture farmers of traditional silk weaving pockets like in Narayanpet,
Telangana. In order to provide remunerative prices for Pochampally, Gadwal and Kotha Kota which are
the cocoons produced by the farmers, the licensed reelers nationally renowned silk handloom weaving centers,
and government reeling unit in-charges are allowed to encouraging the growth of sericulture industry in the
bid in the open market to create competition among the state.
bidders. Government is also providing support price to the • To explore possibilities of creating seed multiplication
farmers for the cocoons produced by them @Rs.50 per kg facilities to match the raw silk production targets and
& Rs.75 per kg for crossbreed and bivoltine hybrid reeling to reduce outside dependency.
cocoons, respectively, in addition to market price. Besides,
these markets, the government silk reeling units also • Promote private entrepreneurs for industrial seed
purchase the local small lots to avoid the transportation production and installation of cold storage units
expenditure of the farmers. Three government silk for commercial use to meet the bivoltine seed
reeling units are functioning in the state at Shadnagar requirement.
of Ranga Reddy district, Vikarabad district, Utnoor of
• To strengthen farmers’-producer organization in
Adilabad district. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka states are
sericulture and to open up new vistas in PPP.
also participating in the open auction for purchase of
reeling cocoons brought by the farmers to the markets • To focus more on convergence approach to dovetail
for competitive price to the farmers. At present, one funds from MGNREGS, TSMIP, NABARD, RKVY, etc.
ARM at Jangoan and seven 10-basin MERUs in Warangal,
Ranga Reddy & Suryapet districts are functioning under
private sector in the state. Two more MERUs are under
establishment at Jangoan district.
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Success story

Shri N. Krishna Reddy

R/o. Nandyalavarigudem,
Atmakur (S) Mandal,
Suryapet (District)

Shri N. Krishna Reddy resident of Nandyalavarigudem, Atmakur mandal, Suryapet district. He is a progressive and
modern leading farmer of this area, who has taken up mulberry in 2.50 acres. The Department has sanctioned an
amount of Rs.1,00,000 for construction of rearing shed under CDP and provided the rearing equipments. During 2012-
13 he has taken up 5 bivoltine crops, one crossbreed crop and one bivoltine seed crop. Totally, he has brushed 2,000
dfls and harvested 1,532 kg and got an amount of Rs.5.30 lakh. The total expenditure was about Rs.75,000 and net
profit for 2.50 acres/year was Rs.4,55,000. He has been awarded “Best Farmer” during 2012-13 and Rs. 5,000 cash
award by the District Collector from ATMA funds with Shalvasanmanam and a memento on the eve of Ugadi festival. He
got net profit Rs.6,27,690, Rs.3,62,000, Rs.3,15,108 from sericulture during 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16, respectively.
He has also motivated many other farmers to take up sericulture.

“Financial support from the Government made me to construct a rearing house.

And now, with success in sericulture I’m an inspiration to the fellow farmers in
my village.”
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TRIPURA Silk production trends

# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

I Mulberry plantation 2426 3161 2450 2184

(ha)
II Mulberry raw silk
(MT)
10,486sq. km. 36,73,917 87.22% Bivoltine 33 22 75 28
Cross Breed 15 31 - 59
Introduction Total 48 52 75 87

Tripura is a land of rolling hills, valleys, rivers and lakes. District-wise details of sericulture (2017-18)
It is a hilly state in North-East India, bordered 3 sides
by Bangladesh, Assam and Mizoram to the East and # District Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
home to a diverse mix of tribal cultures and religious 1 West Tripura 58.35
groups. Agriculture is the primary occupation of the rural 2 Khowai 1.08
populace, besides, horticulture and sericulture play an 3 Sepahijala 2.5
important role in providing subsidiary income. The art 4 Gomati 3.8
of silkworm rearing and silk weaving has been closely
5 South Tripura 3.7
associated with the culture and tradition amongst the
women folk. The state consists of eight districts namely 6 Dhalai 12.5
Dhalai, North Tripura, Khowai, Gomati, Sepahijala, South 7 North Tripura 3.9
Tripura, Unakoti and West Tripura. Mulberry sericulture is 8 Unakoti 0.8
practised in all 8 districts. Tripura is famous for creating Total 87.35
intricate designs in handlooms with 1,39,011 number of
handlooms and 1,37,177 handloom weavers. Schemes of Government of India
Status of silk industry Government of India is providing continued support to
Tripura is the only state in NE where, the silk production Tripura for intensive development of sericulture in all
is confined to development of mulberry silk. Here, its spheres for maximization of benefits from existing
sericulture is one of the major rural household activity capacity as a part of consolidation efforts and for creating
and has a special significance for upliftment of women. new infrastructure at farmers’ level, common facility
Mulberry sericulture is practised in West Tripura, Khowai, centres for farm mechanization, reeling, spinning and
Sepahijala, Gomati, South Tripura, Dhalai, North Tripura silk weaving activities, besides, infrastructure for seed
and Unakoti districts under various developmental production for state governments.
schemes. The climatic condition in the state is conducive The Government of India supported the state for
for commercial exploitation of mulberry. implementation of Catalytic Development Programme
Presently, 2,184 hectares of land is covered under (CDP), a centrally sponsored scheme from IX Plan to
silkworm food plantation in the state by involving around first 3 years of XII Plan. The CDP envisaged development
14,500 farmers from 124 villages and 80 reelers. Tripura of host plantation and post-cocoon infrastructure,
ranks third among NE states in mulberry silk production up-gradation of silk reeling and processing facilities,
after Manipur and Mizoram. Mulberry is grown in all the enterprise development, capacity building and publicity
districts.
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etc. Funds released by Central Silk Board to Tripura for

Silk production trend - Mulberry
implementation of the CDP from IX Plan to XII plan are as
under: 100 87

Raw silk production (MT)

90 75
(Rs. in crore) 80
70
IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan (2012- Total 60 48 52
(1997-2002) (2002-07) (2007-12) 13 to 2014-15) funds 50 40
40
released 30
0.93 5.79 25.03 23.07 54.82 20
10
0
With a view to restructure centrally sponsored scheme, 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
the Government of India discontinued the CDP during Year

2015-16, and introduced Silk Samagra (ISDSI).

North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme
(NERTPS)
Keeping in view the prospects and potential for sericulture
development in Tripura and in the backdrop of CDP
implemented from IX Plan to XII Plan, Government of India,
under the umbrella scheme “North East Region Textile
Promotion Scheme” (NERTPS) has focussed on sericulture
development in Tripura under Integrated Sericulture
Development Project (ISDP). The broad objective of the
NERTPS is to develop and modernize the sericulture
sector in the state by providing the required government
support in terms of raw material, seed banks, machinery,
Common Facility Centres (CFC), skill development, design
and marketing support etc. Three sericulture projects
have been approved under ISDP and IBSDP are under
implementation. The details of the projects are as below:

Particulars Project cost GoI share Project in Project output

(Rs. in Cr.) (Rs. in Benf. (No.) Raw silk (MT)
Cr.)
ISDP (mulberry) 47.95 33.20 1 district & 9 3,432 275 MT during the project and 121 MT per
(2014-18) blocks annum thereafter

IBSDP (mulberry) 29.43 25.95 1 district & 6 1,144 27 MT during the project and
(2015-18) blocks 16 MT per annum thereafter
Silk printing 3.71 3.71 - - 1.50 lakh MT/yr
(2015-18)
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Tripura

During 2017-18, assistance was provided to Tripura under These infrastructures created under state and Central
NERTPS, hence assistance was not sought by the state Silk Board are supporting sericulture development in the
under Silk Samagra. state at various stages of silk production value chain.

Convergence programme Post-cocoon sector

While funding for the future development programmes The following infrastructure at state level and beneficiary
could be with convergence from Ministry of Textiles, level are available to support value addition of cocoons
Agriculture and Rural Development etc., the state needs produced within the state:
to consider sericulture as an important sector and provide
matching state share besides creating a full-fledged Infrastructure No.
sericulture department in the years to come. The table Multi-end reeling units 5
below gives details of assistance availed by the state Twisting units 4
under convergence:
Marketing
(Rs. in crore)
There is no organized marketing system in Tripura.
Year RKVY MGNREGS Others Total However, the state government facilitates the farmers
2015-16 0.15 0.15 to market the cocoons produced by them at identified
2016-17 - 0.17 - 0.17 locations in the state and invite reelers and other
consumers to participate in open auction. This marketing
2017-18 - 0.12 - 0.12
system is not on a daily basis due to the reason that the
Infrastructure under state and Central Silk sericulture activity in Tripura is seasonal.
Board Way forward
To support development of sericulture in all its spheres, • Emphasis has been laid for horizontal expansion of
the following infrastructures have been created under silk industry in all NE states mostly in the form of
State and Central Silk Board over different Plan periods. land-based activity for cocoon production.
Central Silk Board established one Research Extension
Centre in Agartala. Details of infrastructure created by • There is much attention required for value addition to
DOS, Sikkim is here under: the cocoons produced within NE.

# Infrastructure No. • Development of sericulture in aspirational district-

Dhalai in the form of soil-to-silk project.
1 Sericulture district office 7
2 Commercial state grainage units 1 • To establish a separate department for sericulture.
3 Sericulture training institute 1 Tripura being an important state in the sericulture map
4 Silk reeling unit 4 of India contributing quality bivoltine silk production,
5 Mulberry sericulture societies 11 Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project in Sepahijala
6 Chawki rearing centre 18
district is proposed to the Ministry for consideration.
7 Silk twisting unit 2
8 Powerloom unit 2
9 Silk processing & printing unit 2
10 Outlet of silk fabrics 2
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Success story

Smt. Ganga Rupini

W/o. Shri Purna Chandra Rupini
Village: Vrigudasbari, P.O.: Champaka nagar
Taluk: Mandai,
District: West Tripura.
Tripura – 737 133.
Mobile: 8257898611.
Smt. Ganga Rupini has been involved in mulberry cocoon production activity since last thirteen years. with two acres of
mulberry garden of S1 and S-1635 varieties rears improved cross breed and bivoltine and takes five crops per annum.
She earns a net income of Rs.93,500 by rearing 750 dfls and harvesting 375 kg cocoons. She has received assistance
for various activities in sericulture and undergone training in mulberry plantation and silkworm rearing.

“Sericulture has earned me a respect in the society. It has also enabled me to

purchase one acre land, lifestyle gadgets like furniture, TV and bicycle etc. I could
also ensure health care for the family members and provide good education to my
children.”
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UTTAR PRADESH Status of silk industry

Uttar Pradesh is one of the major mulberry raw silk
producing state among the non-traditional states.
Mulberry sericulture is practiced both on nature grown
mulberry trees and plantation raised in private land
in around 45 districts in the plain, and tarai regions of
2,40,928 sq. km. 19,98,12,341 67.68% Uttar Pradesh. Tasar culture still remains as a subsidiary
occupation of the tribals living in southern part of the
state. Chandauli, Sonbhadra, Lalitpur and Fatehpur are
Introduction the major districts identified for tropical tasar. Eri culture
Uttar Pradesh is the rainbow land where, the multi-hued is introduced recently, in the state during 2003-04 under
Indian culture has blossomed from times immemorial Catalytic Development Programme of Central Silk Board
surrounded by Bihar in the East, Madhya Pradesh in the during X Plan and practiced in the districts of Kanpur,
South, Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana where, there is a vast potentiality of the sector for growth.
in the West and Uttarakhand in the North. Nepal touch the Varanasi is one of the well-known silk weaving clusters in
northern borders of Uttar Pradesh, it assumes strategic India known for its exquisite silk sarees and fabrics show
importance for Indian defense. Rich and tranquil expanses casing the skill of the workmanship and rich cultural
of meadows, perennial rivers, dense forests and fertile heritage. This city encompasses a wide canopy of weavers
soil, garlanded by the Ganga and Yamuna, the two pious & textiles weaving clusters through-out the length & width.
rivers of Indian mythology. Blessed with historical heroes like, It is estimated that the around 3500-4000 MT of raw silk
Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Mahavira, Ashoka, Harsha, Akbar is consumed/annum by the Varanasi cluster at present.
and Mahatma Gandhi. The silk banarasi saree with unique traditional intricate
designing of pure zari commands the dream of every
Banarasi Brocade Indian bride. Varanasi specializes in brocade weaving. The
weave-rich varieties of saree are, Jangla, Tanchoi, Vaskat,
Cutwork, Tishu and Butidar. The main product of Banaras
Handloom Cluster is saree, 10-15% are the other products
viz., dress material, furnishing fabric, fashion accessories
(stole, scarves) etc. Silk saree having butis, buttas,
kalghamotifs, turanj, bels, geometrical designs, floral
& animal motifs, charkhana, doriya, khanjari, salaidar,
mothra and jal are the common patterns produced
constitutes Banaras silk sarees. Approximately, 90% of
weaver work force in Varanasi Cluster belong to minority
community.
A Banarasi saree is produced in Varanasi, a city Uttar Pradesh has achieved the capacity to produce 292
also called as Banaras. The sarees are known MT of raw silk/annum at the end of 2017-18. Of this, 233
for their gold and silver brocade or zari, fine silk MT accounts for mulberry silk and 59 MT for vanya silk.
and opulent embroidery. The sarees are made of The state is one of the major consumers of silk in the
finely woven silk and are decorated with intricate country, and consumes about 3000-3500 MT of silk per
designs, and because of these engravings these annum.
sarees are relatively heavy.
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Silk production trends # District Raw Silk Production (MT)

Mulberry Tasar Eri
# Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
22 Unnao 1.57 1.17
I Mulberry 3866 4199 4212 4044 23 Kanpur Nagar 1.01 7.93
plantation (ha)
24 Kanpur Dehat 0.38 7.46
II Mulberry raw
silk (MT) 25 Auraiya 5.53
Bivoltine 87 91 97 110 26 Etawah 3.51
27 Mainpuri 0.82
Crossbreed 99 109 114 123
28 Agra 0.9
Total (I) 186 200 211 233
29 Sitapur 6.01
III Vanya silk (MT)
30 Lakhimpur Kheri 13.19
Tasar 18 20 22 22
31 Pilibhit 12.83
Eri 32 36 36 37 32 Shahjahanpur 3.85
Vanya Total (II) 50 56 58 58 33 Bareilly 2.52
Grand Total (I+II) 236 256 269 292 34 Rampur 0.65
35 Budaun 0.19
District-wise silk production during 2016-17 36 Moradabad 0.04
37 Amroha 0.22
# District Raw Silk Production (MT)
38 Firozabad 1.15
Mulberry Tasar Eri
39 Mathura 1.06
1 Kushinagar 21.69
40 Meerut 3.01
2 Deoria 7.88
41 Shamli 1.21
3 Ballia 5.29
42 Bijnor 5.09
4 Azamgarh 0.18
43 Saharanpur 16.2
5 Mau 0.62
44 Sonbhadra 11.3
6 Maharajganj 10.73
45 Chandauli 6.12
7 Gorakhpur 10.28
46 Chitrakoot 0.3 3.4
8 Basti 10.02
47 Jhansi 1.46
9 Siddharth Nagar 1.07
48 Lalitpur 0.57
10 Gonda 15.82
49 Fatehpur 0.86 5.56
11 Balrampur 10.87
50 Banda 0.12 3.53
12 Bahraich 16.51
51 Jalaun 3.8
13 Shravasti 5.94
52 Hamirpur 3.18
14 Sultanpur 0.58
Total 211 22 36
15 Barabanki 1.05
16 Lucknow 1 Schemes of Government of India
17 Jaunpur 2.11
18 Varanasi 1.2 The State is supported with a total assistance of Rs.16.95
19 Ghazipur 6.07 crore during past 5 years. Details of year-wise financial
20 Sant Ravidas Nagar 0.66 support extended to the state under CDP/CSS are
21 Mirzapur 0.57 0.8 presented here. Government of India has been providing
support to Uttar Pradesh for the overall development of
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Uttar Pradesh

sericulture through critical components covering seed,

cocoon and post-cocoon sector. The thrust on bivoltine
development through cluster approach and establishment
of automatic reeling units is fulfilling the objectives under
“Make in India”.
Government of India has supported Uttar Pradesh under
the Catalytic Development Programme (CDP), a centrally
sponsored scheme, from IX Plan to XII Plan. The details
of funds released by Central Silk Board to Uttar Pradesh
for the implementation of CDP from IX Plan to XII Plan are
as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

IX Plan X Plan XI Plan XII Plan Total

(1997-2002) (2002-2007) (2007-2012) (2012-2017)
171.59 381.08 3104.62 2865.69 6522.9
Mulberry Raw Silk Production
Silk Samagra
With the discontinuation of CDP from 2014-15 onwards,
the support for sericulture development continued as a
central sector scheme, namely, Integrated Scheme for
Development of Sericulture Industry (ISDSI), during 2015-
16 & 2016-17. A comprehensive central sector scheme
of Central Silk Board, namely, Silk Samagra, is under
implementation from 2017-18 to 2019-20, for overall
development of sericulture industry in the country. The
interventions cover the major areas viz., (a) Development
and expansion of host plant, (b) Strengthening and
creation of silkworm seed multiplication infrastructure,
(c) Development of farm and post-cocoon infrastructure,
(d) Up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in
Silk, and (e) Capacity building through skill development/
Enterprise development programme. The details of
assistance are as below:

(Rs.in lakh)
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

ISDSI Silk Samagra

147.53 20.00 267.94 392.65
(2.52-General)
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Convergence of RKVY & MGNREGA

Silk production trend - Mulberry
233
Year RKVY (Rs. in lakh ) MGNREGA (Rs. in lakh ) 250
211

Raw silk production (MT)

200
Project Fund Project Fund 186
200
sanctioned released sanctioned released 155
cost cost 150

2015-16 200.00 200.00 359.54 359.54 100

2016-17 1273.00 1139.00 31.54 19.54
50
2017-18 1198.00 524.34 307.47 34.99
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
State Plan scheme
Year

The Textile Testing Laboratory (TTL) was established in

Varanasi during 1996-97, in the premises of Indian Institute
of Handloom Technology (IIHT), has been providing testing
and quality assessment of various stakeholders like silk
twisters, weavers, dyers and exporters.
Silk production trend - Tasar & Eri
TTL, Varanasi implemented CDP programme in the state 40
36 36
Raw silk production (MT)

35 32 37
covering establishment of 33 units of hot air dryer (100 kg
30
capacity), 10 units of improved cottage basin/multi-end 25 20
and 15 twisting units were installed; bivoltine incentive 20
22 22
for 78.4 MT of bivoltine silk reeling provided, 318 spinning 15 18
20
10
machine and 39 tasar reeling machine supported; 406 14
5
improved certified handlooms, improved jacquard support 0
TASAR ERI

to 2860 existing looms, 20 shuttle-less looms, 163 units 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
of Computer Aided Textile designing (CATD), 9 Common Year
Facility Centres (CFCs), 11 units of tub dyeing, 3 units of
arm dyeing and establishment of 2 cocoon bank/market
support to mulberry and vanya sector.
The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India introduced
a scheme for the protection of the interests of the
consumers and other stake holders of the silk value-chain Raw silk production - 2017-18
by bringing out Silk Mark Scheme. Under the scheme, more 37
than 166 weavers/retailers /traders have been enrolled 13%
out of which, 100 members are only from Varanasi region.
So far, more than 5.4 lakh of Silk Mark Labelled products 22
7%
have reached the market for the benefit of consumers in
UP. To make the public aware about the Silk Mark, Central
Silk Board has conducted more than 240 awareness 233
80% MULBERRY
programmes including road shows and organized 3 Silk
ERI
Mark Expos in Lucknow.
TASAR
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Uttar Pradesh

Infrastructure under State and CSB for Post-cocoon sector

sericulture development At present, 15,000 handloom and 70,000 power loom
units are working of which, 12,000 handlooms and 10,000
# Particulars No.
power loom units are working on silk in the cluster. In
A Mulberry addition, there are hundreds of traders, dyers, designers,
Sericulture districts 42 card-makers and ancillary support providers. Details of
reeling units established:
State silk farms 160
1. V. K. Silk Udyog Ash 3/ 24, A-1 GilatBajar, Shivpur,
Area of farms 1592.25
[Acres] Varanasi
Planted area [Acres] 1070.4 2. Resham Keetpalan Evam Dhagakaran Audyogic
Chawki rearing 160 Utpadan Sahkari Samiti Ltd., Garahaiya, Fazilnagar,
centres Kushinagar
P1 centres 3 (Bahraich-Multivoltine, 3. Banwasi Seva Ashram, Govindpur, Mayurpur,
Balrampur and Saharanpur-Bivoltine) Sonbhadra
P2 centre 1-Shrawasti-Multivoltine Infrastructural support of CSB
Grainages 4 (Bahraich-10 lakh dfls capacity,
Name of Unit NSP/ Plan Nos. Location Function
Auraiya-3 lakh dfls, Gorakhpur-4 lakh
dfls & Meerut-5 lakh dfls) Mulberry
Annual seed 22 lakh dfls REC Plan 1 Basti Extension
production capacity REC Plan 1 Bhadrasi Extension
Cold storage & 1 Nagrur, Bahraich Tasar
incubation chamber
REC Plan 1 Robertsganj Extension
B Tasar
Eri
Districts 13 REC Plan 1 Fatehpur Extension &
Tasar state farms 63 seed production
TTL + Silk CSTRI 1 Varanasi Silk testing &
Area of farms 3656.62 Mark + Eco silk branding
Grainage 9 (Sonbhadra-9, Chandauli-3 and Testing Lab
Jhansi-1)
Cocoon godown 2 (Sonbhadra& Jhansi) Way forward
Cold storage 1 (Sonbhadra) • Focus on integrated farming system to increase the
C Eri
income of stakeholders

Districts 5 (Kanpur Nagar-1, Kanpur Dehat-2, • Strengthen marketing system for marketing of
Hamirpur-1 and Jalaun-1) cocoons and post-cocoon sector
State farms 4 • Strengthen setting of improved ARMs & MRMs in
Area of farms 17.24 mulberry sector & vanya reeling machines, like wet
Grainage 4 (Kanpur Nagar-1, Kanpur Dehat-1,
reeling machines, solar operated spinning machines,
Fatehpur-1 and Unnao-1) tasar reeling Machinery package, eri reeling packages
under “Make in India” programme.
Man-power: Post sanctioned- 550, of which Post filled-
337 and Post lying vacant- 213. • Up-gradation of handlooms & fabric processing in
convergence with NHDC.
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Success story

Smt. Kalawati
W/o. Shri MotiLal
Village: Gajpatipur (Kothar)
Post: Tedwan (Basantapur)
District: Bahraich
Uttar Pradesh.
Smt. Kalawati (45 years) has been a traditional farmer, involved in sericulture since 1995 with one acre mulberry plantation,
she harvests around 350 kg of CB/BV cocoons from close to 850 dfls and earns an average income of Rs.43,720 per year. She
attributes increase in productivity to adoption of high yielding mulberry varieties like K2 and V1 and silkworm breeds like
NB4D2 and SH6. She was supported her family in purchasing agricultural land, other basic amenities and construction of
house with the income from sericulture.

“Sustained income from sericulture has given me lot of self-confidence besides,

providing economic independence”.
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UTTARAKHAND Silk production trends

Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Mulberry area (ha) 2774 2974 3029 3197

Mulberry raw silk production (MT)
Bivoltine 29 30 31 33
53,483sq. km. 1,00,86,292 79.63% Mulberry Total (I) 29 30 31 33
Vanya raw silk production (MT)
Introduction Tasar 0.02 0.02
Eri 0.23 3 2
Uttarakhand is the 27 state of India carved out from
th

Uttar Pradesh in December, 2000 with Dehradun as the Vanya Total (II) 0.25 3 2
capital. The state is also known as the “Land of the Gods” Grand Total (I+II) 29 30 34 35
divided into 13 districts with Official language Hindi. Major
agricultural crops are paddy, wheat, sugarcane, maize, District-wise status of sericulture during 2017-18
pulses and oilseeds, while, mango, litchi are the major
fruits grown. Apart from horticulture and floriculture,
Mulberry
medicinal and aromatic plants also grown in state’s
temperate zone. Cocoon production Raw silk production
# District
(MT) (MT)
Silk industry 1 Dehradun 141.86 18.91
2 Chamoli 15.28 2.09
Uttarakhand is unique in terms of practicing mulberry, oak 3 Pauri 12.07 1.63
tasar, eri and muga cultures. However, due to its quality
4 Rudraprayag 1.2 0.16
bivoltine silk production, the state is referred as “Bowl
5 Tehri 3.96 0.52
of Bivoltine Silk”. The climate of the pocket in plains and
6 Uttarkashi 3.1 0.42
Doon valley is congenial for sericulture with a temperature
range of 4.5 to 40 0C and relative humidity between 26 and 7 Bageshwar 4.2 0.56
95 %. Sericulture is practiced in all districts of the state 8 Almora 4.7 0.63
except Champavat district. 9 Nainital 4.02 0.54
10 Pithoragarh 3.9 0.53
Uttarakhand shares about 16% of raw silk produced in 11 US Nagar 26.1 3.56
North-western states of India. In Uttarakhand, two crops
12 Haridwar 25.2 3.45
(Spring and Monsoon/ Autumn) are practiced in mulberry.
Total 246 33.18
Spring is the major crop contributing season, 60% in total
production. In tasar, one seed crop and two commercial Schemes of Government of India
crops are obtained. In eri, three crops and in muga, one
crop is obtained per annum. Mulberry silk is practiced Central Silk Board in association with the North Eastern
in Dehradun, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Almora and Space Application Centre (NESAC), ISRO, Dept. of Space,
Haridwar districts. Tasar is practiced in Rudraprayag, Government of India, Shillong has taken up the Project
Dehradun and Pithoragarh districts. Eri in Udham on Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in sericulture
Singh Nagar, Haldwani & Pauri and muga is practiced in development. In Uttarakhand, five districts viz., Dehradun,
Bageshwar and Nainital districs. Pithoragarh, Nainital, US Nagar and Uttarkashi having
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good potential and have been identified by NESAC. NESAC Silk Samagra
has also developed a network, Sericulture Information
Linkage & Knowledge Systems (SILKS). DOS, Uttarakhand TSP project under Mulberry: “Intensive Bivoltine
has utilized the benefit of the project for expansion of Sericulture Development Project” under Tribal Sub-Plan
plantation in the identified districts. (TSP) is being implemented by DOS, Uttarakhand since
2016-17 in Bajpur Cluster of Udham Singh Nagar district.
CDP during XII Plan: Central share released, UC pending
w.r.t. implementation of CDP components during first TSP under Oak Tasar: DOS, Uttarakhand has submitted a
three years (2012-13 to 2014-15) in Uttarakhand is mega project “Oak Tasar Development in Uttarakhand”
tabulated below: under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) with total outlay of Rs.28.36
crore (Central Share - Rs.19.55 crore) for implementation
(Rs. in lakh) during 2016-17 to 2019-20 in Dehradun, Bageshwar,
Fund release Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts. Due to delay in release
Years 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Total
of funds and selection of implementing agencies, the
project was launched in the month of June, 2018.
Rev. 155.38 134.028 10.08 299.488
Cap. 338.72 632.29 311.15 1282.16 State Plan schemes
State is implementing “Empowerment of Scheduled Caste
families through sericulture under Scheduled Caste Sub-
Plan (SCSP)” project since 2016-17 with the financial
support from Central Silk Board in Kotabagh-Ramnagar
Cluster of Nainital district to assist 200 beneficiaries
during 2016-17 and 140 beneficiaries during 2017-18.
DOS, Uttarakhand is implementing project under Tribal
Sub-Plan (TSP) both under mulberry and vanya sectors
since 2016-17 to benefit Scheduled Tribes families with
the support from Central Silk Board.

Convergence programmes
In view of limited fund availability under central sector
scheme and to maintain close inter departmental
linkages for effective implementation of developmental
schemes, the Government of India emphasized the
implementation of sericulture components by converging
CSS programme with the developmental programmes of
other departments/ministries like MORD, Agriculture etc.
Accordingly, DOS, Uttarakhand has also availed the fund
for sericulture development through various ministries of
the Government of India under convergence programme
viz., Special SGSY, MGNREGA, RKVY etc.
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Uttarakhand

Coordination Committee (SLSCC) and as per the decision

Silk production trend - Mulberry & Eri taken in the meeting, DOS,Uttarakhand has formulated
35 proposal under Central Sector Scheme for construction of
Raw silk production (MT)

30 33 Grainage Building and Cold Storage Plan during the year

30 31
25 29 2016-17 with a capacity to produce 10 lakh dfls per annum.
20
Central Silk Board has provided financial assistanceof
15 18 Rs.3.73 crore for construction of grainage building and
10
cold storage plant and revolving capital support of Rs.15
5
0
lakh. The construction of grainage building is under
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 progress and is expected to start the grainage activities
Year MULBERRY ERI soon. The present dfls consumption of Uttarakhand
is around 6 lakh dflsper annum. After construction of
Raw silk production - 2017-18 grainage building, the state will become self-sufficient to
2
meet the entire requirement of silkworm seed.
6%
Post-cocoon sector
Uttaranchal Cooperative Resham Federation (UCRF) is
playing an important role in marketing of the cocoons and
Silk Parkprovides the facilities of silk exchange, silk testing,
training, consultancy, storing etc. to the entrepreneurs.
Presentlyabout 60-70% cocoons are consumed within the
MULBERRY state. Uttarakhand has seven cocoon markets for disposal
33 ERI
of cocoons and to ensure competitive price to the rearers
94% in the state, 7 MRM, 1 Cottage Basin, 2 twisting units, 1
Infrastructure under state and Central Silk each of yarn and fabric dyeing units, 239 handlooms, 5 hot
air dryers and 1 silk park is functioning.
Board
Commercial seed production at state level was stopped Way forward
from last decade in Uttarakhand and they became fully • Regular re-look on fixing of the cocoon price based on
dependent on Central Silk Board in entire silkworm seed the production cost and to improve marketing system
requirement.In order to become self sufficient to meet the allowing more players and also local conversion by
requirement of silkworm seed at state level, initiatives installing ARM.
had been taken both by DOS, Uttarakhand and Central Silk
Board to start seed production at state level. Accordingly, • Focus on creation of seed production requirements to
the matter was discussed in the State Level Sericulture reduce dependency on outside agencies.
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Success Story

Smt. Pushpa Devi,

W/o Shri Mahavir Singh Khandari,
Age 36 years, Village: Kurchola,
Block: Jakholi,
District: Rudraprayag.
Uttarakhand.
In 2010, with the sudden demise of her husband, Smt. Pushpa Devi (36) was faced with the difficult task of single
handedly raising her two children and to provide for their education. With no employable skill, she was forced to move
from place to place in search of odd jobs. Post the June’2013 disaster at Kedarnath; AT India established a weaving and
training centre at Ganganagar- Agastmuni block with the objective of providing livelihood opportunities to the disaster
affected families. In knowing the plight of Smt. Khandari, AT India contacted her to receive training and progressively
start weaving. Smt. Khandari was reluctant to join the weaving centre as she would have to undergo a 3-6 months
training for which she would not receive any remuneration.
She was in dilemma as to how she would feed her children during these 3-6 months. During this period, AT India
decided to provide a stipend for a period of one year to new weavers who were undergoing training under the Christian
Aid supported programme In Rudraprayag. With this assistance Smt. Khandari joined the Ganganagar Weaving Center
and underwent extensive training on all aspects of weaving. Being, extremely dedicated and focused on her work, Smt.
Khandari needed only 6 months to be declared as a trained weaver. As of today, Smt. Khandari earns an average of
Rs.3,500 per month whilst also doing all her family duties. With the income earned from her weaving, her two children-
15 year old daughter and 13 year old son have both resumed their education at Agastmuni.

“Having lost my husband and with no employable skill but with dedication and
focus in weaving, I am able to educate my children well and settle in life”.
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WEST BENGAL The state divided into 5 divisions with 23 districts.

The Malda division consists of Malda, Uttar Dinajpur,
Dakshin Dinajpur and Murshidabad. The Burdwan
division consists of Birbhum, Hooghly, Paschim
Bardhaman and Purba Bardhaman. The Jalpaiguri
division consists of Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling,
Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong. The Presidency division
88,752sq. km. 9,12,76,115 76.26%
consists of Howrah, Kolkata, Nadia, North 24 Parganas
and South 24 Parganas. The Medinipur division consists
Introduction of Bankura, Jhargram, Purulia, Purba Medinipur and
West Bengal, stretching from the Himalayas in the North Paschim Medinipur.
to the Bay of Bengal in the South and includes Darjeeling
Himalayan hill region, Ganges delta, Rarh region and Status of silk industry
coastal Sunderban. The capital of the state is Kolkata, Sericulture, an agro-based cottage industry, is an
third-largest urban agglomeration and third-largest city important rural avocation in West Bengal providing
in India. The state’s cultural heritage, besides, varied folk employment and livelihood to more than 1.2 lakh families,
traditions includes authors in literature, such as Nobel because of its relatively low requirement of fixed capital
laureate Rabindranath Tagore. and higher returns at regular intervals. It also helps
in shaping the economic status of tribal population
especially, in case of semi-domesticated rearing in non-
Baluchari Sarees
mulberry sector. The immense potentiality of sericulture
in reconstructing rural economy and its labour intensive
nature necessitated creation of a separate Directorate
way back in 1975. At present, there are 65 farms, 16 egg
production centres (grainages) and 59 technical service
centres in mulberry, tasar, eri and muga sector throughout
the state under Directorate of Textiles (Sericulture) to
serve the sericulturists. The state has recorded a steady
increase in the production of mulberry raw silk from 1090
MT in 1995-96 to 2540 MT in 2017-18. West Bengal is a
traditional state of sericulture with all the 4 commercially
exploited varieties of silk i.e., mulberry, tasar, eri and
muga of which mulberry and eri silkworm are domestic
Baluchari sarees or locally called Baluchuri and tasar and muga are wild. Each of these silkworm
silk is the traditional silk sarees of West Bengal. species feeds on leaves of specific food plants as shown
These sarees have depictions from scenes of in the table below:
Mahabharat and Ramayana. Usually, had a square
design in the pallu with paisley motifs in them
and depicted scenes from the lives of the Nawab
of Bengal featuring women smoking hookahs,
nawabs driving horse carriages, etc.
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Type of Name of the host Distribution Silk production trends

silk plant
Mulberry Throughout the state except # Variety 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Mulberry
Howrah and East Midnapore I Mulberry 15153 15500 15990 16480
district. plantation (ha)
Tasar Arjun, Asan & Sal Bankura, Purulia, Birbhum, II Mulberry raw silk
Paschim Midnapore & Part of (MT)
Burdwan.
Bivoltine 27 31 38 36
Eri Castor Jalpaiguri, D. Dinajpur, 24 PGs
(W&S) Crossbreed/ICB/ 2423 2320 2486 2504
MV
Muga Som & Soalu Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri &
Darjeeling Total (I) 2450 2351 2524 2540
III Vanya silk (MT)
Presently, the state has 16,480 hectares mulberry Tasar 43.5 33.50 37.12 34.50
plantation, 7,180 hectares of tasar food plantation, 816 Eri 6.02 6.05 3.79 2.60
hectares of eri food plantation and 644 hectares of muga
Muga 0.27 0.21 0.20 0.19
food plantations involving around 1,20,860 sericulturists,
Total (II) 50 40 41 37
24,000 reelers and 31,088 weavers in 2,910 villages.
Grand Total (I+II) 2500 2391 2565 2577
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West Bengal

District-wise silk production during 2016-17

Silk production trend TASAR

50
- Tasar & Eri ERI # District Mulberry Tasar Eri Muga
42 43
Raw silk production (MT)

37
1 Darjeeling (Hill)
40 35
2 Kalimpong Sub Division
30
34 3 Darjeeling (Plain)
20
4 Jalpaiguri 3.79
10 7 6 6 4 3
5 Coochbehar 0.2
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 6 Uttar Dinajpur
Year
7 Dakshin Dinajpur
8 Malda 1714.62
9 Murshidabad 546.96
10 Birbhum 262.46 10.65
11 Nadia
12 24-Parganas (North &
Silk production trend - Mulberry South)
3000
13 Midnapur (Purba &
Raw silk production (MT)

2500 2540 Pachim)

2450 2524
2351
2000 2029 14 Bankura 16.55
1500 15 Purulia 9.92
1000
16 Burdwan
500
17 Hooghly
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 18 Howrah
Year 19 Jhargram
20 Kolkata
21 Paschim (West) Burdwan
(Bardhaman)
22 Purba Burdwan
(Bardhaman)
23 Surajpur
Raw silk production - 2017-18 24 Surguja
TASAR
35 Total 2524 37.12 4 0.2
1%

MULBERRY
2540
Schemes of Government of India
ERI
99%
3
0%
A Tasar Sub Plan (TSP) project is being implemented in
MUGA
Bankura district since October, 2016 covering Raipur, Khatra
0.19 and Hirbandh blocks to provide the livelihood to the poor tribal
0%
people of the area. Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
(MKSP) is implemented in West Bengal from 2013-14 to 2016-
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17 (continuing in 2017-18) in Binpur block-II (West Medinipur Year No. of Area Tasar dfls Reeling Income
dist.) and Ranibandh block (Bankura dist.) by PRADAN, commercial covered brushed cocoon from
an implementing agency with close co-ordination from rearers (ha) (lakh No.) production sale of
(No.) cocoons
Department of Sericulture, Central Silk Board and WBSRLM. (Rs.)
The total project cost is Rs.617.26 lakh will be shared by 2016- 1,386 - 1,89,000 82,98,700 2,15,76,620
MORD (Rs.400.40 lakh) and Central Silk Board (Rs.133.60 lakh) 17
and beneficiary (Rs.83.26 lakh) in the ratio of 64.9:21.6:13.5 2017- 1,594 NA 3,00,651 1,20,51,774 2,88,57,141
in order to empower tribal women groups engaged in tasar 18
culture. Under this project, 30 nursery farmers, 40 nucleus
seed rearers, 155 basic seed rearers, 39 private graineurs and Silk Samagra
1236 commercial rearers will be covered. It is also proposed State has not yet availed support from Silk Samagra
to establish one basic seed production centres and 4 rearers’ scheme.
collectives. With this investment, it is proposed to raise 130
ha of tasar food plants, 805 ha of natural host flora would be
State plan schemes and convergence
regenerated, 0.5 lakh dfls of basic seed and 4.25 lakh dfls of programmes
commercial seed to be produced which will help in production West Bengal was primarily producing Nistari cocoons but
of 267 lakh of reeling cocoons during the project period. Finally, gradually transformed to brushing of improved crossbreed
an estimated 21,360 kg of tasar raw silk would be produced cocoons. Of late, the state is geared-up to produce bivoltine
under this project. The project will nurture and promote 37 cocoons by brushing SK6xSK7 hybrid and production of
nos. of community resource persons for future expansion bivoltine raw silk has reached 34.95 MT during the year
programmes. The progress reported by the PRADAN under 2017-18 from a meagre 3.69 MT produced in 2011-12.
MKSP during the last 2 years is as below:
(Rs. In lakh)
# Particulars Funds spent/allocated during Funds
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 allocated/
sanctioned
Project Fund Project Fund Project Fund Project Fund for 2018-19
sanctioned released sanctioned released sanctioned released sanctioned released
A State Plan
1 Plan 32.18 29.77 33.78 32.09 28.89 26.08 26.89 21.73 32
2 Non-Plan 80.81 80.54 72.42 72.42 75.62 75.62 76.8 76.21 73.33
B Convergence 2.96 2.96 6.76 6.76 2.24 1.63 1.47 0.57 -
programmes
Grand Total 115.95 113.27 112.96 111.27 106.75 103.33 105.16 98.51 105.33
(A+B)

Infrastructure under State and Central Silk Government grainages 22

Board Technical service centre/PPC 59

Chawki rearing centre 110
Mulberry sector Grainage-tasar 11
Mulberry nurseries 65 Grainage- eri 3
P2 seed farms 8 Grainage-muga 4
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Post-cocoon sector Success story

Mulberry sector Tasar sector
Cocoon markets 12 Reeling/twisting machines 224
Silk twisting 118 Spinning wheel 201
spindle
Handloom Mulberry Matka 876
6760
Tasar Takli 1161
956 Shri Mohima Ranjan Mondal
Eri Village: Thengapur
48 District: Birbhum
Muga West Bengal
Eri sector
04
Powerloom 128 Takli 436 Shri Mohima Ranjan Mondal used to depend on traditional
Reel. co-op. 32 Spinning wheel 264 agriculture practices as the only source of earning.
societies His meagre qualification and poor skill were the main
Cottage basin 319 Ambar charka 47 impediments. He gave emphasis on cultivation of paddy,
Ghosh machine 2852 Muga sector
oil-seed. His other family members put efforts to rear
cows, hens and ducks as an alternative source of earning.
Charka 5200 Reeling/twisting machines 30
Multi-end 28 Takli 35 A departmental seminar in his village was the eye opener.
He adopted sericulture due to easy indoor rearing process
Marketing and low input cost. Initially, he insisted upon hardy
silkworm race, Nistari. Gradually, he adopted rearing of
At present, 10 cocoon markets are available in West high yielding cross breed and bivoltine rearing and HYV
Bengal for marketing of silk commodities in mulberry mulberry cultivation. As he passed through the farmers’
sector and one cocoon market at Khatra in tasar sector. training programme and exposure visit to other state,
he acquired a professional mindset to raise successful
Way forward
crops. Now, he constructed rearing house with necessary
• Focus on deployment of Village Level Resource amenities and a silk reeling unit under CDP. He owns 1 acre
Personnel (VLRP) and engagement of SHGs & NGOs good mulberry garden and 3 acre other cultivable land.
for continuous up-gradation of knowledge and skill His total annual income has augmented to Rs.3.6 lakh, out
development among the stake holders and building of which, sericulture contributes Rs.1.65 lakh. Directorate
sustainable linkages. of Textiles (Sericulture), West Bengal appreciates his
consistent effort for successful sericulture crops and
• Refurbishing the glory of Murshidabad silk with Baluchari his average production recorded as 34 kg multivoltine x
design with Silk Park at Malda and by integrating efforts multivoltine cocoons and 45 kg multi x bivoltine cocoons
with other agencies like WBIDC through developing Silk from 100 dfls, respectively.
Printing Park at Serampore, etc.
“High yielding varieties are added
• Co-ordinated and concerted efforts for development
of tasar sector in the Jungle Mahal of the state under advantages to get successful crops
in collaboration with Central Silk Board, West Bengal ultimately gives profit to support my
SRLM & TDF. family economically”.
ANNEXURES
138 Seri-States of India 2019: A Profile

Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India,

Udyog Bhavan, NEW DELHI-110011

Name and Designation Contact Name and Designation Contact

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani 23061385/23063779 Development Commissioner 23062945/23063684
Union Minister of Textiles mot_fb@nic.in (Handlooms) dchl@nic.in
Ms. M. Imkongla Jamir 23061385 Shri Nihar Ranjan Dash 23061450
PS to Union Minister of Textiles Joint Secretary
Shri Ajay Tamta 23062243/23062216 Shri Puneet Agarwal 23061826
Union Minister of State for mos-textiles@gov.in Joint Secretary puneet@ias.nic.in
Textiles Smt. Jaya Dubey 23010494
Ms. Pankaj Joshi 23062243 Joint Secretary jaya.dubey@nic.in
PS to Union Minister of State for Shri Sanjay Sharan 23063192
Textiles Joint Secretary
Shri Raghavendra Singh, IAS 23061769 Shri Balram Kumar 23063728
Secretary (Textiles) secy-textiles@nic.in Director (Silk)
Joint Secretary (Silk) 23062326 Shri Anil Kumar 23061009
Additional Secretary & Financial 23063215 Under Secretary tsilk@nic.in
Adviser

Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India

CSB Complex, BTM Layout, Madivala, Bengaluru - 560 068, KARNATAKA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/central.silkboard
Website: www.csb.gov.in Twitter: http://twitter.com/csbmot/

Name and Designation Contact Name and Designation Contact

Shri K.M. Hanumantharayappa 26684206 Dr. R.K. Mishra, Director 080-26683251
Chairman, 26282600 National Silkworm Seed 9406329466
Central Silk Board, 9480696969 Organisation, Central Silk nssoban.csb@nic.in
Ministry of Textiles, chairman.csb@nic.in Board, Ministry of Textiles
Govt. of India, Govt. of India, CSB Complex
CSB Complex, BTM Layout, BTM Layout, Madiwala
Madiwala, Bengaluru - 560 068
Bengaluru - 560 068 KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA Dr. Subhas V. Naik, 080-26685238
Shri Rajit Ranjan Okhandiar, IFS 26682699 Director 9449362128
Member Secretary, 9425609794 Central Silk Technological cstriban.csb@nic.in
Central Silk Board ms.csb@nic.in Research Institute,
Ministry of Textiles, Central Silk Board,
Govt. of India, Ministry of Textiles,
CSB Complex, BTM Layout, Govt. of India
Madiwala, Bengaluru - 560 068 CSB Complex, BTM Layout,
KARNATAKA Madiwala
Bengaluru - 560 068
KARNATAKA
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Name and Designation Contact Name and Designation Contact

Director, In-charge 080-28439597 Dr.Alok Sahay, Director 0651-2775815
Seri-biotech Research sbrlban.csb@nic.in Central Tasar Research and 08269002412
Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Training Institute, ctrtiran.csb@nic.in
CSB Campus, Sarjapur Road, Central Silk Board,
Carmelram Post,Kodathi - 560 P. O. Piska Nagri, Ranchi - 835
035, Bengaluru 303
KARNATAKA JHARKHAND
Dr. Vidyunmala, Scientist - D, 080-28439297 Dr. Ranjana Das, Scientst-D 0376-2335528
Silkworm Seed Technology 7801044 & Incharge, Central Muga Eri cmertilad.csb@nic.in
Laboratory sstlbng@yahoo.com Research & Training Institute,
Central Silk Board, Carmelram Central Silk Board,
Post P.O. Lahdoigarh Charali,
Kodathi - 560 035, Bengaluru Jorhat - 785 700, ASSAM
KARNATAKA Director, 01933-222839|
Director Incharge 04344-221148 Central Sericultural Research 09419013101
Central Sericultural 09430194774 & Training Institute (CSR&TI), csrtipam.csb@nic.in
Germplasm csgrchos.csb@nic.in Central Silk Board,
Resources Centre, National Highway - IA,
Central Silk Board Galander,
P. B. No.44, Thally Road, Pampore - 192 121 Srinagar
HOSUR - 635 109, Krishnagiri Dist., JAMMU & KASHMIR
Dist. Dr. R. B. Sinha, Scientst-D & 07752-237265
TAMILNADU Incharge, Basic Tasar Silkworm 233128
Dr. Ravindra S. Teotia, Director 0821-2362757 Seed Organisation 08789292734
Central Sericultural Research & 9901059100 Central Silk Board, P. B. No.15, btssobil.csb@nic.in
Training Institute, csrtimys.csb@nic.in 1st Floor, Link Road, Sathyam
Central Silk Board, Commercial Complex,
Mananandavadi Road, Bilaspur - 495 001,
Sriramapura, CHATTISGARH
Mysuru - 570 008 Shri B.Choudhary, Scientist-D, 0361-2229708
KARNATAKA Muga Silkworm Seed 09435087588
Dr. V. Sivaprasad, Director 03482-224712/3 Organisation, mssoguw.csb@nic.in
Central Sericultural Research 9434096272 Central Silk Board, Sijubari,
and Training Institute, csrtiber.csb@nic.in Dargah Road, P.O. Hatigaon,
Central Silk Board, Guwahati - 781 038, Kamrup
Ministry of Textiles, Dist.
Murshidabad Dist. ASSAM
Berhampore - 742 101 Silk Samagra Helpline No. 080-26684431
WEST BENGAL Isdsi.csb@gov.in
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REGIONAL OFFICES OF CSB

Name and Designation Contact Name and Designation Contact

Shri R.K. Sinha 011-26107316 Shri Y. Srinivas Rao, 040-23554447
Deputy Secretary (Tech) rond.csb@nic.in Deputy Director (Insp.) rohyd.csb@nic.in
Regional Office, Central Silk Board Regional Office, Central Silk Board
# 342-347, 2nd Floor, A-Wing Road No.72, Prashasan Nagar
August Kranthi Bhavan Post Film Nagar, Hyderabad - 500 096
Bhikaji Cama Place TELANGANA
NEW DELHI - 110 066 Shri B.N. Choudhury 0361-2229772
Shri Alok Kumar 022-22020326 Scientist-D roguw.csb@nic.in
Assistant Director (Insp.) romum.csb@nic.in Regional Office, Central Silk Board
Regional Office, Central Silk Board Sijubari, Dargah Road, Near Mazar
1st Floor, # 16, Mittal Chambers P.O. Hatigaon, Guwahati, Kamarup
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021 (Metro), Guwahati - 781 038, ASSAM
MAHARASHTRA Shri Dasharathi Behera, 0674-2570053
Shri G.K. Samanta 033-24736856 Assistant Secretary (Tech) robhu.csb@nic.in
Deputy Secretary(Tech) rokol.csb@nic.in Regional Office, Central Silk Board
Regional Office, Central Silk Board 18, Sathyanagar,
1st Floor, # 15, Gariahat Road PO Shaheed Nagar
(South) Dhakuria, Kolkata - 700 031 Bhubaneshwar - 751 007
WEST BENGAL ODISHA
Dr. Alka Tiwari 05522-2635123 Shri Jai Prakash 0612-2557236
Assistant Secretary (Tech) roluc.csb@nic.in Technical Assistant
Regional Office, Central Silk Board Regional Office, Central Silk Board
Vth floor, “Vikas Deep”, # 22, 96/40 Beli Road, Near Lalit Bhavan
Station Road Patna - 800 001
Lucknow - 226 001 BIHAR
UTTAR PRADESH

SILK MARK ORGANISATION OF INDIA

Name and Designation Telephone / Email

Shri K.S. Gopal 26282209
Chief Executive Officer 2114/2117
Silk Mark Organisation of India 2549/2641
Corporate Office, Central Silk Board Silkmark@silkmarkindia.com
Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India ceo@silkmarkindia.com
CSB Complex, BTM Layout, Madiwala Website: www.silkmarkindia.com
Bengaluru - 560 068
KARNATAKA
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DEPARTMENTS OF SERICULTURE

Address Contact Address Contact

The Commissioner for 080-22253856 The Director of Sericulture 0712-2569921/26
Sericulture Development & 080-22353881 (Fax) Govt. of Maharashtra 0712-2569928 (Fax)
Director of Sericulture comm-seri-kar@nic.in Admn. Bldg. No.2, 6th Floor dos.maha@gmail.com
Govt. of Karnataka ‘B’ Wing, Divisional
5th Floor, M.S.Bldg., Commission Office Area Civil
Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi Line
Bangalore - 560 001 Nagpur - 440 001
KARNATAKA MAHARASHTRA
The Commissioner of 0863-2247421 The Director of Sericulture 0194-2313309 (jammu)
Sericulture ad.plng.seri@gmail.com Sericulture Development 0194-2313247 (Fax)
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Department jksericulture@yahoo.co.in
TTPC Building, 1st Floor Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir
Old Market Yard, Chuttugunta Sericulture Complex
Nallapadu Road (May-Oct)
Guntur-522 004 B.C.Road, Jammu -180 001
ANDHRA PRADESH Tulsi Bagh, Silk Factory Road
The Director of Sericulture 040 – 23541539 Srinagar - 190 009 (Nov-Apr)
(FAC) adho.tg@gmail.com JAMMU & KASHMIR
Govt. of Telangana The Director of Industries 0177-2813414
Road No. 72, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh 0177-2650657 (Fax)
Prashashan Nagar Udyog Bhawan, Bemloi dirindus-hp@nic.in
Film Nagar – Post Shimla - 171 001
Hyderabad– 500 033 HIMACHAL PRADESH
TELANGANA The Director of Sericulture 0135-2773227
The Director of Sericulture 0427-2313655 Govt. of Uttarakhand 0135-2774743 (Fax)
Govt. of Tamil Nadu 0427-2313656 (Fax) Premnagar dosua2002@yahoo.com
Nethaji Nagar, Hasthampatti tnsericulture@gmail.com Dehradun – 248 007
Salem – 636 007 UTTARAKHAND
TAMIL NADU The Director of Horticulture 0172 - 2970621
The Commissioner (RDD) 0471- 2231456 Govt. of Punjab dh@punjabmail.gov.in
Commissionerate of 0471-2317214 (Fax) Kheti Bhawan, Third Floor
Rural Development Dept., crdkerala@gmail.com Phase - 6 (Sector-56)
Directorate of Sericulture S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali)
Govt. of Kerala, PUNJAB
Swarajbhavan Nanthencode, The Director General of 0172-2570662
Kowdiar Post Horticulture 0172-2582595 (Fax)
Thiruvananthapuram - 695 003 Directorate of Horticulture horticulture@hry.nic.in
KERALA Govt. of Haryana
Sector 21, Fatehpur
Panchkula – 134 112
HARYANA
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Address Contact Address Contact

The Commissioner, Textiles & 033- 2262-2914 The Director cum Joint 0771-2413107
Sericulture 033-2262-1812 (Fax) Secretary cgsericulture@gmail.com
Govt. of West Bengal kolseri1@gmail.com Directorate of Rural
New Secretariat Building Industries
6th Floor, Block-A, (Sericulture Sector)
1 Kiran Sharkar Ray Road Govt. of Chhattisgarh
Kolkata700 001 Indiravathy Bhavan, IV Block
WEST BENGAL Block – A, Naya Raipur- 492 006
The Director of Textiles 0674-2575783 CHATTISGARH
Govt. of Odisha sericultureorissa@ The Director of Sericulture 0361-2362922
Sathyanagar yahoo.co.in Govt. of Assam 0361-2361021 (Fax)
Bhubaneswar – 751 007 (Near Research Gate) seriassam@yahoo.co.in
ODISHA P.O. Khanapara
The Director of Handloom & 0612-2215637 Guwahati - 781 022
Sericulture 0612-2226637 (Fax) ASSAM
Department of Industries dir.ind-bih@nic.in The Director of Sericulture 03661-271260
Govt. of Bihar Bodoland Territorial Council 03661-271246 (Fax)
Vikas Sachivalaya Adabari, P.O. Choraikola deuri_j@yahoo.co.uk
Patna - 800 015 Dist. Kokrajhar-783 376
BIHAR The Director of Textiles & 0360-2212887
The Director, Handloom, 0651-2281111 Handicrafts 0360-2211815 (Fax)
Sericulture and Handicraft, 0651-2281114 (Fax) Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh dth1999@rediffmail.com
Govt. of Jharkhand jharkhand_sericulture@ Udyog Sadan
Udyog Bhawan, 3rd Floor rediffmail.com New itanagar - 791 111
5, Ratu Road, ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Ranchi - 834001 The Director of Sericulture 0385-2444070
JHARKHAND Govt. of Manipur 0385-2452629 (Fax)
The Commissioner of 0755-2552118 Project Management Complex dosmanipur@gmail.com
Sericulture 0755-2550468 (Fax) Sangaipat, Imphal East
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh seribpl@nic.in Imphal – 795 004
Lower Basement, MANIPUR
Satpura Bhavan The Director Sericulture & 0364-2223279
Bhopal - 462 004 Weaving 0364-2223279 (Fax)
MADHYA PRADESH Govt. of Meghalaya dirswgovt_megha@
3rdSectt. hotmail.com
The Director of Sericulture 0522-2309485 (Nongkrak Building)
Govt. of Uttar Pradesh 0522-2308566 (Fax) II Phase, II Floor,
Vishal Khand-III sericulture-up@nic.in Lower Lachumiere
LDA Commercial Complex Shillong - 793 001
1st Floor, Gomtinagar MEGHALAYA
Lucknow - 226 010 The Director of Sericulture 0389-2326116
UTTAR PRADESH Govt. of Mizoram 0389-2341022 (Fax)
Chatlang, Ruamveng dosmiz@yahoo.co.in
Aizawl - 796 012
MIZORAM
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Address Contact Address Contact

The Director of Sericulture 0370-2270939 The Joint Secretary & 0381-2325340
Govt. of Nagaland 0370-2271220 (Fax) Director 0381-2325340
Near New Secretariat naga_silk@yahoo.com of Handlooms, Handicrafts &
Complex Sericulture, Govt. of Tripura,
Kohima - 797 004 Silpa Udyog Sadan
NAGALAND Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
The Director of Sericulture 03592-281243 Complex
Forest Secretariat 03592-281778 (Fax) Indra Nagar, PO-Kunjaban
Govt. of Sikkim serisikkim@gmail.com Gorkhabasti,
Deorali, Gangtok – 737 102 Agartala - 799 006
SIKKIM TRIPURA
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DISINFECTION MASK SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. 3M India Limited 2 M/s. Eagle Electricals
Concord Block, UB City No.24 Krishna Complex, M.G. Road
Vittal Mallya Road Kodialbail
Bengaluru - 560 001 Mangaluru - 575 003
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 080- 22231414 Ph: 0824-22224759
3 M/s. Tata Engineers 4 M/s. Mysuru Pure Chemicals
# 1168/J,18th C Main # 121A, Kantheraj Urs Road
Vatal Nagaraj Road, 5th Block Rajajinagar, Ashoka Circle
Bengaluru - 560 010 Mysuru - 570 004
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-2340 8317/23408318 Ph: 0821-4241610
5 M/S. Vignesh Gears 6 M/s. Alfa Instruments
S.F.No.346/1A, Ondipudur Road QP-56,Maurya Enclave
Gandhi Nagar, Irugur Pitampura
Coimbatore- 641103 NEW DELHI -110 088
TAMIL NADU Ph: 011-2732 1151
Ph: 0422- 6536559/2632339
7 M/s. SKB System 8 M/S. Annisaroo Precision Industries
SF 230, Kamarajar Road # 120, KMM Matriculation School Road
Janatha Nagar, West Sivanandhapuram Gandhi Nagar
Saravanampatti Post Irugur
Coimbatore - 641 035 Coimbatore- 641103
TAMIL NADU TAMIL NADU
Ph: 0422 – 2668299/2669999 Ph: 0422-6540136/6505878
9 M/s. Supreet Electrical Industries 10 M/s. Anupam Fabs
# 56, Burial Ground Road # 235 B, 5th Main Road
Near St. Anthony’s Church 4th Stage, West of Chord Road
Uttarahalli, Bengaluru - 560 001 Industrial Town, Rajajinagar
KARNATAKA Bengaluru-560 044
Ph: 080-22723411 KARNATAKA
Mob: 9844089097 Ph: 9845023170
11 M/s. System Engineering 12 M/s. Thermocon Instruments (P) Ltd.
# 40/1, Opp. Rapsri Industries # 872, HAL 3rd Stage
Gowdanapalya (Opp. BEML Gate)
Subramanyapura Main Road Bengaluru - 560 075
Bengaluru - 560 061 KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA Telefax : 080- 25281578/25285951
Telefax: 080-26390957
13 M/s. Kendriya Bhandar 14 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
Community Centre of India Ltd.
CPWD Quarters, Domlur # 19, Rathan’s Mansion
Bengaluru - 560 071 8th Main, 3rd Cross, Vasanthanagar
KARNATAKA Bangaluru – 560 052
Ph: 080-25350333 KARNATAKA
Fax: 25352964 Ph. 080-22262634, Fax: 080 22254310
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

15 M/s. Bangalore Industrial Aids 16 M/s. PS Enterprises
PB. No.7016, No.38 # 1/1, Shree House, 3rd Cross
Sadar Patrappa Road Maruthinagar, Chandra Layout
Bengaluru - 560 002 Vijayanagar, Nagarbhavi Road
KARNATAKA Bengaluru - 560 040
Ph: 080-22214295 KARNATAKA
Ph. 9844606640

HUMIDIFIER SUPPLIERS
# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. System Engineering 2 M/s. Thermocon Instruments (P) Ltd.
# 40/1, Opp. Rapsri Industries # 872, HAL, 3rd Stage
Gowdanapalya, (Opp. BEML Gate)
Subramanyapura Main Road Bengaluru - 560 075
Bengaluru-560 061 KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA Telefax: 080- 25281578/25285951
Telefax: 080-26390957
3 M/s.Tata Engineers 4 M/s. Anupam Fabs
# 1168/J, 18th C Main # 235 B, 5th Main Road
Vatal Nagaraj Road 4th Stage, West of Chord Road
5th Block, Rajajinagar Industrial Town, Rajajinagar
Bengaluru - 560 010 Bengaluru - 560 044
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 2340 8317/23408318 Ph: 98450 23170
5 M/S. Vignesh Gears 6 M/s. Alfa Instruments
S.F.No.346/1A, Ondipudur Road QP-56, Maurya Enclave
Gandhi Nagar, Irugur Pitampura
Coimbatore - 641 103 NEW DELHI - 110 088
TAMIL NADU Ph: 011-2732 1151
Ph: 0422 6536559/2632339
7 M/s. SKB System 8 M/S. Annisaroo Precision Industries
SF 230, Kamarajar Road #120, KMM Matriculation School Road
Janatha Nagar West Sivanandhapuram Gandhi Nagar, Irugur
Saravanampatti Post Coimbatore - 641 103
Coimbatore - 641 035 TAMIL NADU
TAMIL NADU Ph: 0422-40136/6505878
Ph: 0422 – 2668299/2669999
9 M/s. Supreet Electrical Industries 10 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
# 56, Burial Ground Road of India Ltd.
Near St. Anthony’s Church No.19, Rathan’s Mansion
Uttarahalli, Bengaluru - 560 001 8th Main, 3rd Cross, Vasanthanagar
KARNATAKA Bengaluru - 560 052
Ph: 080-22723411 KARNATAKA
Mob: 9844089097 Ph: 22262634
Fax: 080 22254310
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

11 M/s. Kendriya Bhandar 12 M/s. Humidifier Company,
Community Centre D.No.69/1, Kamarajar Street
C.P.W.D. Quarters Janatha Nagar West
Domlur Saravanampatti (Post)
Bengaluru - 560 071 Coimbatore - 641 035
KARNATAKA TAMIL NADU
Ph: 25350333 Mob: 08046084074
Fax: 25352964

ROOM HEATER SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. System Engineering 2 M/s. Thermocon Instruments (P) Ltd.
# 40/1, Opp. Rapsri Industries # 872, HAL, 3rd Stage, (Opp. BEML Gate)
Gowdanapalya Bengaluru - 560 075
Subramanyapura Main Road KARNATAKA
Bengaluru - 560 061 Ph: 2528 5951
KARNATAKA Telefax: 080-2528 1578
Telefax: 080-26390957
3 M/s. Tata Engineers 4 M/s. Anupam Fabs
# 1168/J, 18th C Main # 235 B, 5th Main Road
Vatal Nagaraj Road 4th Stage, West of Chord Road
5th Block, Rajajinagar Industrial Town, Rajaji Nagar
Bengaluru - 560 010 Bengaluru - 560 044
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 2340 8317/23408318 Ph: 98450 23170
5 M/s. Vignesh Gears 6 M/s. Alfa Instruments
S.F.No.346/1A, Ondipudur Road QP-56, Maurya Enclave
Gandhi Nagar, Irugur Pitampura
Coimbatore - 641 103 NEW DELHI - 110 088
TAMIL NADU Ph: 011-2732 1151
Ph: 0422-6536559/2632339
7 M/s. SKB System, 8 M/s. Annisaroo Precision Industries
SF 230, Kamarajar Road # 120, KMM Matriculation School Road
Janatha Nagar, West Sivanandhapuram Gandhi Nagar, Irugur
Saravanampatti Post Coimbatore - 641 103
Coimbatore - 641 035 TAMIL NADU
TAMIL NADU Ph: 0422- 6540136/6505878
Ph: 0422-2668299/2669999
9 M/s. Supreet Electrical Industries 10 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
# 56, Burial Ground Road of India Ltd.,
Near St. Anthony’s Church # 19 Rathan’s Mansion, 8th Main, 3rd Cross
Uttarahalli Vasanthanagar
Bengaluru - 560 001 Bengaluru - 560 052
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 0080-22723411 Ph: 22262634
Mob: 9844089097 Fax: 080 22254310
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

11 M/s. Kendriya Bhandar 12 M/s. Humidifier Company
Community Centre, C.P.W.D. Quarters, Domlur # 69/1, Kamarajar Street
Bengaluru - 560 071 Janatha Nagar, West Saravanampatti (Post)
KARNATAKA Coimbatore - 641 035
Ph: 25350333 TAMIL NADU
Fax:25352964 Mob: 08046084074

PLASTIC COLLAPSIBLE MOUNTAGE SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. Nilkamal Limited Mumbai 2 M/s. Eco Packaging Net
# 201, II Floor Plot No.40, Amar Nagar
Soundarya Paramount, 5th Cross Malleshwaram MIDC Hingna
Bengaluru - 560 003 Nagpur-440 016
KARNATAKA MAHARASHTRA
Ph: 080-23314879 Ph: 09373801177
FAX: 23316046
3 M/s. Ankush Agarwal 4 M/s. Anupam Fabs
Flat No.5, Shiv Sampada # 235 B, 5th Main Road
Planet Poly Plast 4th Stage, West of Chord Road
# 247, Camal Road Industrial Town
Dharamapeth Rajajinagar
Nagpur - 440 010 Bengaluru - 560 044
MAHARASHTRA KARNATAKA
Mob: 09370020026 Mob: 98450 23170
5 M/s. Pragathi Marketing Services 6 M/s. M.Tech Industries
# 398/1 Floor, I Stage, III phase M-Tech House
West of Chord Road Diamond Ind. Estate
Opp: Power House Walive,
Bengaluru - 560 010 Vasai – 401 208
KARNATAKA Thane, Mumbai
Ph: 23401130 MAHARASHTRA
7 M/s. SKB System 8 M/s. Cooling Solutions
SF 230, Kamarajar Road Agarwal Lodge Building
Janatha Nagar West Modi No.3, Sitabuldl
Sivanandhapuram Nagpu - 440 012
Saravanampatti Post MAHARASHTRA
Coimbatore - 641 035 Ph: 0712–2522021 / 2520922
TAMIL NADU Mob: 09850568143
Ph: 0422 – 2668299 / 2669999
9 M/s. Akka Plastics 10 M/s. Sailon India,
# C-11/51/1 # C-19/87, Krishna Industrial Estate
Krishna Industrial Estate Gorwa, Vadodara -390 016
Gorwa, Vadodara - 390 016 GUJARAT
GUJARAT Ph: 08265-220982
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

11 M/s. Pavan Agri Tech Solution, 12 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
# 1 Haraluru, Nagenahalli, Mallur Post of India Ltd
Devanahalli Taluk # 19, Rathan’s Mansion
Bengaluru Rural District 8th Main 3rd Cross, Vasanthanagar
KARNATAKA Bengaluru - 560 052
Mob: 9449979622 KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-22262634
Fax: 080-22254310
13 M/s. Kendriya Bhandar
Community Centre
C.P.W.D. Quarters
Domlur, Bengaluru – 560 071
KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-25350333
Fax: 25352964

PLASTIC TRAY SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. Nilkamal Limited, Mumbai 2 M/s. Maruthi Plastics
# 201, II Floor I Floor, Bhavabthi Towers
Soundarya Paramount, 5th Cross Malleshwaram Bhavanthi Streets
Bengaluru - 560 003 Mangaluru
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph : 23314879
Fax : 23316046
3 M/s. G.A.G. Trading Company 4 M/s. Sailon India
# 21/1, Kumbarpet Main Road # C-19/87, Krishna Industrial Estate,
Bengaluru - 560 002 Gorwa, Vadodara - 390 016
KARNATAKA GUJARAT
Ph: 080-22239932 Ph: 918265 220982
09341225640
5 M/S. Associated Engineers 6 M/s. Supreme Industries Limited
F-2, Top Class Enclave, I Floor # 24, Pamadi Towers
Bhoidapada, Gokhivari II Floor, # 19, I Main Road, Gandhinagar
Sativali Road, Vasai (East) , Bengaluru - 560 009
Thane - 401 208, Mumbai KARNATAKA
MAHARASHTRA
7 The Supreme Industries Limited 8 M/s. Times Technologies
S-17, Sipani Building, 6th Floor 3rd Floor, Apollo Tower, Gaarali, Jorhat
New Market, Chatribari Road ASSAM
Guwahati Ph: 09435090099
ASSAM
Ph: 0361-2731487
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

9 M/s.Pavan Agritech Solutions 10 M/s. Eco Packaging Net
# 1, Haralur, Nagenahalli Plot No.40, Amarnagar, MIDC
Mallur Post, Devanahalli Taluk Hingna, Nagpur - 440 016
Bengaluru Rural Dist. MAHARASHTRA
KARNATAKA Mob: 09373801177
Mob: 9449979622
11 M/s. Pooja Associates 12 M/s. Ankush Agarwal
Prasanti Path, Planet Poly Plast, # 247
#1 Beltola Road Camal Road, Dharamapeth
Guwahati - 781 028, ASSAM Nagpur - 440 010,MAHARASHTRA
Mob: 8753928969 Mob : 09370020026
13 M/s. M. Tech Industries 14 M/S. Akka Plastics
M-Tech House, # C-11/51/1, Krishna Industrial Estate
Diamond Ind. Estate, Walive, Gorwa, Vadodara-390 016
Vasai - 401 208, GUJARAT
Thane, Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
15 M/s. Pragathi Marketing Services 16 M/s. Bukharies Enterprises
# 398/1 Floor, I Stage, III Phase Avqaft Building, Budshah Chowk
West of Chord Road, Srinagar – 191 001
Opp: Power House
Bengaluru - 560 010
KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-23401130

COCOON PRESERVATION/REARING STAND SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. System Engineering 2 M/s. Thermocon Instruments (P) Ltd.
# 40/1, Opp. Rapsri Industries # 872, HAL, 3rd stage
Gowdanapalya, (Opp. BEML Gate)
Subramanyapura Main Road Bengaluru - 560 075
Bengaluru - 560 061 KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA Telefax : 080- 2528 1578/2528 5951
Telefax- 080-26390957
3 M/s. Tata Engineers 4 M/s. Anupam Fabs
# 1168/J18th C Main, # 235 B, 5th Main Road
Vatal Nagaraj Road, 5th Block Rajajinagar, 4th Stage, West of Chord Road
Bengaluru - 560 010 Industrial Town, Rajajinagar
KARNATAKA Bengaluru - 560 044, KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-2340 8317/23408318 Mob: 98450 23170
5 M/S. Vignesh Gears 6 M/s. Alfa Instruments
S.F.No.346/1A, Ondipudur Road QP-56,Maurya Enclave
Gandhi Nagar,Irugur Pitampura
Coimbatore - 641 103 NEW DELHI -110 088
TAMIL NADU Ph: 011-2732 1151
Ph: 0422-6536559/2632339
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

7 M/s. SKB System 8 M/s. Annisaroo Precision Industries
SF 230, Kamarajar Road # 120, KMM Matriculation School Road,
Janatha Nagar West Gandhi Nagar, Irugur
Sivanandhapuram Coimbatore - 641 103
Saravanampatti Post TAMIL NADU
Coimbatore - 641 035 Ph: 0422- 6540136,6505878
TAMIL NADU
Ph: 0422- 2668299,2669999
9 M/s. Supreet Electrical Industries 10 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
No: 56, Burial Ground Road of India Ltd.
Near St. Anthony’s Church # 19,Rathan’s Mansion, 8th Main,
Uttarahalli, Bengaluru - 560 001 3rd Cross, Vasanthanagar
KARNATAKA Bengaluru - 560 052
Ph: 080-22723411 KARNATAKA
Mob: 9844089097 Ph: 080- 22262634
Fax: 080-22254310
11 M/s. Concept Components 12 M/s. Humidifier Company
# 18,8th Main Road # 69/1, Kamarajar Street
Yadavagiri, Janatha Nagar West
Mysuru - 570 020 Saravanampatti (Post)
KARNATAKA Coimbatore - 641 035
TAMIL NADU
13 M/s.Kendriya Bhandar
Community Centre, C.P.W.D. Quarters, Domlur
Bengaluru - 560 071
KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-25350333
Fax:25352964

ACID TREATMENT BATH SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. S.R. Scientific & Services 2 M/s. Thermocon Instruments (P) Ltd. # 872, HAL,
# 44, 5th Cross, I Block 3rd stage
Kar Mobilers Road, Peenya (Opp. BEML Gate)
Bengaluru-560 058 Bengaluru - 560 075
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Telefax: 97423 13007/ Telefax : 080- 2528 1578/ 2528 5951
Mob : 99006 45505
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

3 M/s. Tata Engineers 4 M/s. Anupam Fabs
# 1168/J,18th C Main # 235 B, 5th Main Road
Vatal Nagaraj Road 4th Stage, West of Chord Road
5th Block, Rajajinagar Industrial Town, Rajajinagar
Bengaluru - 560 010 Bengaluru - 560 044
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-2340 8317/23408318 Mob: 98450 23170

5 M/s. Vignesh Gears 6 M/s Alfa Instruments

S.F.No.346/1A, Ondipudur Road QP-56, Maurya Enclave
Gandhi Nagar, Irugur Pitam Pura
Coimbatore - 641 103 NEW DELHI - 110 088
TAMIL NADU Ph: 011-2732 1151
Ph: 0422 6536559/2632339
7 M/s. SKB System 8 M/s. Annisaroo Precision Industries
SF 230, Kamarajar Road # 120, KMM Matriculation School Road, Gandhi
Janatha Nagar West Nagar, Irugur
Sivanandhapuram Coimbatore - 641 103
Saravanampatti Post TAMIL NADU
Coimbatore - 641 035 Ph: 0422 – 6540136 / 6505878
TAMIL NADU
Ph: 0422 – 2668299 / 2669999
9 M/s. Supreet Electrical Industries, 10 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
# 56, Burial Ground Road of India Ltd.
Near St. Anthony’s Church # 19,Rathan’s Mansion, 8th Main
Uttarahalli 3rd Cross, Vasanthanagar
Bengaluru - 560 001 Bengaluru – 560 052
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-22723411 Ph:080-22262634
Mob:9844089097 Fax: 080 22254310

11 M/s.Kendriya Bhandar 12 M/s. Humidifier Company

Community Centre D.No.69/1, Kamarajar Street
C.P.W.D. Quarters, Domlur Janatha Nagar West
Bengaluru – 560 071 Saravanampatti (Post)
KARNATAKA Coimbatore – 641 035
Ph:080-25350333 TAMIL NADU
Fax:25352964
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PLASTIC TRAYS/COLLAPSIBLE MOUNTAGE SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. Nilkamal Limited, Mumbai 2 M/s. Maruthi Plastics
# 201, II floor, I Floor, Bhavabthi Towers
Soundarya Paramount, 5th Cross Malleshwaram Bhavanthi Streets
Bengaluru - 560 003 Mangaluru
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-23314879
Fax : 23316046
3 M/s. Serind (India) 4 M/s. Planet Polyplast
Bhuyan Complex, #247, Canal Road
Dr. J.C.Das Road, Panbazar Dharampeth
Guwahati - 781 001 Nagpur - 440 010
ASSAM MAHARASHTRA
Mob: 94351 99240
5 M/s. Associated Engineers 6 M/s. Supreme Industries Limited
F-2, Top Class Enclave, I Floor # 24, Pamadi Towers
Bhoidapada, Gokhivari II Floor, 19, I Main Road
Sativali Road, Vasai (East) , Gandhinagar
Thane - 401 208 Bengaluru - 560 009
MAHARASHTRA KARNATAKA
7 The Supreme Industries Limited 8 M/s. Times Technologies
S-17,Sipani Building, 6th Floor 3rd Floor, Apollo Tower
New Market, Chatribari Road Gaarali,
Guwahati Jorhat
ASSAM ASSAM
Ph: 0361- 2731487 Mob: 09435090099
9 M/s.Pavan Agritech Solutions 10 M/s. Eco Packaging Net
# 1, Haralur, Nagenahalli Plot No.40, Amar Nagar
Mallur Post, Devanahalli Taluk MIDC, Hingna
Bengaluru Rural Dist. Nagpur - 440 016
KARNATAKA MAHARASHTRA
Mob: 9449979622 Mob: 09373801177
11 M/s. Pooja Associates 12 M/s. B.N. Trading Co.
Prasanti Path, Valliyil Building, Kallumala P.O.,
# 1 Beltola Road Mavaelikara, Dist. Alleppey
Guwahati - 781 028 Kerala
ASSAM
Mob: 08753928969
13 M/s. M Tech Industries 14 M/s. Planet Polyplast
M-Tech House Flat No.5, Shiv Sampada Apartment
Diamond Ind. Estate # 247 Canal Road, Dharampeth
Walive, Vasai - 401 208 Nagpur - 400 010
Thane, Mumbai MAHARASHTRA
MAHARASHTRA Mob: 09370020026
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

15 M/s. Pragathi Marketing Services 16 M/s. Akka Plastics
398/1 Floor, I Stage, III Phase C-11/51/1
West of Chord Road Krishna Industrial Estate
Opp: Power House Gorwa
Bengaluru - 560 010 Vadodara -390 016
KARNATAKA GUJARAT
Ph: 080-23401130
17 M/s. Sumeru and Sehri 18 M/s. ARD Poly Packs (P) Ltd.
# 67, Industrial Area Phase-1 # 67, Industrial Area, Phase – I
Panchkula -134 113 Panchkula -134 113
HARYANA HARYANA
Mob: 9417011660 Ph: 172-2560205 / 2560540
Mob: 09417011660
E-mail : ardpl2004@yahoo.co.in

POWER SPRAYER SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. Suntech Agri Tech (INDAI) 2 M/s. Ratnagiri Impex Pvt. Ltd.
Pvt. Ltd., # 50/A, Main Road Annapurna House, # 1/G, 7th Cross
New Timber Yard Layout, New Guddadahalli, Mysuru Road
Mysuru Road, Bengaluru - 560 026 Bengaluru - 560 026
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
3 M/s. Thermocon Instruments (P) Ltd. 4 M/s. SR Scientific & Services
# 872, HAL, 3rd Stage # 44, 5th Cross, I Block
(Opp. BEML Gate) Kar Mobilers Road, Peenya
Bengaluru - 560 075 Bengaluru - 560 058
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Telefax: 080 - 25281578/ 25285951 Telefax - 9742313007
Mob: 9900645505
5 M/s. Raj Enterprises 6 M/s. CS Medical (P) Ltd.
# 1265, 1st Stage, 7th Cross, Vajpayam Garden
Hebbal Ashoknagar
Mysuru - 570 016 Bengaluru - 560 050
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
7 M/s. Alfa Instruments 8 M/s. Supriya Enterprises
QP-56, Maurya Enclave Amala Mansion, # 143, Infantry Road
Pitampura Bengaluru - 560 001
NEW DELHI - 110 088 KARNATAKA
Ph: 011-27321151
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# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm

9 M/s. Humidifier Company 10 M/s. Supreet Electrical Industries
# 69/1, Kamarajar Street # 56, Burial Ground Road
Janatha Nagar West Near St. Anthony’s Church
Saravanampatti (Post) Uttarahalli
Coimbatore - 641 035 Bengaluru - 560 001
TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-22723411
Mob: 9844089097
11 M/s. Remi Sales & Engineering Ltd. 12 M/s. Kendriya Bhandar
No. 195,7(11), 13th Cross Community Centre
1st Main Road, Vasanthnagar East C.P.W.D. Quarters, Domlur,
Bengaluru - 560 052 Bengaluru - 560 071
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Ph: 080-25350333,
Fax: 25352964
13 M/s Balaji Agencies 14 M/s. S V Rangaswamy & Company Ltd.
# 153/1, Ramavilas Road # 2, 2nd Cross, Kalasipalyam
K R Mohalla New Extension, P.B.No. 6539
Mysuru - 570 024 Bengaluru – 560 002
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
15 M/s. Anupam Fabs 16 M/s. National Co-operative Consumers Federation
# 235 B, 5th Main Road of India Ltd.
4th Stage, West of Chord Road # 19, Rathan’s Mansion
Industrial Town, Rajajinagar 8th Main, 3rd Cross, Vasanthanagar
Bengaluru - 560 044 Bengaluru - 560 052
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA
Mob: 98450 23170 Ph: 080-22262634
Fax: 080 22254310
17 M/s. SKB System
SF 230, Kamarajar Road
Janatha Nagar West
Sivanandhapuram
Saravanampatti Post
Coimbatore - 641 035
TAMIL NADU
Ph: 0422 – 2668299 / 2669999

WOODEN LOOSE EGG BOX SUPPLIERS

# Name of the Firm # Name of the Firm
1 M/s. Serajual Islam 2 M/s. Sajir Alirajual Islam
Brohmothor Village Village & PO Choto Sujapur
PO Choto Sujapur PS Kaliachak
P.S. Kaliachak Dist. Malda - 732 206
Dist. Malda - 732 206 WEST BENGAL
WEST BENGAL
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3 M/s. Md. Ashu Momin 4 M/s. R.K. Enterprises

Village Agamilki Prop. Rajan Poddar
PO Shershahi - 732 201 Vivekananda Pally
P.S. Kaliachak Malda - 732 101
Dist. Malda WEST BENGAL
WEST BENGAL
5 M/s. Wastiram & Sons 6 M/s. Vikas Enterprises
# 149, Jakhan Rajpur Road # 65/8, Rajpur Road
Dehradun - 248 001 Dehradun - 248 001
UTTARAKHAND UTTARAKHAND
7 M/s. Md. Ashak Alli 8 M/s. Serajul Islam
Balpur Villaage, PO Sujapur Agamilki (Sirkitola) Village
PS Kaliachak PO Shershahi
Dist. Malda - 732 206 PS Kaliachak
WEST BENGAL Dist. Malda- 732 201
WEST BENGAL
9 M/S. Ismail Ali 10 M/S. Chasi Bhai Grainage
Village & PO Mosimpur Prop. Md.Dilwar Hossain,
Via- Sujapur Village & PO Dakshin Lakshmipur
PS Kaliachak PS Kaliachak
Dist. Malda -732 206 Dist. Malda - 732 206
WEST BENGAL WEST BENGAL
11 M/s. Md.Mortuja Ali 12 M/s. Rezwan Momin
Balupur Village PO Sujapur
PO Sujapur PS. Kaliachak
Dist. Malda - 732 206 Dist. Malda - 732 206
WEST BENGAL WEST BENGAL

13 M/s. Oberai Industries 14 M/S. Farida Silk Enterprises

# 149/2, Agamilki (Sirki Tola)
Rajpur Road Village & PO
Dehradun - 248 001 P.O. Shershahi - 732 201
UTTARAKHAND P.S. Kaliachak
Dist. Malda -732 206
WEST BENGAL
15 M/s. Vikash Enterprises 16 Shri Praveen Agrawal
# 65/8, Rajpur Road Partner, M/s. Das and Kumars
Dehradun – 248 001 # D 63/10, Mahmoorgunj
UTTARAKHAND Varanasi - 221 010
UTTAR PRADESH
(Plastic egg laying boxes virgin quality)
17 Shri Khitish Pandaya, 18 Shri Gopi Garodia,
M/s. Eco Stitch, F-394, Proprietor,
Sector-63, Noida - 201 301 M/s. Jai Shree Wire Products
UTTAR PRADESH # 14/2, Raja Bagan, Kanke Road Ranchi- 8
(Student Microscope, HL-33 model with wooden JHARKHAND
box (Make- Weswox) (Chawki rearing equipments
(nylon nets)
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MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS OF COTTAGE BASIN AND MULTI-END REELING

MACHINERY PACKAGE

Name of the firm Contact Name of the firm Contact

M/s. Aryan Engineering D. BALAKRISHNA ARYA M/s. Sri M.V.R. Industries GURU SIDDAPPA
Near Vani Theatre 080-27522439 # 403, 2nd Cross 9448525144 /
Mahatma Gandhi Road Srirampura, Mysuru Road 9740475301
080-27522439
Kanakapura - 562 117 Kanakapura-562117
9449646620 gurumvr@gmail.com
Ramanagara District Ramanagara District
KARNATAKA aryaneng.silk@gmail.com KARNATAKA
M/s. Gajalakshmi K. VENKATESH MURTHY / M/s. Lalit Engineering UTTAM SAIT
Industries GOPAL Works Plot No.R-0701, 1st 0836-4259042
# 61, 2nd Main Road 080-28367148 Gate
9845613174
Seshadripuram, Behind M. T. Sagar, Industrial
080-23349265 Estate Gokul Road, uttamshet@yahoo.co.in
Govt. Primary High School
Bengaluru-560020 9886216161 / 9886111555 Hubli -580 030
KARNATAKA gajalakshmiind@gmail.com KARNATAKA
M/s. Silk Tex D.Y. SNMATHI ARYA M/s. Das & Kumars 0542-2220414 / 2220521
Dharmaraja Workshop 080-27522539 # D-73/10, Mahmoorganj 0542-2223199
South Road, Opp. Varanasi-221 010
aryaneng.silk@gmail.com daskumars@yahoo.com
Yellamma Dasappa UTTAR PRADESH
Kalyana Mantapa Off. M. M/s. Jamuna Engineering RIYAZ AHMED
G. Road Industries, # 37 080 27271221 / 080
Kanakapura-5862117 Railway Station Main Road 27271221
Ramanagara District Ramanagaram -562 159
KARNATAKA 9900888084
Ramanagaram District
M/s. Silmac Industries R. VENKATAPATHY KARNATAKA jamunaengineeringin
# 14-D, Sivasakthi Colony dustries@ gmail.com
0422-2679989
Near LIC colony, SIDCO M/s. Shree Innovative SUNILKUMAR
9443382114
(PO) Coimbatore – 641 021 Engineering Industries, 9741733795 9964415915
TAMIL NADU silmacindustries@gmail.com # 27, 23rd Cross
shreeinnovative9@gmail.com
M/s. Sri Gajalakshmi VINOD Kebbehalla Main Road
Engineering Works, Srigandhadakaval,
080-28367060
Plot No.556 Sunkadakatte
080-28367061 Bengaluru-560 091
3rd Main Road, 2nd Stage
Peenya Industrial Estate 9880023277/ 9844032913 KARNATAKA
Bengaluru – 560 058 sgewsilks@rediffmail.com M/s. K A Reeling Machine MD. AHSANUL HOQUE
KARNATAKA & Wooden Furniture Mfg. 0351-2246803
M/s. R.K. Industries HYDERALI KHAN Industry Village &
9733166182
# C-17, Industrial Estate P.O. Gayesh Bari
080-27307151
B.M. Road Dist. Malda
080-27275060 WEST BENGAL – 732 206
Ramanagara-562159
KARNATAKA 9036469006
chyderalikhan@gmail.com
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MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS OF TWISTING MACHINERY PACKAGE

Name of the firm Contact Name of the firm Contact

M/s. S L N Industry RAGHAVENDRA M/s. Sri Gajalakshmi VINOD
#28, Azeez Sait Industrial 080-23184552 Engineering Works, 080-28367060
Town Nayandahally Plot No.556
9341210282/ 9590009404 080-28367061
Mysuru Road 3rd Main Road, 2nd stage
Bengaluru – 560039 lnindustry.01@gmail.com Peenya Industrial Estate 9880023277 /
KARNATAKA Bengaluru – 560 058 9844032913
M/s. Hitech Textile Engg. Co. RAJENDRANATH.S KARNATAKA sgewsilks@rediffmail.com
53, Cubbonpet Main Road 080-22228310 M/s. Silmac Industries R.VENKATAPATHY
Bengaluru – 560 002 # 14-D, Sivasakthi Colony
9342411570 / 0422-2679989
KARNATAKA Near LIC colony, SIDCO
9845119910 9443382114
(P.O.)
sue.raj@hotmail.com silmacindustries@gmail.
Coimbatore – 641 021
M/s. Latha Industries MANI TAMIL NADU com
# 78/15, Shankarappa 080-23382906 M/s. Sri M.V.R. Industries GURU SIDDAPPA
Garden 8th Cross,
9342816028 / # 403, 2nd Cross, 9448525144 /
Right Side
9845046700 Srirampura, Mysuru Road 9740475301
Magadi Road
mani@lathaindustries.co.in Kanakapura - 562 117
Bengaluru – 560 023 gurumvr@gmail.com
Ramanagara District
KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA
M/s. Latha Texmech SMT. SHRIDEVI,
M/s. Lalit Engineering UTTAM SAIT
Industries PROPRIETOR
Works 0836-4259042
# 45/1/1, Gubbanna 9342816028 Plot No.R-0701, 1st Gate
Industrial Estate, 6th 9845613174
www.lathatexmach.com M T Sagar, Industrial
Block, Rajajinagar uttamshet@yahoo.co.in
Estate Gokul Road
Bengaluru - 560 010
Hubli - 580 030
KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA
M/s. Gajalakshmi K.VENKATESH MURTHY
Industries GOPAL
# 61, 2nd Main Road 080-28367148
Seshadripuram,
080-23349265
Behind Govt. Primary High
School 9886216161 /
Bengaluru - 560 020 9886111555
KARNATAKA gajalakshmiind@gmail.com
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MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS OF IBR BOILER AND ACCESSORIES

Name of the firm Contact details Name of the firm Contact details
M/s. Hitze Equipments G. PURUSHOTHAMAN, M/s. Bright Boilers TITUS
(India) Pvt. Ltd., PRASAD, RAGHUL SF.No.526/3 Near Zion +91 422 2930490
# 45-B, 2nd Phase 080-28395610 / Matriculation School
09994330600 /
Peenya Industrial Area 23722281 / 41171143 Nataraj Colony
09443030400
Bengaluru - 560 058 Malumichampatti,
080-41171143 brightboilers@gmail.com
KARNATAKA Coimbatore - 641 050
9448083954 / TAMIL NADU
9343736558
M/s. Shanthi Boilers AMIT
hitzindia@yahoo.com P-10-10, Road 040-27174042
M/s. Souvenir V.A.DESHPANDE number 5 Industrial
09490494915
Technologies Private 9448919034 development area
Limited, #49, 8th Cross Nacharam, Secundarabad, sales@shantiboiler.com
souverirtech@gmail.com
I Main, Further Extn. of TELANGANA – 500 076
Mahalakshmi Layout M/s. Firetech Boilers CHINMAY BHAT DIRECTOR
Opp. Post Office Private Ltd. Firetech 080-26683921
Bengaluru – 560 086 House
KARNATAKA Email-info@
# 211, 2nd Cross,
firetechboilers.net
M/s. V R & Brothers 0821-4280377 38th Main
Plot No.118/B1 info@vrb.co.in BTM Layout, 2nd Stage
RBI Main Road Bengaluru - 560 068
Metagalli Industrial Area KARNATAKA
Mysuru - 570 016
KARNATAKA

MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS OF VANYA SILK REELING MACHINERIES

Reeling-Cum-Twisting, Re-Reeling,Wet Reeling, Two-In-One Reeling-Cum-Twisting, Tasar Cocoon Sorting Machine,
Motorised-Cum- Pedal Operated Spinning Machines, Buniyad Reeling Machine

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Sri Gajalakshmi Vinod M/s. Das & Kumars PRAVINKUMAR
Engineering Works, Plot 080-28367060 # D-73/10, Mahmoorganj 0542-2220414 / 2220521
No.556 Varanasi - 221010
080-28367061 0542-2223199
3rd Main Road, 2nd stage UTTAR PRADESH
Peenya Industrial Estate 9880023277 / daskumars@yahoo.com
Bengaluru – 560 058 9844032913 M/s. R. K. Industries HYDERALI KHAN
KARNATAKA sgewsilks@rediffmail.com # C-17, Industrial Estate 080-27307151
B. M. Road
M/s. Harsh Enterprises 9336911731 / 080-27275060
Ramanagara - 562159
Mahmoorganj 9648855500 9848916394
Ramanagara District
Varanasi - 221010
KARNATAKA chyderalikhan@gmail.com
UTTAR PRADESH
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Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Sri Gajalakshmi K.VENKATESH MURTHY M/s. Resham Sutra Pvt KUNAL
Industries Plot No.556, 080-28367148 Ltd. Ashreya Behind Sirdi 9810349640
3rd Main Road Sai Hospital Bariatu
080-23349265 production@
2nd stage, Peenya Ranchi - 834 009
9886216161 / reshamsurtra.com
Industrial Estate, JHARKHAND
Bengaluru – 560 058 9886111555
M/s. Pragjyothika MANISH KUMAR JAIN
KARNATAKA gajalakshmiind@gmail.com Enterprise Chhabra 03612510651
M/s. Silmac Industries R.VENKATAPATHY Bhawan, M S Road
9435145467 /
# 14-D, Sivasakthi Colony 0422-2679989 Railway Gate No.4
9435145451 9954497414
Near LIC Colony, SIDCO Fancy Bazar
9443382114 pragjyotika.mj@gmail.com
(P.O.) Coimbatore – 641 021 Guwahati – 781 001
TAMIL NADU silmacindustries@gmail. ASSAM
com
M/s. Sri M V R Industries GURU SIDDAPPA
# 403, 2nd Cross, 9448525144 /
Srirampura Mysuru Road 9740475301
Kanakapura - 562 117
gurumvr@gmail.com
Kanakapura - 562 117
Ramanagara District
KARNATAKA

MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS OF SOLAR OPERATED SPINNING MACHINE

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Sri Lakshmi RAJESH HA M/s. Anu Solar Power GEORGE KUTTY
Enterprises 984513730 / 9845104437 Private Limited, 080-43550200
#120, Kempegowda Nagar /8095965557 # 248, 3rd Cross
Vishwaneedam Post 9845529072
Rajesh.ha@gmail.com 8th Main, 3rd Phase
Magadi Main Road Peenya Industrial Area info@anusolar.com
Bengaluru – 560 091 Bengaluru -560058 george@anusolar.com
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA

MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS OF POST YARN DIVISION

BUNIYAD REELING MACHINE Ashu Machine
Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
Ramesh Kumar RAMESH KUMAR M/s.Shankar Engineering Chintakindi Mallesham
Dewangan Behind Water DEWANGAN, Works # 11-13/1, Kranti 08685-262128
Tank, Nayapara Champa 9399713349 Nagar
District, Janjgeer Champa 09247282778
PO & Mandal Alir
CHHATTISGARH - 495671 Nalagonda District Malleshamchinthakindi_
ANDHRA PRADESH 115@gmail.com
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LOOM UPGRADATION

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Prime Enterprises B.RAMESH KUMAR M/s. Latha Texmach
# .69-D/16A. A Road 0427-2262889 Industries
1ST Floor, Sarathas # 45/1/1, 6th Block,
09994444459
Complex, Rajajinagar
Near Old Bus Stand primeenterprises. Gubbanna Industrial
Salem - 636 003 ramesh@gmail.com Estate
TAMIL NADU Bengaluru - 560 010
M/s. Gokulam Engineering P MURUGAN KARNATAKA
Stores Gokulam Tower 0427-2268094 / 2268095 M/s. Sai Handloom 9440263703
# 29/41, Kallanguthu Industries
09842704321
Street, Salem - 636 001 # 273/5A , Opp. Govt. High
TAMIL NADU gokulampumps@gmail.com School, Kotnur
M/s. Indo Global SAVITHA VENKATESH Hindupur - 515 201
# 274, Mysuru Road Anathapur - District
9845942586
New Guddadahalli ANDHRA PRADESH
savithavenkatesh25@
Bengaluru – 560026 M/s. Weavers Machinery 97940707398
gmail.com
KARNATAKA Mart Mfrs Jacquard weaversmachinerymart@
M/s. Nanjundeswara BASKAR Dobby Kandi Machine gmail.com
Industries Gowribidanur Rd., 9481357056 Bajrang Nagar, Lotha,
Tubugere Hobli, Gollahalli Varanasi - 221 107
Village, Doddaballapura UTTAR PRADESH
Taiuk, Bengaluru - 561 203 M/s A Cube(Equip) 9942039138
KARNATAKA Engineers acube@india.com
M/s. Sri. Manjunatha 9985162177 # 16/6, Saravana Thottam
Traders # 14-431, PRT- (Behind Annapoornamma
Street, Dharmavaram Kalyan Mandapam),
ANDHRA PRADESH Panaickenpallyam Road
Thudiyalur
M/s. Sri. Balaji Industries 9894119842
Coimbatore - 641 034
#38 Sundaram Street
TAMIL NADU
Kosapalayam
Arni-632 301, TAMIL NADU M/s. B C M 9865740819
# 3/88-A,
M/s. Srivaru Industries 0422-2565671
Soundarajna Colony
#12/7C, Avaram Palayam 98947 06611 Valasaiyur
Road Peelamedu Post,
srivaru_ind@yahoo.co.in Salem - 636 122
Coimbatore - 641 004
TAMIL NADU
TAMIL NADU
M/s. Bhunkar Traders 09889133300
M/s. Kanan Jacquard 0452-2311105
Textile Machinary
Industries, # 7B/5-A, 9842172520 Production and Suppliers,
Thiruvaluvar Street
kannanjacquard@gmail.com Qasim Pura
New Ramanad Street
Sonia Bada, Maunath
Madurai - 625 009
Bhajan
TAMIL NADU
Dist. Mau - 275 101
UTTAR PRADESH
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COMPUTER AIDED TEXTILE DESIGNING (CATD)

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Cybiean Artigence P. SEKAR M/s. Aruna Industries C.SRINIVASA REDDY
Tech Private Limited, 9443128785 / 9487528785 #20-4-3333 ANILKUMAR REDDY
# 6-F, 159 Melapuram 08556224104
support@cybiean.com,
Sugavaneswara Street Hindupur - 515201
cybiean@gmail.com 9440263703 /
Balajinagar ANDHRA PRADESH
9440552331
Salem-636 004
TAMIL NADU arunahandloomind@
gmail.com
M/s. Woven Technologies 0427-2469868
# 397, Trichy Main Road M/s. Gurubrahma TL SRINIVASA
9443210808 Technologies
1st Floor, Gugai 09448110289 /
manibhaskaran@yahoo.com #99/100, Anjaneya 08792455762
Salem - 636 006
bhaskaranmani@gmail.com Temple Street, Cubbonpet
TAMIL NADU tls.amaragiri@gmail.com
Bengaluru - 560 002
M/s. Kushal Designs B.S. RAGHUNATH KARNATAKA
#358C, 14th Main 9739297333
Shanthiniketan Layout, M/s. Teckmen C. ASHOK KUMAR
kushal_designs@ # J-18, S-Block, MIDC 020-27120764 / 020-
Arakere Bengaluru – 560 076
rediffmail.com Bhosari, 27129371
KARNATAKA
Pune-411 026 020-27122663
M/s. Vasu Winding Y.E. VASUDEVARAO MAHARASHTRA
Industries 080-26759109 020-2712261
# 25,`H’Cross, 3rd Main teckmen@rediffmail.com
9845476565 / 9342817077
Shamanna Garden M/s. Suryateja RAVIKUMAR.K.
New Guddadahalli vasuwinding@gmail.com
Technologies 080-22115138
Mysuru Road # 23/B, 2nd Cross,
Bengaluru-560 026 9901222226 / 9901222225
Cubbonpet
KARNATAKA Bengaluru – 560 002 suryatejateknologies@
M/s.Udayaravi Enterprises K.RAVIKUMAR KARNATAKA yahoo.co.in
#23, Ground Floor, 2nd 9901222226 / 9902800896 M/s. Sujatha Industries D. DHANRAJ
Cross Cubbonpet #65/24, Bajanai Koil
ursenterprises@yahoo.com 944191255
Bengaluru – 560 002 Street Mannurpet
KARNATAKA sujatha_industries@
Chennai - 600 050
yahoo.com
TAMIL NADU

WET PROCESSING MACHINERY

Dyeing Machinery Package SS Tubs, Hydro Extractor, Winch Dyeing , Arm
Yarn Dyeing Tub, Arm Dyeing, Fabric Processing Dyeing Machine

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. S K Equipments 011 - 64634964 M/s. The Venus 079-25855874
# C 305, Sector-10, 011 - 64634964 Engineering Company, # 10 079-25855857
Noida-201 301 Subhash Industrial Estate 079-25856250
9818900247/9212324964
UTTAR PRADESH Near C T M Cross Road
sk_eq@rediffmail.com venuseng@dataone.on
Ramol Road
info@skequipments.com Ahmedabad-380 026
GUJARAT
162 Seri-States of India 2019: A Profile

ARM DYEING MACHINE

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Amrut Industries Ph.No.91-79-22870571 M/s. Amrut Industires Chragbhai Tribovandas
Plot No.5/8, Gopal Estate amruthlooms@gmail.com Plot No.-5/8, Gopal Estate, Manager
B/H, Harshad Chambers B/H Harshad Chambers 7922870571
Opp. Vallabhanagar Odhav Opp. Vallabhanagar Odhav
amruthlooms@gmail.com
Ahmedabad - 382 415 Ahmedabad- 382415
GUJARAT GUJARAT
Somet Machinery(India) Panchal Kiranbhai M/s. Prabhat Iron Works Ketan Bhai Markand Bhai
Plot No.-7, Gopal Estate Tribovandas Proprietor Opp. Hanuman Mandir, Panchal
B/H, Harshad Chambers Ph.0 79-22870571 74/1, G I D C Vatva 7925890897
Opp. Vallabhanagar Odhav Ahmedabad -382 445
7922894577 prabhatiron@sify.com
Ahmedabad- 382415 GUJARAT
GUJARAT sometindia@yahoo.co.in

TUB DYEING UNIT (8 COMPONENTS) FABRIC DYEING UNIT 250 KG. CAP.
M/s .V K Enterprises M/s. R. N. Engineering
17th Cross # 240, 8th Cross
Krishnappa Building J. C. Industrial Area
Kondappa Layout, Yelahanka Off. Kanakapura Road
Bengaluru – 560 064 Bengaluru - 560 062
KARNATAKA KARNATAKA

ARM DYEING MACHINE, WINCH DYEING MACHINE & HYDRO EXTRACTOR, W ATER
TANK STEEL TUBS, BOILER, WATER SOFTENING PLANT

Name of the firm Contact Details

M/s. Onleo Global NARENDER BHARADWAJ
Solutions Pvt. Ltd., J PRABHU
# 3411, ML Corner Service 080 23183411
Road (Next to BTS Depot)
9980039788
Vijayanagar
Bengaluru – 560 040 info@onleogl obal.com
KARNATAKA
Annexure 163

EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT

Name of the firm Contact Details Name of the firm Contact Details
M/s. Austro Chemicals & SURESH KUMAR BABU M/s Hydro Chemtech Pvt. Ltd. SHARMA
Bio Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 0421-2263140 Mr. Sharma 9900028200
# 2/896-B, S.R. Nagar, # 3618/26
7829087222
North Nethaji 3rd Street 3rd Cross, Gayathrinagar
9585536138
Mangalam Road Bengaluru - 560021
Tirupur - 641 687 austrochemicals@gmail. KARNATAKA
TAMIL NADU com, info@austro.in
M/s Aqua Specialists 9945710339
M/s. Hydro Chemtech # 9, Manjunath Layout 9740361128
Private Limited Nanjappa Garden, RT aquaspawater@gmail.com
P.B.No.2127, #3618/26 Nagar
3rd Cross, (Old 9th Cross) Bengaluru – 560032
Gayathrinagar KARNATAKA
Bengaluru - 560 021 M/s. Incompressible Fluid 9840755598
KARNATAKA Control Systems, icfcs.india@gmail.com
M/s. Apa Heuristic T. Gopinath, Chief # 4728, 1st Floor arasu@apaheuristic.co.in
#816, First Floor, Sivan Operating officer. Anna Salai, West Saidapet
Street 9840755598 Chennai - 600 035
Chendurapuram TAMIL NADU
apaheuristic@gmail.com
Kattuppakkam, Porur
Chennai - 600056
TAMIL NADU
M/s, Quality Water 044- 23710574
Management Systems Pvt gwms2001@vsnl.in
Ltd., Flat.No.6
Kamatkshi Apartments,
# 32, 10th Avenue, Ashok
Nagar
Chennai- 600 083
TAMIL NADU
164 Seri-States of India 2019: A Profile

SERICULTURAL STATISTICS IN INDIA - A GLANCE

Particulars Unit 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Mulberry Plantation ha. 203023 219819 208947 216810 223926

Production of reeling cocoon

Bivoltine MT 17270 25572 30743 34202 38945

Cross Breed MT 125217 133687 121044 121486 122739

Total MT 142487 159259 151787 155688 161684

Production of Raw Silk

Bivoltine MT 2559 3870 4613 5266 5874

Multivoltine MT 16917 17520 15865 16007 16192

Total MT 19476 21390 20478 21273 22066

Vanya
Production of
Tasar Reeling Lakh No. 21032 21253 22871 23674 22435
Cocoon
Tasar Silk Yarn MT 2619 2434 2819 3268 2988

Eri Cut Cocoon MT 5464 6087 6623 7060 9968

Eri Spun Yarn MT 4237 4726 5060 5637 6661

Muga Reeling Lakh No. 7170 7829 8284 8450 9645

Cocoon
Muga Raw Silk MT 148 158 166 170 192

Total Production MT 7004 7318 8045 9075 9840

(Vanya Silk)
Total Raw silk MT 26480 28708 28523 30348 31906
Production
Exports

Foreign Exchange Crore Rs. 2480.89 2829.95 2495.98 2093.42 1649.48

Earnings
Mn. US$ 410.61 462.86 381.24 312.13 255.93

Import

Raw Silk MT 3260 3489 3529 3795 3712

Crore Rs. 896.44 970.82 1006.16 1092.26 1218.14

Mn. US$ 148.37 158.79 153.68 162.85 189.01

Employment Lakh Person 78.5 80.3 82.5 85.1 86.04

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Particulars Unit 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

PRICES
Mulberry
Reeling Cocoon Rs /kg 327 286 246 353 398
(CB) *
Reeling Cocoon Rs. /kg 384 324 287 421 492
(BV) *
Raw Silk (#) ** Rs. /kg 2899 2605 2218 2864 3500

Silk Waste Rs. /kg 510-700 575-770 420-690 500-625 540-650

(Filature) ***
Vanya
Tasar
Reeling Cocoon Rs./1000 No. 1675-1910 1785-4500 2000-4500 2100-3400 2200-3700
(Daba-Grade1)
Reeling Cocoon Rs./1000 No. 2000-3200 2500-6000 4000-6300 3500-5800 3800-5800
(Raily)
Raw Silk Rs. /kg 2400-3200 2200-5000 4300-4800 3200-4600 3200-3500
(Reeled Yarn)
Raw Silk Rs. /kg 800-1700 1150-3000 1600-2900 1200-2500 1800-2100
(Ghicha Yarn)
Eri
Cut Cocoon (Superior Rs. /kg 300-570 260-650 400-730 420-775 720-800
Quality)
Raw Silk (Spun Yarn) Rs. /kg 1200-1600 1400-2800 1600-3300 1800-2600 2250-2600

Muga
Reeling Cocoon Rs./1000 No. 1400-2000 2000-2250 1500-2150 1600-3500 1800-2600

Raw Silk (Warp) Rs. /kg 10000-15000 14000-18000 12500-15500 14200-18000 18000-22000

Raw Silk (Weft) Rs. /kg 8000-12000 12000-16000 11000-14000 12500-15500 17000-20000

Note: *: refers to Ramanagaram Cocoon Market, **: refers to Karnataka Silk Exchange, #: Filature/
Cottage Basin
***: refers to month-end price of Siddalaghatta area
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STATE-WISE RAW SILK PRODUCTION DURING 2017-18

State Mulberry Mulberry Silk Vanya Silk(MT) Total
Plantation Bivoltine Cross Total Tasar Eri Muga Total (Mul+Vanya)
(Hectare) Hybrid Breed (MT)
Andhra 36638 1216 5559 6775 3.48 3 6778
Pradesh
Arunachal 140 2 0.30 2 50 1.5 52 54
Pradesh
Assam & BTC 8594 59 59 4645 157 4802 4861
Bihar 557 5 12 17 36 10 46 63
Chhattisgarh 261 0.3 8 9 523 523 532
Haryana 94 0.70 1 1
Himachal 2454 32 32 32
Pradesh
Jammu & 8104 132 132 132
Kashmir
Jharkhand 472 3 3 2217 2217 2220
Karnataka 98135 1651 7671 9322 9322
Kerala 149 15 15 15
Madhya 2765 71 14 85 18 18 103
Pradesh
Maharashtra 4327 350 3 353 19 19 373
Manipur 3590 84 8 92 5 290 1 296 388
Meghalaya 3209 39 39 1007 30 1037 1076
Mizoram 4094 61 14 75 0.05 8 0.76 9 84
Nagaland 290 11 1 12 0.002 602 1 603 615
Odisha 464 2 1 3 106 7 113 116
Punjab 1129 3 3 3
Sikkim 185 0.001 0.001
Tamil Nadu 18854 1775 210 1984 1984
Telangana 3517 158 0.04 158 4.5 4 163
Tripura 2184 28 59 87 87
Uttar 4044 110 123 233 22 37 58 292
Pradesh
Uttarakhand 3197 33 33 2 2 35
West Bengal 16480 36 2504 2540 35 3 0.19 37 2577
Grand Total 223926 5874 16192 22066 2988 6661 192 9840 31906
Source: Compiled from MIS reports received from State Departments.
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STATE-WISE RAW SILK PRODUCTION DURING 2016-17

State Mulberry Mulberry Silk Vanya Silk(MT) Total
Plantation Bivoltine Cross Total Tasar Eri Muga Total (Mul+Vanya)
(Hectare) Hybrid Breed (MT)

Andhra Pradesh 33156 1056 4914 5970 1 1 5971

Arunachal 100 2 2 42 1 43 45
Pradesh
Assam & 7898 52 52 3619 139 3758 3811
BTC Bodoland
Bihar 421 6 18 23 44 10 53 77
Chhattisgarh 322 0.32 7 8 353 353 361
Haryana 183 0.68 1 1
Himachal 2245 32 32 32
Pradesh
Jammu & 8444 145 145 145
Kashmir
Jharkhand 372 1 1 2630 2630 2631
Karnataka 91492 1488 8083 9571 9571
Kerala 126 11 11 11
Madhya Pradesh 5597 30 54 84 26 26 111
Maharashtra 3480 228 3 231 27 27 258
Manipur 7548 149 12 161 5 363 1 369 529
Meghalaya 3209 28 28 872 27 899 927
Mizoram 4009 47 18 65 0.017 11 0.26 11 76
Nagaland 290 7 1.37 8 0.08 669 1 670 678
Odisha 686 3 0.11 3 116 6 122 125
Punjab 1129 3 3 3
Sikkim 198 6 6 3 0.17 3 9
Tamil Nadu 17574 1627 288 1914 1914
Telangana 2650 105 7 112 7 7 119
Tripura 2450 75 75 75
Uttar Pradesh 4212 97 114 211 22 36 58 269
Uttarakhand 3029 31 31 0.02 3 3 34
West Bengal 15990 38 2486 2524 37 4 0.20 41 2565
Grand Total 216810 5266 16007 21273 3268 5637 170 9075 30348
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EXPORT EARNINGS FROM SILK

Items 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Crore Mn. Crore Mn. Crore Mn. Crore Mn. Crore Mn.
Rs. US $ Rs. US $ Rs. US $ Rs. US $ Rs. US $
Cocoons 0.16 0.03 0.06 0.01 2.47 0.38 0.32 0.05 0.05 0.01
Raw Silk 4.49 0.74 0.69 0.11 1.43 0.22 0.44 0.07 NE
Silk Yarn 31.6 5.23 24.66 4.03 26.41 4.03 14.57 2.17 15.61 2.42
Fabrics & 1455.63 240.92 1465.44 239.69 1280.6 195.6 1051.65 156.8 864.81 134.18
Made-ups
Readymade 874 144.65 1214.01 198.56 1078.39 164.71 864.33 128.87 650.48 100.93
Garments
Silk Carpet 15.71 2.6 15.97 2.61 16.88 2.58 63.78 9.51 17.34 2.69
Silk waste 99.3 16.43 109.12 17.85 89.8 13.72 98.33 14.66 101.19 15.7
TOTAL 2480.89 410.61 2829.95 462.86 2495.98 381.24 2093.42 312.13 1649.48 255.93
NE:No Exports
Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata

IMPORT DETAILS OF SILK AND SILK GOODS

Items 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Crore Mn. Crore Mn. Crore Mn. Crore Mn. Crore Mn.
Rs. US $ Rs. US $ Rs. US $ Rs. US $ Rs. US $
Raw Silk 896.44 148.37 970.82 158.79 1006.16 153.68 1092.26 162.85 1218.14 189.01
(3260 MT) (3489 MT) (3529 MT) (3795 MT) (3712 MT)
Silk Yarn 100.07 16.56 103.78 16.97 81.66 12.47 76.66 11.43 111.85 17.35
Fabrics & 315.32 52.19 239.01 39.09 249.46 38.1 241.74 36.04 292.77 45.43
Made-ups
Readymade 16.07 2.66 18.2 2.98 15 2.29 12.37 1.84 17.41 2.7
Garments
Silk Carpet 0.63 0.1 0.43 0.07 0.05 0.01 0.11 0.02 0.23 0.04
Silk waste 28.96 4.79 25.91 4.24 36.77 5.62 15.03 2.24 11.99 1.86
TOTAL 1357.49 224.67 1358.15 222.14 1389.10 212.17 1438.17 214.42 1652.39 256.39
Note: Figures in paranthesis indicate quantity of raw silk imported
Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata