India: Silk Production

08 Mar India: Silk Production

Context:

• Recently, the Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani claimed that India would be fully self-reliant in silk production in the next two years.
• The Central Silk Board (CSB), the Ministry of Agriculture, and

Farmers Welfare signed an MoU on a convergence model for the exertion of Agro-forestry.

• This initiative was undertaken in the silk sector as per the ongoing Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)
• The Buniyaad Reeling Machine for Tussar Silk Yarn was also dispersed to some of the recipients on the occasion.

Objective:

• It tends to promote farmers to take up sericulture-based Agroforestry
• It aims to achieve faster returns to the growers as well as support the

Vision:

• Raw silk production in the country has expanded 35% in the last six years, the growth has been magnanimous in the
• Due to this, more than ninety lakh people have got employment in raw silk production.
• The agricultural income will increase to 20-30%.
• By adopting Agro Technical Textile farmers’ income has increased by 60%.

  
  – Ajit Satpathy

Ajit Satapathy