In order to improve productivity, quality of silk through high quality standards and for overall development of the silk sector, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved ‘Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry’ for the next three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20, with a financial outlay of Rs 2161.68 crore. The scheme will be implemented by the Ministry through Central Silk Board (CSB).
The Scheme has four components such as initiatives for Research & Development (R&D), Seed Organizations & farmers extension centres, Coordination & Market Development for seed, yarn & silk products and the fourth one is Quality Certification System (QCS). The scheme is expected to increase the silk production by around 8152 MTs from the level of 30348 MT during 2016-17 to 38500 MT by end of 2019-20 along with Women Empowerment promotion. It will also help to increase productive employment from 85 lakh to 1 crore persons by 2020.
Under the proposed scheme, the encouragement will be given to the Brand Promotion of Indian silk through quality certification by Silk Mark not only in the domestic market but in the Export market as well. Besides, Cocoon Testing Centres & Silk Testing Centres will be set up to promote high quality standards in silkworm seed, cocoon and raw silk and efforts will be strengthened for collaborating with NIFT and NID for support on design and product development.
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