Tremendous subsidies for sericulture: the silk board chief of India
India’s Central Silk Board is offering huge subsidies, including benefits in purchase of fertilizer and pesticides to selling of cocoons and yarn, to farmers preferring […]
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The sericulture proposal pending by the CSB of India of Arunachal
The Arunachal Pradesh government has submitted a proposal for a sericulture project worth Rs 95 crore to the Central Silk Board (CSB), the state’s commissioner […]
India’s silk Plank chief stresses need to Increase production
Silk production in India needs to be increased as inadequate production is leading to silk imports from China, Japan and Korea, Central Silk Board (CSB) […]
Assam chief minister calls for raising silk production
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal recently appealed to muga silk farmers in the north-east Indian state to increase production keeping in mind the increased worldwide […]
Silk sector witnessing steady growth ministry
The production of raw silk in India was estimated to be 33,840 million tonnes (MT) in fiscal 2017-18 as against 30,348 MT in the previous […]
Kraig Biocraft Starts operations in new laboratory
Courtesy: Kraig Biocraft Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a leading maker of genetically engineered spider silk based fibre technologies, has completed the build out of its […]
Bihar to house Rs 60 crore silk farming Facility
The government of Bihar has sanctioned a grant of Rs 60 crore for the set up of an advanced centre on sericulture in the state. […]
Silk sector in the priority: Union of India
Indian minister of state for textiles Ajay Tamta recently said developing the silk sector as a viable option for livelihood in north-eastern states is a […]
Jharcraft at India signs MoU with Banka Silk
The Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation (Jharcraft) recently signed an agreement with Banka Silk, a private start-up in adjoining Bihar, to train the […]
Suggestions are sought by India’s silk board from Odisha
India’s Central Silk Board (CSB), which has allocated 6.3 crore for Odisha in the current fiscal, has sought more proposals from the state government under […]