Lok Sabha Question No. 3036 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Silk Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3036 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## SILK INDUSTRY

## 3036.     SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

(a) the number of people engaged in the silk industry at present, State-wise;

(b) the production, consumption, import and export of silk during each of the  last three years and the current year;

(c) whether the Government proposes to restrict import of raw silk and silk yarn to promote the domestic silk industry in the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्री अज )

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a): About 85.16 lakh persons are engaged in sericulture and silk industry during 201617.  The    State-wise  number  of  employment  generation  under  sericulture  and  silk  industry during 2016-17 is given in Annexure-I.

(b): Raw silk production, consumption, import and export earnings of silk in the country during the last three years (2014-15 to 2016-17) and the current year (2017-18, till May-2017) are given below:-

| Year      | Raw Silk Production (in MTs)   | Raw Silk consumption (in MTs)   | Import of Raw Silk (in MTs)   | Export Earnings (in Cr.Rs.)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2014-15   | 28,708                         | 32,050                          | 3,489                         | 2,829.95                      |
| 2015-16   | 28,523                         | 31799                           | 3,529                         | 2,495.98                      |
| 2016-17   | 30,348                         | 34,051                          | 3,795                         | 2,093.42                      |
| 2017-18 * | 3,963                          | 4,596                           | 644                           | 309.73                        |

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(April to May-2017)

(c) & (d) : Yes.  In order to protect domestic sericulturists, basic customs duty of 10% has been imposed on imported raw silk. Besides, to protect the Indian silk industry from dumping of silk from China, the Government has imposed anti-dumping duty of US$ 1.85 per Kg on mulberry raw silk originating in or exported from China for a period from 2015 to 2020, which is presently in force.

## State-wise number of employment generation under sericulture and silk industry during 2016-17

## (in Lakh persons)

| #                | State                                    |   Employment Generation |
|------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1                | Karnataka                                |                   15.79 |
| 2                | Andhra Pradesh                           |                    9.86 |
| 3                | Telangana                                |                    0.22 |
| 4                | Tamil nadu                               |                    3.16 |
| 5                | West Bengal                              |                    4.36 |
| 6                | Jammu &Kashmir                           |                    0.24 |
| 7                | Assam                                    |                   19.64 |
| 8                | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                    0.23 |
| 9                | Bihar                                    |                    0.3  |
| 10               | Chhattisgarh                             |                    1.71 |
| 11               | Himachal Pradesh                         |                    0.05 |
| 12               | Jharkhand                                |                   12.63 |
| 13               | Kerala                                   |                    0.02 |
| 14               | Madhya Pradesh                           |                    0.26 |
| 15               | Maharashtra                              |                    0.51 |
| 16               | Manipur                                  |                    2.18 |
| 17               | Mizoram                                  |                    0.16 |
| 18               | Meghalaya                                |                    4.72 |
| 19               | Nagaland                                 |                    3.5  |
| 20               | Odisha                                   |                    0.59 |
| 21               | Punjab                                   |                    0    |
| 22               | Sikkim                                   |                    0.03 |
| 23               | Tripura                                  |                    0.12 |
| 24               | Uttarakhand                              |                    0.07 |
| 25               | Uttar Pradesh                            |                    0.64 |
| 26               | Employment generation from imported silk |                    4.17 |
| Total Employment | Total Employment                         |                   85.16 |

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