Lok Sabha Question No. 96 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Production of Silk
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*96 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## PRODUCTION OF SILK

*96. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

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

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to encourage the domestic production of silk and reduce the dependence on imported silk;
- (b) the  targets  fixed  and  achievements  made  for  production  of  silk during the last year and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up more cold storage units for  the  Bivoltine  Silkworm  Seed  in  the  country,  as  has  been  set  up  in Mysore; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*96  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 21.12.2017.

(a): In  order  to  increase  the  domestic  production  of  silk  in  the country and to reduce dependence on imported silk, the Government has been making all efforts for increasing the domestic production of import substitute quality Bivoltine silk through the following steps:-

- (i) Research and Development (R&D) has been focused to evolve productive  Bivoltine  hybrids  and  package  of  practices  for production  of  high  quality  Bivoltine  silk  in  the  country. 15 mulberry varieties have been developed as host plant for Bivoltine  silkworm  hybrid.    Further,  a  number  of  silkworm hybrids  have  been  developed  suitable  for  different  regions and seasons.
- (ii) Under  Cluster  Development  Programme,  172  clusters  have been organized across the country with the support of State Governments  to  augment  the  production  of  Bivoltine  silk. Against the production target of 5,000 Metric Tons (MTs) of Bivoltine  silk  in  2016-17,  5,266  MTs  of  import  substitute Bivoltine silk has been produced.
- (iii) To reduce dependence on imported silk, high grade raw Silk production  using  Bivoltine  cocoons  is  being  encouraged  by establishing 30 Automatic Reeling Machines (ARM)/Units in the country.  It is proposed to establish 36 additional ARMs during 2017-18 to 2019-20.

(b): Silk production target and actual achievement made during the last year 2016-17 and during the current year 2017-18 (till Oct-2017) are given below:-

| Production of silk in Metric Ton   | Production of silk in Metric Ton   | Production of silk in Metric Ton   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Year                               | Target                             | Achievement                        |
| 2016-17                            | 32,000                             | 30,348                             |
| 2017-18                            | 33,840                             | 16,703 **                          |

State-wise raw silk production in the country during 2016-17 is enclosed at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d) : Yes Madam.  Central Silk Board has proposed to set up two new Cold Storage Plants for the Bivoltine silkworm seeds one each at Bangalore and Jorhat besides strengthening the existing Cold Storage Plant at Hosur.

## Annexure- I

## State-wise Raw Silk production (in Metric Tons) during 2016-17 &  2017-18 (Till October-2017)

(in metric tons)

| S. No.   | States            | 2016-17   | 2016-17     | 2017-18 (Till October-2017)   | 2017-18 (Till October-2017)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States            | Target    | Achievement | Target                        | Achievement                   |
| 1        | Karnataka         | 11000     | 9571        | 11120                         | 5040                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 5505      | 5970        | 6090                          | 3727                          |
| 3.       | Assam & Bodoland  | 4103      | 3811        | 4705                          | 2413                          |
| 4.       | West Bengal       | 2706      | 2565        | 2590                          | 793                           |
| 5.       | Jharkhand         | 2624      | 2631        | 2744                          | 991                           |
| 6.       | Tamil Nadu        | 2000      | 1914        | 2000                          | 1100                          |
| 7.       | Meghalaya         | 900       | 927         | 1070                          | 923                           |
| 8.       | Nagaland          | 690       | 678         | 770                           | 450                           |
| 9.       | Manipur           | 503       | 529         | 560                           | 243                           |
| 10.      | Chhattisgarh      | 290       | 361         | 405                           | 327                           |
| 11.      | Maharashtra       | 285       | 259         | 328                           | 151                           |
| 12.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 280       | 269         | 300                           | 90                            |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 275       | 111         | 230                           | 21                            |
| 14.      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 170       | 145         | 180                           | 132                           |
| 15.      | Telangana         | 150       | 119         | 160                           | 43                            |
| 16.      | Odisha            | 130       | 125         | 140                           | 17                            |
| 17.      | Mizoram           | 82        | 76          | 100                           | 76                            |
| 18.      | Tripura           | 65        | 75          | 85                            | 48                            |
| 18.      | Bihar             | 84        | 77          | 85                            | 12                            |
| 20.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 48        | 45          | 58                            | 46                            |
| 21.      | Uttarakhand       | 38        | 34          | 44                            | 19                            |
| 22.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 40        | 32          | 40                            | 32                            |
| 23.      | Sikkim            | 16        | 9           | 17                            | --                            |
| 24.      | Kerala            | 10        | 11          | 12                            | 6                             |
| 25.      | Punjab            | 5         | 3           | 6                             | 3.3                           |
| 26.      | Haryana           | 2         | 1           | 2                             | 0.43                          |
| Total    | Total             | 32,000    | 30,348      | 33,840                        | 16,703                        |

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