Lok Sabha Question No. 1141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Sericulture
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1141 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## SERICULTURE

## 1141.      SHRI SELVAM G: SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR: DR. HEENA GAVIT:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी

be pleased to state:

(a) whether sericulture is a major source of livelihood for crores of people in our country, if so, the percentage of people dependent on the sericulture cultivation, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government is implementing Silk Samagra scheme for the development of the sericulture in the country including the villages;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives;

(d) the amount of funds allocated by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and

(e) if  so,  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  sericulture  throughout  the country?

## उत्तर )

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ू बिन इरानी

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) Sericulture  is  an  agro-based  cottage  industry  having  huge  employment  and  income generating potential in rural and semi-urban areas. Silkworm rearing is mainly practiced in rural  areas  of  the  country  providing  livelihood  to  weaker  section  of  the  society.  Around 12,03,942  farming  families  and  56,013  reeler  families  are  involved  in  sericulture  related activities in the country. State-wise percentage of people depend on the sericulture is given in Annexure-I.
- (b)  & (c) Yes. The Govt. of India through Central Silk Board has been implementing a Central Sector  Scheme  'Silk  Samagra',  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  Development  of  Silk  Industry during the  years 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an aims & objective to scale up production by improving  the  quality  and  productivity  and  to  empower  downtrodden,  poor  &  backward families through various activities of sericulture in the country. The scheme comprises four (4) major Components viz. (i) Research & Development, Training, Transfer of Technology and I.T. Initiatives, (ii) Seed Organizations, (iii) Coordination and Market Development and (iv)  Quality  Certification  Systems  (QCS)  /  Export  Brand  Promotion  and  Technology  Upgradation.
- (d) Funds allocated under plan programmes of the Silk Samagra since 2017-18 i.e. its first year of implementation is given below:

| Scheme       |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Silk Samagra |     161.5 |       120 |       181 |

Out  of  the  above  allocation  for  the  scheme,  State-wise  allocation  of  funds  under  'Silk Samagra' scheme during last two years (since scheme was implemented 2017-18 onwards) and  current  year  towards  implementation  of  beneficiary  oriented  components  by  States  is given in Annexure-II.

- (e) Ministry  of  Textiles,  Government  of  India  through  Central  Silk  Board  (CSB)  has  taken following steps to promote sericulture in the country:
- i. CSB has been implementing a restructured Central Sector Scheme  'Silk Samagra'  for development of sericulture in the Country, which mainly focuses on improving quality and productivity of domestic silk thereby reducing the country's dependence on imported silk.
- ii. Under North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), 38 Sericulture projects are being implemented in all North Eastern States.
- iii. Research  &  Development  has  been  focused  to  evolve  productive  silkworm/host  plant hybrids and package of practices to improve quality and productivity.
- iv. Automatic  Reeling  Machines  (ARM)/Units  have  been  established  in  the  country  to produce international standard silk of 3A-4A grade.
- v. Mobilization  of  additional  funds  for  sericulture  development  through  convergence  by availing the schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) being implemented by other Ministries of Government of India to create required infrastructure at stakeholder's level.
- vi. The  basic  customs  duty  of  10%  &  20%  is  levied  on  raw  silk  and  silk  fabric  import respectively to stabilize the domestic silk weaving segment and make Indian silk export sector highly competitive.
- vii. In order to protect the domestic sericulture farmers and silk reelers, antidumping duty of US$ 1.85/kg has been imposed on Mulberry raw silk of 3A Grade & below originating in or exported from China PR.

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| #   | State                        | Number of households involved in sericulture as on March-2019   | Number of households involved in sericulture as on March-2019   | Percentage of households involved in sericulture   | Percentage of households involved in sericulture   |
|-----|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| #   | State                        | Farmers                                                         | Reelers                                                         | Farmers                                            | Reelers                                            |
| 1   | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | 71223                                                           | 429                                                             | 0.339                                              | 0.002                                              |
| 2   | Arunachal Pradesh            | 8736                                                            | 15                                                              | 3.339                                              | 0.006                                              |
| 3   | Assam including BTC          | 353010                                                          | 17916                                                           | 5.544                                              | 0.281                                              |
| 4   | Bihar                        | 7469                                                            | 391                                                             | 0.039                                              | 0.002                                              |
| 5   | Chattisgarh                  | 57151                                                           | 1119                                                            | 1.016                                              | 0.020                                              |
| 6   | Haryana                      | 140                                                             | -                                                               | 0.003                                              | -                                                  |
| 7   | Himachal Pradesh             | 7564                                                            | 300                                                             | 0.512                                              | 0.020                                              |
| 8   | Jammu &Kashmir               | 27125                                                           | -                                                               | 1.346                                              | -                                                  |
| 9   | Jharkhand                    | 165000                                                          | 5250                                                            | 2.669                                              | 0.085                                              |
| 10  | Karnataka                    | 137890                                                          | 7349                                                            | 1.046                                              | 0.056                                              |
| 11  | Kerala                       | 256                                                             | -                                                               | 0.003                                              | -                                                  |
| 12  | Madhya Pradesh               | 24248                                                           | 534                                                             | 0.162                                              | 0.004                                              |
| 13  | Maharashtra                  | 8976                                                            | 19                                                              | 0.038                                              | 0.000                                              |
| 14  | Manipur                      | 17841                                                           | 3567                                                            | 3.518                                              | 0.703                                              |
| 15  | Meghalaya                    | 56462                                                           | 127                                                             | 10.489                                             | 0.024                                              |
| 16  | Mizoram                      | 5054                                                            | -                                                               | 2.286                                              | -                                                  |
| 17  | Nagaland                     | 18017                                                           | 205                                                             | 4.505                                              | 0.051                                              |
| 18  | Odisha                       | 47284                                                           | 96                                                              | 0.489                                              | 0.001                                              |
| 19  | Punjab                       | 589                                                             | -                                                               | 0.011                                              | -                                                  |
| 20  | Sikkim                       | 496                                                             | -                                                               | 0.387                                              | -                                                  |
| 21  | Tamil Nadu                   | 25237                                                           | 131                                                             | 0.136                                              | 0.001                                              |
| 22  | Tripura                      | 14500                                                           | 80                                                              | 1.720                                              | 0.009                                              |
| 23  | Uttar Pradesh                | 25179                                                           | -                                                               | 0.076                                              | -                                                  |
| 24  | Uttarakhand                  | 6825                                                            | 70                                                              | 0.342                                              | 0.004                                              |
| 25  | West Bengal                  | 117670                                                          | 18415                                                           | 0.586                                              | 0.092                                              |

State-wise details of funds allocated under Silk Samagra during the last two years (since 2017-18 i.e. its first year of implementation)  and current year 2019-20 (till Jan-2020)

Rs. in lakh

|   # | State             | 2017-18                          | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | (till Jan-2020   |
|-----|-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|   1 | Karnataka         | -                                | 9.06      |           | 2910.22          |
|   2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 857.74                           | 496.39    |           | 1726.76          |
|   3 | Telangana         | 210.83                           | 497.07    |           | 1021.66          |
|   4 | Tamilnadu         | 1110.44                          | 619.91    |           | 1152.81          |
|   5 | Maharashtra       | 81.52                            | 16.17     |           | 12.25            |
|   6 | Kerala            | -                                | -         |           | 305.35           |
|   7 | Uttar pradesh     | 267.94                           | 624.12    |           | 455.77           |
|   8 | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                | 98.18     |           | 9.75             |
|   9 | Chattisgarh       | 1119.69                          | 4.73      |           | 204.93           |
|  10 | West Bengal       | 115.47                           | 40.41     |           | 447.80           |
|  11 | Bihar             | 301.33                           | -         |           | -                |
|  12 | Jharkhand         | 396.26                           | 370.01    |           | 44.65            |
|  13 | Orissa            | 115.67                           | 214.76    |           | 261.93           |
|  14 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 631.88                           | -         |           | -                |
|  15 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1037.20                          | 1298.97   |           | 213.79           |
|  16 | Uttarakhand       | 1554.12                          | 173.60    |           | 791.66           |
|  17 | Haryana           | -                                | -         |           | 217.76           |
|  18 | Punjab            | 128.52                           | -         |           | 107.90           |
|  19 | Assam             | Textile Promotion Scheme(NERTPS) | 44.04     |           | -                |
|  20 | BTC               | Covered under North East Region  | 2.52      |           | -                |
|  21 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  | 5.04      |           | -                |
|  22 | Manipur           |                                  | -         |           | -                |
|  23 | Meghalaya         |                                  | 2.10      |           | -                |
|  24 | Mizoram           |                                  | 5.04      |           | -                |
|  25 | Nagaland          |                                  | 63.00     |           | -                |
|  26 | Sikkim            |                                  | -         |           | -                |
|  27 | Tripura           |                                  | -         |           | -                |