Lok Sabha Question No. 427 (STARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Silk Production
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

## SILK PRODUCTION

## *427. SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR: DR. K SUDHAKAR:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  silk  production  during  each  of  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  and  the  percentage contribution of Uttar Pradesh & Karnataka in the country's requirement;
- (b) the annual estimated and actual raw silk production till February 2025 in the Financial Year 2024-25 and till February 2015 in the Financial Year 2014-15;
- (c) the details of various factors leading to increase or decrease in raw silk production during the financial year 2024-25;
- (d) the estimated and actual number of direct and indirect employment opportunities generated under silk industry in various States, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka till February 2025 in the Financial Year 2024-25;
- (e) the details of benefits provided under various schemes for silk farmers across the country including Karnataka; and

(f)  whether  the  quality  of  Indian  silk  produced  through  automatic  reeling  machines  has  improved significantly thereby leading to higher international rating and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिररराज स ंह )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

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

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  *427  asked  by  Shri  Kanwar Singh Tanwar and Dr. K Sudhakar to be answered on 01.04.2025 regarding 'Silk Production'

- (a): The details of state-wise raw silk production during each of the last three years are given in AnnexureI .  The  percentage  contribution  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Karnataka  during  2023-24  in  the  country's  silk production is around 1% (399 MT) and 32% (12463 MT) respectively.
- (b): As per raw silk production data made available by Seri-states, the actual production of raw silk for the FY 2024-25 till January, 2025 and corresponding period in FY 2014-15 is given below:

| Period                   | 2024-25 Actuals (till Jan-2025)   | 2014-15 Actuals (till Jan-2015)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Raw silk production (MT) | 34,042                            | 24,299                            |

(c): The factors that contributed to increase in raw silk production in the country during 2024-25 compared to 2014-15 are given below:

- i. Implementation  of  central  schemes  viz.  Catalytic  Development  Programme  (CDP-2014-15),  North East Region Textile Promotion  Scheme  (NERTPS-  2014  to  2023), Integrated Scheme  for Development of Silk Industry (ISDSI- 2015-16 & 2016-17), Silk Samagra (2017-18 to 2020-21) and Silk Samagra-2 (2021-22 to 2025-26) with concerted efforts of Central & State Governments.
- ii. Improving the technology adoption by providing technical and financial assistance to the stakeholders under the above-said schemes.
- iii. Timely dissemination/  popularization  of  new/improved  technologies  and  addressing  the  field  level issues by the research institutes of Central Silk Board.
- iv. Capacity building and training to the stakeholders for skill seeding & skill upgradation on improved technologies for productivity and quality improvement.
5. (d): The estimated employment generation in the silk sector in FY 2024-25 till January 2025 is     80.90 lakh persons, with direct employment of 71.2 lakh persons and indirect employment of 9.7 Lakh persons.

The state-wise estimated employment generation including Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka till January-2025 during current financial year 2024-25 is given at Annexure-II .

- (e): The Government has been implementing 'Silk Samagra-2' scheme with an outlay of  Rs. 4,679.85 crore for the overall development of sericulture industry in the country from the year    2021-22 to 2025-26. Under  the  scheme,  financial  assistance  is  being  provided  to  states  towards  implementation  of  various beneficiary-oriented field level critical interventions.

The benefits provided for silk farmers are, support for raising of kissan nurseries, silkworm rearing packages (includes  assistance  for  plantation,  irrigation,  rearing  house,  rearing  equipment  &  prophylactic  measures), establishment of chawki rearing centres.

Based on the proposals received from the State Sericulture Departments, central assistance of Rs.1,164.53 crore has been provided during the last three years and the current year under Silk Samagra-2 scheme across the  country,  towards  implementation  of  beneficiary  components  including  components  meant  for  farmers. The central assistance for Karnataka state is Rs.288.11 crore.

- (f): The establishment and functioning of 109 Automatic Reeling Machines (AMRs) in the country has increased the production of international-grade (3A and 4A) quality silk.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *427 asked by Shri Kanwar  Singh  Tanwar  and  Dr.  K.  Sudhakar  to  be  answered  on  01.04.2025  regarding  'Silk Production'.

The state/UT-wise productions of raw silk during 2021-22 to 2023-24

| Sl. No.   | State                 | Raw Silk Production (MT)   | Raw Silk Production (MT)   | Raw Silk Production (MT)   |
|-----------|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                 | 2021-22                    | 2022-23                    | 2023-24                    |
| 1         | Karnataka             | 11,191                     | 11,823                     | 12,463                     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh        | 8,834                      | 9,312                      | 10,492                     |
| 3         | Telangana             | 404                        | 462                        | 565                        |
| 4         | Tamil Nadu            | 2,373                      | 2,589                      | 2,679                      |
| 5         | Kerala                | 9                          | 11                         | 15                         |
| 6         | Maharashtra           | 523                        | 620                        | 764                        |
| 7         | Uttar Pradesh         | 355                        | 373                        | 399                        |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh        | 33                         | 22                         | 14                         |
| 9         | Chhattisgarh          | 224                        | 223                        | 214                        |
| 10        | West Bengal           | 1,632                      | 1,966                      | 2,131                      |
| 11        | Bihar                 | 56                         | 48                         | 59                         |
| 12        | Jharkhand             | 1,052                      | 874                        | 1,127                      |
| 13        | Odisha                | 108                        | 130                        | 132                        |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir        | 99                         | 100                        | 117                        |
| 15        | Himachal Pradesh      | 28                         | 31                         | 25                         |
| 16        | Uttarakhand           | 42                         | 41                         | 42                         |
| 17        | Haryana               | 0.75                       | 0.3                        | 0.9                        |
| 18        | Punjab                | 3.5                        | 4                          | 4                          |
| 19        | Assam (including BTC) | 5,700                      | 5,721                      | 5,745                      |
| 20        | Ar. Pradesh           | 53                         | 61                         | 69                         |
| 21        | Manipur               | 462                        | 454                        | 83                         |
| 22        | Meghalaya             | 1,234                      | 1,168                      | 1,176                      |
| 23        | Mizoram               | 59                         | 84                         | 84                         |
| 24        | Nagaland              | 315                        | 350                        | 399                        |
| 25        | Sikkim                | 0.03                       | 0.4                        | 0.5                        |
| 26        | Tripura               | 113                        | 115                        | 116                        |
| Total     | Total                 | 34,903                     | 36,582                     | 38,913                     |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the  Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *427 asked by Shri  Kanwar Singh Tanwar and Dr. K. Sudhakar to be answered on 01.04.2025 regarding 'Silk Production'.

## The state/UT-wise employment generation in silk sector during 2024-25 till January 2025.

| #     | State/UT          | Estimated employment generation in silk sector (Lakh Person)   | Estimated employment generation in silk sector (Lakh Person)   | Estimated employment generation in silk sector (Lakh Person)   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| #     | State/UT          | Indirect employment                                            | Direct employment                                              | Total                                                          |
| 1     | Karnataka         | 2.12                                                           | 15.3                                                           | 17.42                                                          |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh    | 1.83                                                           | 13.2                                                           | 15.03                                                          |
| 3     | Telangana         | 0.09                                                           | 0.7                                                            | 0.79                                                           |
| 4     | Tamil Nadu        | 0.44                                                           | 3.2                                                            | 3.64                                                           |
| 5     | Kerala            | 0.002                                                          | 0.02                                                           | 0.02                                                           |
| 6     | Maharashtra       | 0.13                                                           | 0.9                                                            | 1.03                                                           |
| 7     | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.08                                                           | 0.5                                                            | 0.58                                                           |
| 8     | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.003                                                          | 0.02                                                           | 0.02                                                           |
| 9     | Chhattisgarh      | 0.2                                                            | 0.8                                                            | 1.00                                                           |
| 10    | West Bengal       | 0.37                                                           | 2.4                                                            | 2.77                                                           |
| 11    | Bihar             | 0.04                                                           | 0.2                                                            | 0.24                                                           |
| 12    | Jharkhand         | 0.82                                                           | 3.2                                                            | 4.02                                                           |
| 13    | Odisha            | 0.06                                                           | 0.3                                                            | 0.36                                                           |
| 14    | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0.02                                                           | 0.2                                                            | 0.22                                                           |
| 15    | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.01                                                           | 0.04                                                           | 0.05                                                           |
| 16    | Uttarakhand       | 0.01                                                           | 0.1                                                            | 0.11                                                           |
| 17    | Haryana           | 0.00024                                                        | 0.002                                                          | 0.00                                                           |
| 18    | Punjab            | 0.001                                                          | 0.01                                                           | 0.01                                                           |
| 19    | Assam &BTC        | 2.67                                                           | 22.8                                                           | 25.47                                                          |
| 20    | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.03                                                           | 0.3                                                            | 0.33                                                           |
| 21    | Manipur           | 0.06                                                           | 0.5                                                            | 0.56                                                           |
| 22    | Meghalaya         | 0.54                                                           | 4.6                                                            | 5.14                                                           |
| 23    | Mizoram           | 0.02                                                           | 0.2                                                            | 0.22                                                           |
| 24    | Nagaland          | 0.2                                                            | 1.6                                                            | 1.80                                                           |
| 25    | Sikkim            | 0.0001                                                         | 0.001                                                          | 0.001                                                          |
| 26    | Tripura           | 0.02                                                           | 0.1                                                            | 0.12                                                           |
| Total | Total             | 9.7                                                            | 71.2                                                           | 80.90                                                          |