Lok Sabha Question No. 790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: MSP for Sericulture
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, B.N. CHANDRAPPA

## MSP FOR SERICULTURE

790. SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

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 including Karnataka;
- (b) if so, the percentage of people dependent on the Sericulture cultivation, State-wise;
- (c) whether under the existing guidelines, the Sericulture cultivation and Cocoon are not included under Minimum Support Price Scheme;
- (d) if so, whether Sericulture farmers are at great distress as the prices of cocoon are unpredictable and most of the times they don't even get cost of expenditure, and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has any proposal to bring Sericulture and Cocoon under the  ambit  of  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP),  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & ( b): Yes,  Madam.  The  State-wise  employment  generation  details  including  their percentage are given in Annexure I.
- (c)  &  (d): Yes,  Madam.  Sericulture  is  not  covered  under  the  Minimum  Support  Price  Scheme. At present, Sericulture farmers are not in distress as Cocoon prices are good.

The  major  Sericulture  States  namely,  Karnataka  and  Andhra  Pradesh  provide  price  support incentive for the growers to mitigate the loss incurred due to price crash. The Government of India is also providing support for establishment of Multi-end Reeling units and Automatic Reeling Machines in the country to create better market avenues for Cocoons so as to stabilize the price of Cocoons.

(e): At present, there is no proposal to include Sericulture and Cocoons under Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime because Cocoons are perishable in nature and green Cocoons are available throughout the year.

## Annexure-I

## State-wise employment generation under sericulture sector

|   # | State                     |   Working age population (Million No) |   Employment Generation in Sericulture* (Million No.) |   %of population employed in Sericulture |
|-----|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|   1 | Andhra Pradesh& Telangana |                                 58.5  |                                                  0.86 |                                     1.47 |
|   2 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                  0.87 |                                                  0.02 |                                     2.3  |
|   3 | Assam                     |                                 16.74 |                                                  1.98 |                                    11.83 |
|   4 | Bihar                     |                                 63.73 |                                                  0.03 |                                     0.05 |
|   5 | Chhattisgarh              |                                 17.29 |                                                  0.12 |                                     0.69 |
|   6 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                  4.59 |                                                  0.01 |                                     0.22 |
|   7 | Jammu &Kashmir            |                                  9.03 |                                                  0.02 |                                     0.22 |
|   8 | Jharkhand                 |                                 19.75 |                                                  1.06 |                                     5.37 |
|   9 | Karnataka                 |                                 43.54 |                                                  1.62 |                                     3.72 |
|  10 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                 47.72 |                                                  0.05 |                                     0.1  |
|  11 | Maharashtra               |                                 76.04 |                                                  0.05 |                                     0.07 |
|  12 | Mizoram                   |                                  0.69 |                                                  0.01 |                                     1.46 |
|  13 | Orissa                    |                                 27.97 |                                                  0.05 |                                     0.18 |
|  14 | Tamil Nadu                |                                 50.67 |                                                  0.31 |                                     0.61 |
|  15 | Tripura                   |                                  2.3  |                                                  0.01 |                                     0.43 |
|  16 | Uttar Pradesh             |                                128.29 |                                                  0.06 |                                     0.05 |
|  17 | West Bengal               |                                 60.57 |                                                  0.41 |                                     0.68 |
|  18 | India                     |                                819.41 |                                                  8.25 |                                     1.01 |

Note: *The employment generation includes all the activities involved in cocoon production to making of finished goods.

[Source: Directorate of Sericulture of the concerned State Governments]

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