India: Govt approves Rs 154-cr schemes to boost silk production
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Government has approved three schemes entailing a total outlay of Rs 154.87 crore to develop and promote production of silk in the country during the 11th Plan period, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
The schemes are Seed Organisation and HRD (Rs 46.5 crore), Quality Certification System (Rs 13.66 crore), and Research, Development, Training and IT initiatives (Rs 94.71 crore), Minister of State for Textiles E V K S Elangovan said in written reply.
"The schemes would be implemented through Central Silk Board in form of packages under three sectors of seed, cocoon and post-cocoon," he said.
The government is also considering continuation of the flagship scheme for sericulture Catalytic Development Programme (CDP) during the 11th plan, with a contribution of Rs 661 crore as the central share.
Replying to another question, the minister said that government has approved implementation of the Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles with a budgetary provision of Rs 48 crore during the 11th Plan period.
The scheme would conduct baseline survey, set up of four centres of excellence for agrotech, buildtech, geotech and editech and conduct awareness programme.
In another reply, Elangovan said proposal for setting up the National Institute for Fashion Technology (NIFT) centre in Bihar has been approved by the NIFT board.
"The matter has been taken up with the state government for allotment of land and funding support. Proposal for setting up NIFT in Kannur, Kerala would be placed for consideration of the board in its next meeting," he said.
New centres of NIFT are being set up subject to the condition that the state government provides land and financial support.
Source: Industry Website