The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, informed the Rajya Sabha, in a written reply to a question by Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar that following steps have been proposed for the production of quality silk in the country during the Eleventh Plan period:- 1. Strengthening the research and development systems to improve the levels of cocoons production and productivity.
2. Enlarge the annual raw silk production base to the tune of 26,000 MTs by the end of ELEVENTH Plan, including 5,000 MTs of import substitute Bivoltine silk and 3,000 MTs of Vanya Silk.
3. Focus on quality silkworm seed production in private sector through required technical and financial support for the establishment of Silkworm Seed Production Centres with all -required facilities and adopted seed rearers so as to ensure self sufficiency in seed requirement.
4. Facilitate production of quality raw silk in bulk through corporate sericulture involving contract farming, setting up of automatic/ semi automatic, reeling machines and multi-end reeling machines in selected clusters to meet the demand of domestic power loom and export sector.
5. Continuation of Catalytic Developmental Programmes with certain modifications and higher levels of central subsidy for transfer of improved technology in the field.
The Components under CDP are together aimed at development and expansion of host plantations, development of farm infrastructure, up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in silk, enterprise development programme etc.
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