Shri Elangovan further informed the House that in order to achieve the aforesaid target/approaches proposed during the Eleventh Plan, Government of India through Central Silk Board/State Sericulture Departments would focus on the cluster approach in Project mode under 2-3 major heads viz, Seed, Cocoon, Post-cocoon Sectors.
The package under Seed Sector will have Components for seed production in the public/private sector and/or with public-private partnership in case of mulberry sector and through support for private graineurs in the Vanya sector.
The package under Cocoon Sector supports the Components for food plant development (mulberry varieties like V1) together with the technology and concerted effort to produce bivoltine silk, providing irrigation facilities, construction of rearing houses, supply of rearing equipments including improved mountages, chawki rearing centres, with the essential insurance coverage in case of both mulberry and vanya sectors.
Package for Post-cocoon Sector covers the Components for silk reeling and spinning, silk weaving, silk wet processing and bye-product utilization and also for marketing support.
The proposed budget provisions for the next three years is as follows:-
• Year 2007-08 - Rs.110.00 crores
• Year 2008-09 - Rs.165.22 crores
• Year 2009-10 - Rs.189.69 crores
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