Question : CULTIVATION OF TUSSAR ERI SILK

484. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

(a) whether the Central Silk Board (CSB) has drawn up a plan to promote cultivation of Tussar and Eri Silk varieties in the Central and Eastern States; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a): Yes, Madam. The Central Silk Board provides required support for the development of all the three Vanya silk varieties -Tasar, Eri and Muga in the all the region of specific States.

(b): In order to promote cultivation of Tasar and Eri food plants, Central Silk Board (CSB) had implemented a Centrally Sponsored Scheme viz “Catalytic Development Programme” (CDP) during the XI Plan period, in collaboration with all the State Sericulture Departments, including Central and Eastern States of the country. Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the stakeholders of silk industry through the respective Directors of Sericulture. The components under CDP envisaged development and expansion of Tasar and Eri host plants, development of farm and post cocoon infrastructure, up-gradation of reeling and processing technologies in silk, Enterprise Development Programme, support for extension and publicity etc.

Special sericulture projects were also implemented through cluster approach, under Cluster Development Programme. CSB in co-ordination with State Sericulture Departments have jointly developed 10 clusters (7Tasar + 3Eri clusters) under Vanya sector in different States, as per details given below:

State	No. of Clusters developed	Locations of The Clusters
TASAR	ERI
Manipur	2	Senapathy, Churchandapur
Uttarakhand	1	Bhageshwar
Himachal Pradesh	1	Mandi/Kullu
Odisha	2	Nuagaon & Pallahara
Chhattisgarh	1	Bastar
Assam	1	Udalgaon(BTC)
Nagaland	1	Dimapur
Uttar Pradesh	1	Fathehpur
TOTAL	7	3