(a) whether the Central Silk Boardproposes to open silkworm storage invarious States of the country includingBihar;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wiseand location-wise; and
(c) the target set and achievements madeby the National Silkworm Seed organisation(NSSO) during the last three years and thecurrent year?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) & (b): Central Silk Board has established three Cold Storage Plants for preservation of Silkworm seeds at Mysore (Karnataka), Hosur (Tamilnadu) and Dehradun (Uttarakhand). These cold storages meet the requirement of Silkworm seeds of all the states including Bihar.
(c): The target set and achievements made by the National Silkworm Seed Organization (NSSO) during the last three years and the current year are as follows:-
(in Lakh dfls) Commercial silkworm Seed production Year Target Achievement 2011-12 315.00 321.54 2012-13 325.00 308.48 2013-14 325.00 338.96 2014-15 350.00 287.80# # April-2014 to Jan-2015