The state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have requested the Central Ministry of Finance to increase import duty on raw silk from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent or at least to 15 per cent. In a written reply to Lok ...
Tags: Raw Silk, import duty
After closing down the Chandrapur Silk Basic Seed Multiplication & Training Centre (BSMTC) unit in Maharashtra, the Central Silk Board 9CSB) established a new BSMTC in Bhandara, also in Maharashtra to ensure continuity of supply of DFLs and ...
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The Bhagalpur of Bihar is famous worldwide for its distinctive type of tasar silk and coarse varieties of silk fabrics. The silk handloom weavers of Bhagalpur are facing stiff competition from power loom and mill sector due to high ...
Tags: Silk Industry, Apparel
Raw silk production in India should be doubled to 46,000 tons by the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, i.e. 2016-17, with an annual growth rate of 20-25 percent in silk production, said Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao at a meeting ...
In order to promote Mulberry, Eri and Muga silk production in Assam, Government through Central Silk Board is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme viz “Catalytic Development Programme” (CDP) in collaboration with State ...
Tags: Silk Output, Textile
In view of wide-spread adulteration in silk products, Central Silk Board unveiled new Silk Mark India Fusion Label to the international community assembled for the International Sericulture Commission (ISC) Conference held at New Delhi. ...
Aiming to enhance the quality of Eri Silk hand spun yarn, the Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI) has developed an economical silk spinning machine that runs on solar energy. The Bangalore-based institute functioning ...
Tags: India, CSTRI, Solar Silk Spinning Machine
A 10-day training programme on silk, “Product design, development and diversification and possibilities for silk” would start on December 31, 2012 at Central Silk Board complex in Bangalore. Being organized by ...
Tags: training programme, silk, Central Silk Board, silk tech
A 10-basin multi-end reeling unit has been set up at Baghat-e-Kanipora in Budgam, Srinagar, under a scheme sponsored by the Centre with an aim to boost the post-cocoon industry of Jammu and Kashmir. The fourth of its kind unit in the ...
Tags: silk reeling unit, reeling unit, Silk Board, textiles