The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Central Silk Board (CSB) of India and the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) of Japan for collaborative research in the field of silkworm rearing and silk industries.
As a result of the MoU, Indian textiles and apparel industry would be able to produce world-class silk and silk products. The improvement of quality and productivity would ultimately increase export of silk products.
The MoU of scientific and technological nature will help develop prolific hybrid silkworms, which will improve manufacturing capacity and quality of Indian sericulture industry and thereby enhance exports of silk and silk products
The MoU was signed last year in November between CSB and NIAS for initiating a Collaborative Research for developing prolific bivoltine hybrids of silkworm suitable for the
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