Related Keywords: Central Silk Board of India, every year as against requirement of thirty four thousand tonnes, India producing twenty eight to thirty thousan tonnes of raw silk, make India Self sufficient, shortfall is being made good by imports from China scientists and board officials, taken crucial decision to stop the import of silk from China
The Chairman of Central Silk Board of India, K.M. Hanumantharayappa , has taken a crucial decision to stop the import of silk from China. Presently, India is producing 28,000 to 30,000 tonnes of raw silk every year as against its requirement of 34,000 tonnes. A shortfall of 4,000 to 6,000 tonnes is being made good by imports from China.
According to him, though Karnataka accounted for as much as 60% of the country’s raw silk output, there was no State in the country that was not producing silk.
