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BANGALORE: Silkmark which provides information about the quality of silk is expected to undergo a minor change. The minor change would entail the mark also providing information about the type of silk used in the material, according to senior officials of the Silkmark Organisation of India.
SMOI, the brain-child of the Central Silk Board (CSB), was created about two years ago with the aim of assuring buyers about the quality of silk. It allows only registered users to use the Silkmark logo — an indicator that the apparel is of 100% silk.
The current logo, which is used by the authorised users only indicates that the material is 100% silk. The change would see the user also providing information about the type of silk used. Officials said that all existing users of the Silkmark logo would be provided time till October 1 this year for making the transition to using the new Silkmark.
India, the world second largest silk producer is home to five types of silks-mulberry, eri, muga, tasar and oak tasar. Mulberry(bivoltine and multi-voltine) account for over 95% of the country’s silk output with the balance being accounted by the other four types of silk.
Sources said that SMOI had at one point of time even mulled a separate Silkmark logo for muga silk after reports indicated that products claiming to be made of muga were in fact made of non-muga material. Muga or golden silk is native to Assam and available only in India.
In the interim, SMOI expects the number of Silkmark users to rise to 600 by the end of the current calendar year.Currently Tamil Nadu and Karnataka account for about two-thirds of the 340-odd authorised users.
“We should see increase in the number of authorised users notably in places like north-east and northern states,” sources added. SMOI has been able to attract silk apparel makers even in places like Guwahati and Srinagar. It has as many as 30 registered users in Guwahati and an equal number in Hyderabad.
