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BANGALORE, NOV 30: Dependence on China for silk would be a fait accompli for India as the country is likely to miss the silk production targeted for Tenth Plan, sources in the Central Silk Board (CSB) said. But on the other hand, India has succeeded in surpassing China in cocoon productivity with new technologies.
India imports around 9,000 tonnes of silk every year, primarily from China, in addition to domestic production of 17,000 tonnes to meet a demand of 26,000 tonnes.
In a bid to increase domestic output of superior quality bi-voltine silk, Central Silk Board (CSB) has launched various schemes and set a target of producing 6,500 tonnes of bi-voltine silk per annum at the end of Tenth Plan, a top CSB official said.
But several silk producing states could not meet this target due to various reasons like drought, flood and practical problems in transforming from traditional rearing methods to new techniques. Following this, the annual bi-voltine silk production target was reduced to 1,500 tonnes for the 10th Plan.
But according to CSB figures, the country is likely to achieve a meagre 1,050 tonnes of annual bi-voltine silk production at the end of 2007.
In the beginning of Tenth Plan in 2002-03, the bi-voltine production stood at 685 tonnes, which declined to 609 tonnes in the next fiscal but increased to 893 tonnes in 2004-05 and further jumped to 971 tonnes in the fiscal 2005-06 and the production is expected to touch 1,050 tonnes in the current financial year.
Following a slow down in bi-voltine production, overall targeted output of all varieties of mulberry and non-mulberry silk is expected to touch 18,700 tonnes at the end of 10th Plan against the revised projection of 21,800 tonnes.
With these results, China is likely to dominate in supplying silk to India in coming years. But to counter China, CSB has initiated steps to introduce contract farming through corporate bodies to ramp up the production manifold.
With the permission of the CSB and the state governments, two entrepreneurs are expected to start corporate farming units comprising giant reeling machines, one each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during the next six months.
Source:Industry Website
