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Industry > Industry monitor > Textiles 08 March 2021 The Central Silk Board (CSB) under the ministry of textiles and the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a convergence model for implementation of agro-forestry in the silk sector under the ongoing Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme. Speaking at the function, union minister for textiles and women and child development, Smriti Zubin Irani said the and Minister of State for A...

Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday expressed confidence that India will become self-reliant or Aatmanirbhar in silk production in the next two years. The Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development said the government aims to provide employment to over one crore people exclusively in the silk segment through the Krishi Vigyan Kendra programme. She said that Indias raw silk production increased 35 per cent in the last six years. Six years ago, 70 lakh people in India were employ...