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I. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES
Introduction ....................................................................................................1
Achievements in Research and Development...............................................2
Parliament related matters.............................................................................5
Right to information Act, 2005........................................................................6
Official Language ...........................................................................................6

II. FUNCTIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL SET UP

Introduction ....................................................................................................9
Constitution of the Board ...............................................................................9
Meetings of the Board and Standing Committee .........................................10
Staff Strength of CSB...................................................................................11
Official Language Policy ..............................................................................15

III. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION

Introduction ..................................................................................................21
CSR & TI, Mysore ........................................................................................21
CSR & TI, Berhampore ................................................................................24
CSR & TI, Pampore .....................................................................................25
CSGRC, Hosur ............................................................................................26
SSTL, Bangalore .........................................................................................27
SBRL, Bangalore .........................................................................................27
CTR & TI, Ranchi.........................................................................................28
CMER & TI, Lahdoigarh...............................................................................30
CSTRI, Bangalore........................................................................................31

IV. SCHEME AND PROJECTS

Catalytic Development Programme (CDP) ..................................................35
Projects with Funding from Other Ministries ................................................42
Projects with Overseas Funding ..................................................................44
V. SUPPORT SERVICES
Seed Organization .......................................................................................49
Training ........................................................................................................52
Publicity .......................................................................................................53
Silk Mark Organization of India (SMOI) .......................................................56

VI. FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS

Receipts (Grants-in-Aid for 2011-12) ...........................................................59
Expenditure for the Year 2011-12 ................................................................60
Loans for the Year 2011-12..........................................................................61
Provisions Approved by the Ministry Under BE for 2012-13........................62
Internal Audit................................................................................................63

VII. SERICULTURE STATISTICS

Raw Silk Production.....................................................................................67
Imported Prices of Chinese Raw Silk ..........................................................72
Silk Goods Exports and Imports ..................................................................72
Graphs ........................................................................................................77

VIII. ANNEXURES
List of Board Members.................................................................................85
Organizational Chart of the Central Silk Board............................................88
Units of CSB ................................................................................................89
Catalytic Development Programme during XI PLAN ...................................90
Abbreviations ...............................................................................................94
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OF
ACTIVITIES

CENTRAL SILK BOARD

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Introduction The remarkable performance of silk industry

The year 2011-12 being the terminal year of XI
Plan has been an excellent year so far as silk
production is concerned. All the sectors of silk
covering mulberry (both multivoltine and bivoltine)
and Vanya silks have shown positive growth over
during IX, X and XI Plan periods indicated below,
has shown a steady growth over the years inspite
of drastic reduction in the area due to various
constraints like drought, labour scarcity,
urbanization, drastic fall in cocoon prices etc. The
increase in silk production in the country is

RAW SILK PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY

Unit: Raw silk, MT
Sl. Achievement (%) Incr./Decr
Variety
No. 2011-12 2010-11 over 2010-11
I Mulberry Plantation (Lakh ha) 1.81 1.70 6.3
II Mulberry Raw Silk
Bivoltine 1685 1400 20.4
Cross Breed 16587 14960 10.9
Mulberry Total 18272 16360 11.7
III Vanya Silk
Tasar* 1590 1166 36.4
Eri 3072 2760 11.3
Muga 126 124 1.6
Vanya Total 4788 4050 18.2
Grand Total 23060 20410 13
*includes both Tropical and Oak-Tasar

the previous year. While the mulberry bivoltine silk
and tasar silk have respectively shown an increase
of 20.4% and 36.4% over previous year
production, the overall silk production has
registered an increase of 13% reaching a
touchdown performance over the previous year as
attributed to improvement in productivity leading to
vertical growth of the industry due to R&D
interventions and implementation of centrally
sponsored Catalytic Development Programme
resulting in technology absorption. The industry
has now taken a momentum of growth which is likely
to be continued in the coming years of XII Plan.

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Achievements in Research and Development
The Research & Training Institutes of Central
Silk Board provide R&D and Training support for
the development of sericulture in the country. The
institutes at Mysore (Karnataka), Berhampore
(West Bengal) and Pampore (Jammu & Kashmir)
deal with mulberry sericulture while the institute at
Ranchi (Jharkhand) deals with Tasar culture and
Lahdoigarh, Jorhat (Assam) deals with Muga and
Eri cultures. The Central Silk Technological
Research Institute (CSTRI) at Bangalore
(Karnataka) provides R&D support in post-cocoon
sector. The Regional Research Stations for
mulberry and vanya culture along with the network
of their Research Extension Centres (RECs) and
sub-units have been tirelessly working for
dissemination of research findings as per regional
requirement and providing extension support to
sericulture beneficiaries. In addition, Central Silk
Board has also set up National Silkworm Seed
Organization (NSSO) at Bangalore (Karnataka) for
m u l b e r r y ; B a s i c Ta s a r S i l k w o r m S e e d
Organization (BTSSO) at Bilaspur; Muga & Eri
Silkworm Seed Organization (MSSO) at Guwahati;
Silkworm Seed Technology Laboratory (SSTL) in
Bangalore (Karnataka), Central Sericultural
Germplasm Resource Centre ( CSGRC) at Hosur
(Tamil Nadu) and Seri-Biotech Research
Laboratory ( SBRL) at Bangalore.
During 2011-12, 30 research projects were
concluded, 40 projects continued and 39 new
projects initiated.
Mulberry Sericulture
The productivity of mulberry plantation in
terms of silk has reached 93.38 kg/ha/year when
compared to yesteryear's 40 kg/ha/yr and
enhanced the country's capability in producing
silks of international grades. The research
interventions in the improvement of host plants
through introduction of high yielding mulberry
varieties such as V1, S1635, S1, S799, S13, S34,
S146, BC259, Tr10 and improved silkworm breeds
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like CSR2 x CSR4, CSR2 x CSR5, SH6 x KA, SH6
x NB4D2, NB18 x P5, YS3 x SF19, Dun6 x Dun22,
etc., coupled with the improved processing
machinery and management practices have made
it possible to reach such acclaimed performance.
Mulberry development
During the year, use of advanced generation
breeding technique has resulted in evolution of five
new high yielding mulberry genotypes. The
technology for identifying the nutrient deficiencies
and increasing mulberry productivity, through
“Poshan” – a nutrient mixture of macro and
micronutrients and a bio-formulation 'Navinya' for
control of root-rot disease of mulberry were
commercialized, while, the Root-rot and Root-knot
diseases were controlled with leaves of Brassica
juncea, Raphanus sativus and mustard oil cake.
Seven new mulberry progenies and hybrids
with higher gain in leaf yield were identified for
eastern and North-eastern regions. The selection
of water logging tolerant variety C-2028 yielded
6.96 MT/ha/crop under flooded conditions.
Technologies like foliar application of 1% KCl in
rainfed conditions and pruning of the plants during
June with application of Morizyme-B for increased
leaf yield and reduction of pest and disease
incidence were evolved. Further, application of 1%
Pongamia oil and 1% Neem oil respectively were
found effective in reducing the pest population in
mulberry plants.
In temperate zone, mulberry germplasm was
categ or iz ed. M. bo mbycis w as f o u n d
comparatively frost tolerant. Three new mulberry
hybrids S-106, S-140 and S-145 were found
superior under multi-location trial, across the
Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand regions. The
mulberry varieties S-146 and S-1635 were
recommended for tree plantation in Himachal
Pradesh on the basis of higher leaf yield. New
nitrogen fixing bacteria, viz., Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia was evolved under Integrated Nutrient
Management Programme for mulberry in

Dehradun soils. Lavendula officinalis, was found to
be ideal intercrop with mulberry under temperate
conditions. An Integrated Pest and Disease
Management (IPDM) module for mulberry pests
and diseases was also developed.
At CSGRC, Hosur the germplasm includes
59 new mulberry accessions raising the number of
accessions to 1239. Performance of 120
accessions was studied under rainfed conditions.
24 accessions were screened for salinity and
alkalinity tolerance and 338 accessions were cryo-
preserved in National Cryogenic Bank, NBPGR,
New Delhi.
Silkworm improvement
Three new three-way-cross hybrids, namely;
FC1 x CSR2, FC3 x CSR2 and FC3 x CSR17 were
identified for high productive traits of pupation rate,
shell percentage, filament length, raw silk and
neatness. A newly developed double hybrid [DH2
(CSR50 x CSR52) x (CSR53 x CSR51)] was tested
in large scale with a record cocoon yield of 67.5 kg.
Two new double hybrids, one [(D1 x D2) x (D11 x
D13)] with shorter larval duration and average
cocoon yield of 89 kg/100 dfls and another [(CSR2
x CSR50) x (CSR51 x CSR26)] with an average
yield of 90 kg /100 dfls were identified. One SSR
marker for IFV resistance was identified.
bivoltine male parent 'CSR50' has been identified
for multi x bi hybrid production. CSR16 x CSR17,
CSR46 x CSR47 and Gen3 x Gen2 were tested at
farmers' level and obtained cocoon yields of 67.5
kg, 65.3 kg and 68.1 kg/100 dfls respectively.
Three new bivoltine silkworm hybrids, viz, Pam115
x CSR2 ; Pam117 x Pam114 and CSR2 x Pam117
were developed for Jammu & Kashmir region.
73 multivoltine and 350 bivoltine silkworm
accessions were characterized, evaluated and
conserved in Germplasm bank. 15 MV and 21 BV
silkworm accessions were identified as hardy
races based on esterase and alkaline protease
enzyme inhibitor kinetics.
For eastern and northern states, 80-day egg
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preservation technique has been developed for
multivoltine silkworm-pure and hybrids, viz, Nistari,
Nistari x NB4D2 and Nistari x CSR2 respectively.
Similarly, P2 layings of CSR2, CSR4, CSR6,
CSR26 & CSR27 in West Bengal were preserved
for a two year schedule along with regular
schedules of 4, 6 and 9 months.
Biological control method was developed to
control papaya mealy bug, Paracoccus marginatus
in mulberry garden by releasing exotic parasitoid,
Acerophagus papayae .
Vanya Culture
The Vanya silk production has reached a
greater height of 4748 MT giving a scope for further
increase. Tasar and eri silk production has
increased to 36.6% and 9.8% respectively.
Host plant development
New promising genotypes of Terminalia
arjuna and T. tomentosa were evolved. Four new
superior accessions (three of T.arjuna and one for
T.tomentosa) were identified and were transferred
to field for multiplication. 140 accessions of
Terminalia were found tolerant to Powdery Mildew
and Black Nodal Girdling diseases.
A Three-plus-tree genotypes (PT-27, PT-11
and PT-16) of muga food plant (Som) were
multiplied at field level. Suitable method for
fertilizer application on soil nutrient status for
cultivation of Som was developed. Phytoblighton
was developed to control the Leaf Blight in muga
food plants. A technique for retaining Som leaves
fresh upto 8 days was developed. High yielding
Castor accessions were evolved for eri silkworm
rearing.
Silkworm improvement
The evolved BC-IV line of Andhra Local
performed better than their parents yielding 35
cocoons/dfl. Tasar Amrit tested at farmers’ level
y i e l d e d 9 3 - 9 5 c o c o o n s / df l s . R em ar k ab le
performance of Jeevan Sudha (botanical
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formulation against Virosis) in increasing cocoon
production by 10-12 cocoons/dfl has led to patent
filing. Two productive lines of oak tasar silkworm
with an yield potential of 65 and 74 cocoons/dfl
were developed.
A polythene device developed for practising
indoor rearing has achieved 65.8% success in
survival of II instar worms. 8 wild muga silkworm
stocks were collected and conserved under ex-situ
conditions of Assam. Out of these, Aa00-1
collected from South Garo Hills showed 96%
polymorphism. Application of 20-hydroxy
ecdysone on fifth instar larvae was found
improving vitellogenin synthesis (40-70%), egg
formation (40-60%), ovarian development and
protein synthesis in the haemolymph of larvae,
retention of less eggs in abdomen (12-15),
fecundity (50-59%) reduction of egg laying period
by 3 days and overall rearing performance.
With the development of muga seed cocoon
preservation technique, the seed cocoons could
be preserved upto 62 days during Jarua crop and
42 days during Aherua crop without affecting
fecundity and hatching. A new eri hybrid (C2) was
developed and subjected to multi-locational trials
in different parts of North-eastern region.
Patents Filed
Patent applications have been filed with NRDC for
the following technologies:
1. Poshan – a multi-nutrient formulation for
mulberry
2. Jeevan Sudha- a botanical formulation for
control of Bacteriosis and Virosis in tasar
silkworms
3. Novel technique for collection of bioactive
enzyme Cocoonase from Antherea mylitta
4. Development of wet reeling machine for
tasar silk cocoons
5. Solar operated silk spinning and twisting
machine (Samridhi)
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Technologies Commercialized
1. High sprayer pump – for rearing house
disinfections,
2. Bio-fertilizer - for mulberry plants
3. Navinya - a bio-formulation for control of
root-rot disease
4. Poshan – a multi-nutrient formulation for
mulberry
Post-cocoon Technology
A compact vertical reeling-cum-spinning
machine was developed jointly with DOS,
Jharkhand. The machine yields 200 g of raw silk
per day.
Reeling permeation chamber technique was
standardized for production of superior quality wet
reeled tasar yarn and sizing.
The chemical formulation Muga Silkplus
developed for cooking and reeling of muga
cocoons is yielding raw silk recovery ranging from
40-45% to 50-55%.
Application of solar heating systems in multi-
end reeling unit with installation of an Ushma
Shoshak (heat recovery) unit and 1000 LPD
insulated water tank, significantly reduced fuel
consumption (up to 40%) resulting in reduction of
production cost.
Comparison of properties of Indian
multivoltine, Indian bivoltine and Chinese bivoltine
woven silk fabric revealed that Indian multivoltine is
more lustrous with better drape and is a desirable
quality for sarees / dress materials.
Lac dye in screen printing on mulberry silks
was found to be more lustrous than non-mulberry
(tasar) silks but the fastness properties were in
acceptable range except wash and perspiration
fastness.
Different types of new fabrics were
developed with a focus on Vanya silks (tasar and
eri). Shawls with 2/40s peduncle yarn for Gents /

ladies were developed. Similarly, furnishing fabrics
from mill-spun peduncle yarn were also developed.
Sarees were produced on powerloom using wet
reeled tasar yarn. Five different combinations of
Solapur chadars using eri (spun and noil), mulberry
and cotton were developed. Himroo shawls of
Aurangabad using eri and cotton were developed.
Seed Organization
National Silkworm Seed Organization
produced a total of 125.06 lakh bivoltine hybrid and
196.482 lakh cross-breed dfls during the year.
Under basic seed production programme, 7.69
lakh bivoltine and 2.79 lakh multivoltine layings
were produced.
Average egg recovery in CSR hybrids was
64.05 g/kg and 71.07g/kg seed cocoons in double
hybrids in southern region, while it was 55.06 g/kg
in the northern region. The average egg recovery in
cross-breed dfls produced in the southern region
was 30.36 %
NSSO produced 562.09 lakh bivoltine and
355.54 lakh multivoltine seed cocoons. A total of
60.49 lakh bivoltine hybrid and 201.11 lakh cross-
breed layings were distributed through SSCs,
SSUs and Franchisee CRCs. 78.24 lakh seed
cocoons were supplied to the SSPCs, LSPs & DOS
of West Bengal and DOS, UP.
In tasar sector, the performance in all
activities has surpassed the laid targets. 11.73 ha
of tasar host plants were raised at different places.
Out of 35.08 lakh tasar dfls produced, 34.23 lakh
dfls were supplied. 70.79 lakh cocoons were
produced through rearing of 1.32 lakh dfls by the
units, with an yield of 53.6 cocoons/dfl. In muga,
2,14,532 g of P2 basic seed and 38,613 g of
commercial seed were produced and in eri, 2.77
lakh dfls were produced at SSPCs.
Policy intervention
Some important policy initiatives taken recently for
the development of silk industry are:
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Ø Sericulture is included as agriculture allied
activity under RKVY. This enables the
sericulturists to avail the benefits of the
scheme for the entire sericulture activities
upto reeling. During the year 2011-12,
sericulture projects costing Rs 42.114 crore
have been posed for funding under RKVY.
Ø The CSB (Amendment) Act, Rules and
Regulations have been notified by the
Govt. of India to bring quality standards in
silkw orm seed produc ti on. S e e d
production units are being registered as
per the provisions made under the Act
Ø Anti-dumping Duty: Anti-dumping Duty
has been imposed on import of low quality
raw silk and fabric from China to protect
the interest of domestic silk industry. The
Govt. had imposed anti-dumping duty with
effect from Jan-2003 on the cheap imports
of raw silk of Grade 2A and below till
January, 2008 and continued till January,
2014 after a review.
Regarding the fabric, the anti-dumping
duty imposed by Directorate General of
Anti-dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD)
which was in force till May, 2011 from Nov.
2006 has been extended for another term
of 5 years from the date of final
Notification, i.e. from 5th December 2011.
Ø Reducing import Duty: Govt. of India has
reduced the custom duty on import of raw
silk from 30% to 5% during the last Budget,
in order to safeguard the interest of the silk
weavers of the country and to bring in
stability to the abnormal increase in the
raw silk prices of both domestic & imported
silk.
Parliament Related Matters
During the year 2011-12 CSB had furnished
reply material for 66 Parliamentary Questions
related to MOT, as indicated below:
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CSB has coordinated and organized the following meetings of the Parliamentary Standing
Committees:
Right to Information Act, 2005
CSB has designated 38 CPIOs and 215
APIOs at its headquarters and field units to provide
information to the public. CSB has updated 17
Manuals/Reports and published the same in the
CSB Website (www.csb.gov.in) as per the
provisions of the Act.
A Public Information Cell has been
established in the Headquarters of CSB to receive
enquiries from the Public and to furnish replies.
The Cell is integrated to Kisan Call Centre (1551).
C S B r e c e i v e d 1 5 8 ap p lic a ti o n s s e e ki n g
information under Right to Information Act and out
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of that 6 applications were pending for disposal as
on 31.03.2012.
Official Language
Besides, other regular official language
promotional works during the year, the publication
on “Shahtuti Resham Utpadan : Ek Pari-anukul
Pratispardatmak Grameen Udyam” written by the
Scientists of CSR&TI, Mysore has received Indira
Gandhi Rajbhasha Consolation Prize for the year,
2009-10 for writing original books in Hindi. The
Director, CSR&TI, Mysore received the award on
th
14 September, 2011 at New Delhi.
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AND ORGANIZATIONAL
SET UP

Introduction
Sericulture is a rural based agro-industry
sustaining the livelihood of millions of rural
populace in terms of enhancing their economic
status. Central Silk Board is substantiating the
efforts for bringing the sustainability of
sericulture occupation through different means
of technology transfer supported by research
and development, training, extension and
financial assistance. Performance is an indicator
for development in any field. The indications of
achievements in sericulture drawn in the form of
visual impact need to be expressed on annual
basis to report the performance.
The Central Silk Board (CSB) is a
Statutory Body, established on 20.09.1948, by
an Act of Parliament. It functions under the
administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles,
Government of India.
Functions of the Board
The Central Silk Board coordinates and assists
in:
Ø Promotion of development of Silk
Industry by such measures as it thinks fit
Ø Undertaking, assisting and encouraging
scientific, technological and economic
research
Ø Devising means for improved methods
of mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing,
developing and distribution of healthy
silkworm seeds, improved methods of
silk reeling and spinning of the cocoons
and silk-waste, improving the quality and
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production of raw silk, if necessary by
making it compulsory for all raw silk to be
marketed only after the same has been
tested and graded in properly equipped
Raw Silk Testing and Conditioning
Houses
Ø Improving the marketing of raw silk
Ø Advising the Central Government on all
matters relating to the development of
silk industry including import and export
of raw silk
Ø Collection of sericulture statistics
Preparation of other reports related to silk
industry for Ministry of Textiles, Government
of India
Constitution of the Board
Central Silk Board is constituted by 39
members appointed as per the powers and
provisions conferred by Sub-Section 3 of
Section 4 of the CSB Act 1948, for a period of 3
years. The table below indicates the details of
new members appointed during the period
under report.
Ms. Ishita Roy, IAS has taken over the
charge as Member Secretary of the Central Silk
Board on 2nd September, 2011as per Ministry's
Notification No. 25012/14/2007-Silk dated
24.08.2011 after completion of the tenure of Mrs.
M.Sathiyavathy, IAS.
A list of Members of the Board as on
31.03.2012 under different sections is enclosed at
Annexure –I.
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Sl. Name and designation of Period of

Notification details
No nominated members nomination
1 Ms. Ishita Roy, IAS, 03.10.2011 to 25012/96/99-Silk dtd.03.10.2011
Member Secretary, Central Silk Board 02.10.2014 under section 4(3)(b)
2 Ms. Vandita Sharma, IAS, 09.09.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.09.09.2011
Principal Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka 08.09.2014 under section 4(3)(d)

3 Dr. N. Nagambika Devi, IAS,

Commissioner for Sericulture 09.09.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.09.09.2011
Development & DOS, Govt. of 08.09.2014 under section 4(3)(d)
Karnataka

4 Shri P. Bhattacharya, IAS, 29.07.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd 29.07.2011

Director of Textiles (Seri),
Govt. of West Bengal
28.07.2014 under section 4(3)(f)

5 Ms. C.S. Ramalakshmi, IAS,

Commissioner of Sericulture,
21.11.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.21.11.2011
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. 20.11.2014 under section 4(3)(g)

6 Shri Amlan Baruah, 01.06.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.01.06.2011

Director of Sericulture, Govt. of Assam 31.05.2014 under section 4(3)(g)
7 Shri Vinod Rao, IAS, 01.06.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.01.06.2011
Commissioner, Cottage & Rural
31.05.2014 under section 4(3)(g)
Industries, Govt. of Gujarat

8 Shri S.D. Pateriya, IFS,

Director of Sericulture,
01.06.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.01.06.2011
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh 31.05.2014 under section 4(3)(g)

9 Shri P. Ramesh Kumar, IAS,

Principal Secretary, Rural Industries
29.07.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.29.07.2011
Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh 28.07.2012 under section 4(3)(g)

10 Shri Dhanbir Singh, 21.11.2011 to 25012/56/99-Silk dtd.21.11.2011

Director of Sericulture, Govt. of J & K 20.11.2014 under section 4(3)(h)

Changes in Senior Level Officers o f D i r e c t o r, C e n t r a l S e r i c u l t u r a l

Central Silk Board has filled the vacancies at
the level of Directors of Research Institutes, as a
part of its administrative and functional
responsibility for smooth running of the sericulture
developmental works. During the period under
report, following Directors have taken over charge:
Germplasm Resources Centre, Hosur
w.e.f. 16.01.2012.
Ø Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Sahaf has taken
over the charge as Director, Central
Sericultural Research and Training
Institute, Pampore w.e.f. 28.03.2012.

Ø Dr. Bharat Bhushan Bindroo has taken
over the charge of Director, Central
Sericultural Research and Training
Institute, Berhampore w.e.f. 30.07.2011
Ø Dr. A.Manjula has taken over the charge
Meetings of the Board and Standing Committee
During the period under report, two
meetings were convened, one on Standing
Committee on 20.01.2012 and the other Board
Meeting on 28.02.2012.

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Staff Strength of CSB
It is the pecuniary responsibility of Central
Silk Board to indicate the resource strength that
attributes to the development of the organization.
The group-wise sanctioned and w orking
manpower discharging duties to their mandate to
reach the unique mission is indicated above.
Implementation of Reservation Policy
The Central Silk Board has been following
the reservation policy for Scheduled Caste,
Scheduled Tribe, OBC and PwD for direct
recruitment and promotions as per the directions of
Government of India. Out of the total staff strength
of 3883, 881 employees belong to Scheduled
Caste, 399 employees belonged to Scheduled
Tribe, 195 employees belonging to Other
Backward class and 48 belong to PwD. Further, the
reservation policy is extended to the Persons with
Disabilities for direct recruitment in all groups and
for promotion in Group 'C' category under the
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Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full
Participation Act, 1995 of Government of India.
During the year under report, out of 17 recruitments
made, one official is from PwD category.
Organization of CSB
The Organizational structure of Central Silk Board
is given at Annexure –II (a & b)
Regional Offices of CSB
Regional Offices of the Central Silk Board
maintain a liaison with the States and their
Departments of Sericulture / CSB units in their
jurisdiction. They coordinate with various
Sericulture Development Programmes being
implemented in respective States. They are
functioning at different locations, viz, New Delhi,
Mum bai, Kolkata, Jam m u, H yd er ab ad ,
Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Lucknow, Chennai and
Patna. The other multifarious activities of Regional
Offices are:
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Ø ROs are the Member Conveners of State
Lev el S eri c ul t ur e C o- or d i n a t i o n
Committee meetings constituted by the
CSB.
Ø Organizing Demonstrations, Farmers'
Meets and Entrepreneurship
Development Programme.
Ø C o l l e c t i o n o f d a t a p er t a i ni ng t o
sericulture and silk industry, analyzing
and forwarding to the Central Office for
maintaining the MIS database.
Ø Conducting base-line surveys in selected
areas on productivity economics of
Sericulturists.
Ø Id e ntif yi ng g ap s i n L ab - t o- L a n d
programmes in the states and propose
schemes/suggestions to Central Office.
Ø Co-ordinating with the Directors of the
Research Institutes in their jurisdiction in
respect of field trials and surveys.
Ø Critically evaluating the sericulture
programmes run by NGOs and other
voluntary agencies in different states.
Ø Helping to maintain a close liaison with
the State Sericulture Department, field
units and CSB field functionaries for
smooth transfer of technology etc.
Ø Organising the implem entation of
“ Development Programmes" in States.
Ø Coordinating the trainings/workshops
and other publicity programmes on the
directions of Central Office.
Ø Un dert aking volu ntar y qualit y
inspections of silk goods meant for
exports.
Ø Assisting the States in formulation,
implementation and evaluation of
centrally sponsored Catal ytic
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Development Programme (CDP) being
executed through CSB.
Ø Acting as Central Public Information
Officers (CPISs) / Assistant Public
Information Officers (APIOs) to provide
information to the public as per the
provisions of the RTI Act, 2005.
Ø Coordinating implementation / execution
of Silk Mark Chapters by "Silk Mark
Organization of India".
Special assignments consequent on CDP
implementation:
Ø Assisting DoS/RECs in undertaking
periodical visits for impact study of the
Cluster Promotion Programme besides
monitoring of regular CDP beneficiary
assessment and its reporting to
CSB/SLSCC.
Ø Participating in RAC/RRAC/ZPCC
meetings as permanent invitee.
Ø Associating with DoS/CSB in finalization
of XII Five Year Plan proposals and
participate in related meetings of CDP
like PMC, Field level beneficiary
meetings including post-cocoon issues.
Ø Evaluating the schemes under Cluster
Development Programme implemented
by concerned States, concerned States
to assess and report the impact of CDP
scheme.
Computerization in the Central Silk Board
The Central Silk Board has been utilizing the
Information Technology in various operations from
past 22 years. It has been effectively utilizing the
Information Technology Resources to empower
CSB in all the areas of its activities for efficient
f u n c t i o n i n g . T h e I n f o r m a t i o n Te c h n o l o g y
infrastructure of Central Silk Board consists of:
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Ø 950 computers (Core i7, Core i5, Core i3,
Dual core & Pentium – IV computers and
Notebooks) distributed through different
CSB units of the country include servers,
which are extensively used for Research
data compilation, analysis, sericulture
statistics, office productivity and routine
correspondence in CSB and its nested
units.
Ø Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows Server
2003 operating systems are used in
Servers. Windows 7, Vista, Windows-XP
a n d L i n u x a re us ed in des ktop
computers.
Ø MS-Office 2000 / 2007 / 2010 and Open
Office are used for general office
correspondence, research, technical and
statistical data maintenance. Power
Builder, VB .net, ASP .net, PHP, Java is
used for developing front-end and web-
interfaces on LAN. Oracle, My SQL, MS-
Access and Foxpro are used for
managing data, handled through
applications. SPSS and Windostat are
used for analysis of research and
statistical data and forecasting of cocoon
arrivals in the market.
Ø Hosting of the website www.csb.gov.in
and e-mail service for CSB units and
employees is deployed at Central Office
with two servers with a high speed
internet (Leased line).
Ø Major applications and information
systems presently in use (in house
developed as well as outsourced) are :
i. Personal Information System
ii. Financial Accounting System / Payroll
System
iii. Confidential Reports
iv. Address Master
v. GSLIS Information system
vi. GPF Information System
vii. Medical Bills Processing System
viii. Research MIS
ix. Sericulture Management Information
System
x. Sericulture Production Statistics
xi. GPF Investment Management
xii. Pension Processing
xiii. Fixed Deposit Management
xiv. Recruitment Information System
xv. Indian Silk Magazine Monitoring
System
xvi. Medical Identity Card for Employees
and their dependants
xvii. Inward diary management system
CSB hosts its website www.csb.gov.in as an
enterprise 'information site' in English and Hindi. In
accordance to the Right to Information Act, 2005
details of the Board required under Section 4(1)(b)
have been published in the website. The other
research units of CSB have also created the
following websites for exchange of research and
scientific information:

Sl
Institute/Organization Website
No.
1. CSR&TI, Mysore www.csrtimys.res.in
2. CSR&TI, Berhampore www.csrtiber.res.in
3. CSR&TI, Pampore www.csrtipam.res.in
4. CTR&TI, Ranchi www.ctrtiranchi.co.in
5. CSGRC, Hosur www.silkgermplasm.com
6. CMERTI, Lahdoigarh www.cmerti.res.in
7. SMOI www.silkmarkindia.com

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Senior Officers of the Board take personal
interest in IT planning and usage. In addition to the
informative website, CSB has developed contents
for Sericulture Information 'Kiosk' presently
installed at twenty eight locations, namely, CSB
Head Quarters, various DOSs, Govt. Cocoon
Markets and Research Institutes. The Kiosks
provide information on sericulture practices,
mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing and latest
technologies, disease/pest control, prices of
cocoon and raw silk, etc. Information on Kiosk
content is in multilingual format (English, Kannada,
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kashmiri) with audio
and video clippings. The following are the activities
under IT Initiative of the XI Five Year Plan :
a. Computerization
b. Knowledge Management
c. Data Compilation & Dissemination
through Portals
d. e-Governance
e. Networking (includes Kiosk hardware)
f. Up-gradation of existing applications
(includes Kiosk software)
g. IT applications in R es earch &
Development
Interactive Voice Response System
(IVRS) has been set up at CSR&TI, Mysore with a
view to facilitate the stakeholders, who can dial-up
the toll free number 1-800-425-0010 and directly
interact with the scientists to obtain first hand
information on region specific problem s,
technologies, to get suggestions/clarifications etc.,
instantaneously online. In case, the query needs
some more clarification/information, it would be
kept pending and the information will be passed on
to the caller in due course through phone/post.
International Collaboration
Central Silk Board as a Member of International
Organization: Central Silk Board continued to be
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a member of the International Sericultural
Commission (ISC).
Visit of CSB delegation/ officials to other
countries (participation in International
Meetings/Symposium/Conferences):
Ø Five Member Indian delegation led by Ms.
Ishita Roy, Member Secretary comprising
other members; Dr. B.C.Prasad, Director,
CTR&TI, Ranchi, Dr. P. Jayaprakash,
Scientist-D, MSSO, Guwahati, Dr. K.
Mohan Rao, Scientist-C, CSB, Bangalore
and Dr. H.K. Basavaraja, Scientist-E
(Retd.) and Louis Pasteur Award Winner
from India for 2011, attended the XXII
Congress of the International Sericultural
Commission in Chiang Mai, Thailand
th th
from 14 to 18 December 2011.
Ø Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Scientist-B, CMERTI,
Lahdoigarh has participated in the 4th
International Symposium of “Biodiversity
and Natural Heritage of Himalaya” at
Erfurt, Germany from 15th to 17th April
2011
Ø Dr. Arindam Basu, Director, CSTRI,
Bangalore and Sri Abdul Kadhar,
Scientist-C, SCTH, Kancheepuram has
been deputed to Como, Italy to represent
nd
India in the 2 Meeting of ISO Working
th
Group ISO/TC/38/SC23/WGS on 8 June
2011.
Ø Dr. Arindam Basu, Director, CSTRI,
Bangalore has been deputed to attend
the Plenary Meeting of the ISO Working
Group ISO/TC/38/SC23/WGS held at
th th
Osaka, Japan from 24 to 27 October
2011.
Ø Shri Siddique Ali Ahmed, Scientist-B,
CMERTI, Lahdoigarh (Assam) has

particip ated i n the International
Conference on Management, Economics
and Social Sciences held at Bangkok on
rd th
23 and 24 December 2011.
Ø Dr. S. Sreekumar, Sci-C, CSRTI,
B er h am p or e (W est B e ng al) h as
participated in the 1st Bio-technological
Congress in Dubai from 14th to 15th
February 2012.
Vigilance
The Vigilance Cell at Central Silk Board,
Bangalore has a staff strength of three i.e., one
Assistant Superintendent, two Upper Division
Clerks and has been functioning under the
supervision of the Assistant Director (Admn. &
Accts.) / Joint Director (Admn.) who, in turn, reports
to the Director / Chief Vigilance Officer and to the
Board's Member Secretary. The Vigilance Cell
also looks after the job of grievance redressal of the
staff and the public and acting as Vigilance Cell and
as well the Grievance Cell. During the year, the
complaints and petitions received are examined
and action has been taken as and when prima facie
case is established.
Ø 14 disciplinary cases initiated, 12 await
disposal and 6 were finalized.
Ø Two appeals (filed against penalty
imposition) have been received and
disposed.
Ø Nominated 12 Senior Officials of the
Board as Grievance Officers to activate
the grievance machinery. 47 grievance
petitions received and 13 were pending
for redressal.
Ø Vi g i l a nc e Aw ar e ne s s W eek w as
observed at the Central Silk Board's
Head Quarters and at all its subordinate
units between 31-10-2011 to 05-11-2011
in a befitting manner in accordance to the
guidelines.
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Official Language Policy
There is an enthusiasm in the veins of
Central Silk Board infrastructure being a Research
and Development Organisation of Government of
India in learning and implementing the official
language policy of the Union. The policy has been
implemented at Central Silk Board and its units
with great fervour and spirit. It always achieves its
targets during implementation.
Acceleration of the progressive use of Hindi
in Official purposes in offices of Central Silk Board
were awarded in different Forums.
Ø Awarded Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha
Consolation Prize for writing original book
in Hindi “Shahtuti Resham Utpadan : Ek
Pari-anukul Pratispardatmak Grameen
Udyam” by the Scientists of CSR&TI,
Mysore for the year, 2009-10.
Ø Awarded Regional Rajbhasha second
prize to the Central Silk Technological
Research Institute, Bengaluru for the
Commendable work in Official Language
for the year, 2010-11.
Ø Awarded First Prize to the Satellite
Silkworm Breeding Station, Coonoor
received by Town Official Language
Implementation Committee, Ooty-
Coonoor.
Ø Awarded Third Prize to the Regional
Sericultural Research Station, Salem
(Tamil Nadu) for commendable work in
official language by the Town Official
Language Implementation Committee,
Salem for 2010-11.
The other perspectives of official language
implementation are;
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Compliance of Official Language Act, 1963 &
Rules, 1976 : The Official Language Act, 1963, is
complied with, under Rule-5 of Official Language
Rules, 1976. Targets have been achieved. Ninety
five offices including Board Secretariat have been
notified under Rule 10(4) of Official Language
Rules, 1976.
Training : Under the Special Intensive Hindi
Language Training conducted jointly by Central
Silk Board, CSTRI, and NSSO, 20 officials passed
Hindi examination.
Meetings : The Official Language Implementation
Committee of CSB monitored the Official
Language Implementation Programme in Board
Secretariat, Research Institutes and other nested
units through quarterly meetings held on
2 8 . 0 6 . 2 0 11 , 1 2 . 0 9 . 2 0 11 , 2 1 . 1 2 . 2 0 11 &
21.03.2012.
Observance of Hindi Fortnight : Hindi Fortnight
was observed at Central Office, NSSO and CSTRI
nd
from 2 September, 2011 to 14th September, 2011
through different Hindi proficiency competitions.
Hindi Day/ Week/ Fortnight were also organized in
all other units of the Board.
Organization of Hindi Workshop : Central Silk
Board organized four one-day full-time Hindi
Workshops for the employees on 27.06.2011,
29.09.2011, 27.12.2011 & 19.03.2012 and one
day full-time Hindi workshop for Officers on
20.03.2012. Hindi Workshops were also organised
in nested units.
Softwares and their usage : Unicode software is
being used in CSB and its Research Institutes,
RO's and other units as per the GOI guidelines.
'Leap Office 2000' is also being used in various
Units/Centres of Central Silk Board. The CSTRI,
Bengaluru took Corporate Licence of Bank Script
Software for preparing bilingual pay slips in all its
units.
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Inspection : Inspection pertaining to the
implementation of Official Language was carried
out in 122 units of the Board.
Publications : The Central Silk Board silkworm
Seed Regulations, 2010 was published in bilingual
by CSB. The Dec. 2010 and Jun, 2011 issues of
'Resham Bharati' – a House Journal are released
by CSB. CSR&TI, Mysore published first issue of
Half yearly “Resham Kiran” magazine. CTR&TI,
Ranchi published “Tasar Samvad Issue-3” and
also other technical brouchures. NSSO published
bilingual book on Kendriya Beej Adhiniyam Par
Aksar Pooche Jaane Vaale Prashan. Central
Office continued to publish Annual Report and
Annual Accounts & Audit Report in Bilingual.
Parliament Committee on Official Language :
Third Sub-Committee of the Committee of
Parliament on Official Language visited RSRS,
CSB, Kalimpong on 12.05.2011, Regional Office,
CSB, Bhubaneswar on 30.09.2011, Research
Extension Centre, CSB, Dimapur on 01.11.2011,
Regional Tasar Research Station, CSB, Imphal on
04.11.2011 and Basic Seed Multiplication &
Training Centre, CSB, Patelnagar on 10.02.2012.
Rajbhasha Technical Seminar : Central Tasar
Research & Training Institute, Ranchi in co-
ordination with Department of State Sericulture,
Jharkhand & NABARD, Ranchi organized a two-
th
day All India Rajbhasha Technical Seminar on 26
th
and 27 April, 2011.
Translation : The Official Language cell has
translated different reports, notings, performance
reports on Indian Silk Industry and functioning of
CSB, replies to the queries of Parliamentary
Committee on Subordinate Legislation (Lok
Sabha) regarding CSB Rules & Regulations
framed under CSB Act, 1948 and Note on the
Performances of Indian Silk Industry & functioning
of CSB in Hindi and also Training Courses for
Sericulture Sector in Central Silk Board (Calender-
2011-12).

Rolling Shield Scheme : Rajbhasha Rolling
Shield Scheme introduced by Central Silk Board
envisages awards for better performance in official
language consecutively for three years. MSSO,
Guwahati; BTSSO, Bilaspur; Zonal Office,
DCTSC, Bilaspur and BSMTC, Sundargarh have
received the awards for 2009-10.
Provisions have also been made for a
separate Rolling Shield for Sections of Central
Office during 2009-10 and the Establishment
Section-I bagged the Rolling Shield for the year,
2009-10. CTR&TI, Ranchi; CSR&TI, Berhampore
and CSTRI, Bangalore have also introduced
Rajbhasha Rolling Shield Scheme.
Competitions : The Boards’ Head Office
organized a 'Sahi Shabd Kya Hai?' competition on
16.11.2011 on the occasion of Joint Hindi Fortnight
at Town Level in the auspices of Town Official
Language Implementation Committee, Bengaluru,
in which candidates from the Central Govt. Offices,
Autonomous Bodies and Statutory Bodies located
in Bengaluru participated. The CSTRI, CSB,
Bengaluru also conducted 'Quiz' competition
under the auspices of TOLIC, Bengaluru on
23.11.2011.
Public Information Cell - Implementation of
Right to Information Act, 2005
CSB has designated 38 CPIOs and 215
APIOs in its headquarters and nested units
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together to provide information to the public. It has
updated 17 Manuals/ Reports and published the
same in the CSB Website (www.csb.gov.in) as per
the provisions. The Public Information Cell of CSB
receives enquiries from the Public and replies to
them. It is also integrated to Kisan Call Centre (Toll
free number :1551). Government of India has
identified Central Silk Board as level II experts of
this 'Kisan Call Centre'. 158 applications sought
information under RTI Act of which 152 have been
disposed by 31.03.2012.
The “Information Cell” also facilitates
computerized public interface for dissemination of
information on services and activities of Central
Silk Board to the public and other stakeholders.
The Information Cell provides information on major
activities of Central Silk Board (its organizational
setup, technological advancement in sericulture
and silk industry, prices of silk commodities,
sericulture production data, silk export and import
statistics, schemes/projects implem ented,
services offered by the Board either directly or
through the Departments of Sericulture, NGOs,
training imparted by various CSB units, literature,
periodical publications, books, sericulture films
available for sale, facilities provided by the Board
on quality testing, certification, seed supply etc., to
farmers, reelers, weavers, NGOs, quality clubs). It
is equipped with KIOSK, computer, printed
materials like pamphlets, brochures, leaflets,
display boards etc.
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT
AND
EXTENSION

Introduction
Research is a continuous effort based
investigation in any field, without which the
development cannot inch a little further. To meet
the challenges arising in this up-scaling
development, suiting to the requirements of
sericulture beneficiaries, prevailing climatic
conditions and other biotic factors, smooth
transfer of technology for promising results, the
mission mode approach need to run in a fair pace.
Thus, the Research Institutes of Central Silk Board
are continuously striving hard in a tidy manner to
fulfill the challenges. The following are the
research findings of different Research Institutes
and their nested units for the year 2011-12.
Mulberry Sector
Mulberry contributes nearly 80% of the
country's raw silk production through the efforts of
three Central Sericultural Research and Training
Institutes at Mysore (Karnataka), Berhampore
(West Bengal) and Pampore (Jammu & Kashmir)
and the Vanya culture contributes the rest operated
by Central Tasar Research and Training Institute at
Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Central Muga Eri
Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh
(Assam). Besides, the accredited Silkworm Seed
Testing Laboratory at Kodathi (Karnataka) and
Seribiotech Research Laboratory at Bangalore
(Karnataka) also assist the Central Silk Board in
equipping with fast-track technologies.
Central Sericultural Research & Training
Institute (CSR&TI), Mysore
The Institute sprawling its hinterland with its
Research Stations, Extension Centres and Sub-
Units in eight states have been enjoying the
coveted accomplishments in upscaling the
development in Sericulture. The major research
findings are as follows:
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Mulberry Crop Improvement, Production and
Protection : During the year, five new high yielding
mulberry genotypes were evolved through
'Advance Generation Breeding'. Under irrigated
conditions, three mulberry triploids were
d e v e l o p e d t h r o u g h ' P o l yp l oi d y B r e e d i n g '
performing better than V1 variety. Similarly, under
rainfed conditions also, three triploids were
isolated which were better than regional check S-
13. Analysis of twelve-crop leaf yield data (22 test
centres under All India Co-ordinated Experimental
Trial for Mulberry-AICEM) for varietal response
under different nutrient sources indicated that the
organic treatment recorded higher leaf yield and
soil organic carbon content. Some of the stains of
Bacillus cepacia and B. subtilis isolated from the
roots of mulberry, onion, maize and tomato were
found to be antagonist against Root-Rot causing
organism Rhizoctonia bataticola. Macro and micro
nutrient deficiencies in mulberry was recorded. A
multi-nutrient formulation Poshan evolved for
correction of the deficiency disorders has been
c o m m e r c i a l i z e d . F u l l - f l e dged soil testing
laboratories were established at Regional
Sericultural Research Stations in Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Database on soil
properties, the Soilinfo has been developed to
extend regional recommendations.
Studies on management of major soil borne
diseases through bio-fumigation revealed 90-
100% suppression of mycelia growth of fungal
pathogens causing root-rot disease. The in vivo
studies showed 80-90% control. The bio-
formulation Navinya for control of root-rot disease
of mulberry has been commercialized. Similarly
residue of Brassica juncea and mustard oil cake
suppressed 92% nematode (Meloidogyne
incognita) population causing root-knot disease of
mulberry. Bio-nematicide was developed for
management of mulberry root-knot disease.
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Silkworm Crop Improvement, Production and
Protection: A major breakthrough achieved with
evolution of new Multi x Bi hybrid (L14 x CSR2)
which could be reeled on Automatic Reeling
Machine producing 3-4A grade silk and used for
warp successfully. Six silkworm hybrids, three
bivoltine, viz., CSR50 x CSR51, (CSR50xCSR52)
x (CSR51xCSR53) and CSR21DR x CSR28DR
and three multivoltine x bivoltine, PM x FC2, ND7 x
CSR2 and NDV6 x CSR2 were selected for VIII
phase of Race Authorization test. Testing is under
progress.
Three three-way-cross hybrids, namely,
FC1 x CSR2, FC3 x CSR2 and FC3 x CSR17 were
short listed from 20 evaluated hybrids, that
recorded pupation above 95%, SR% above 22,
filament length (m) of 1200, raw silk 19% and
neatness of 94p. In addition, 27 productive, robust,
sex limited and thin denier breeds maintained
conform to their original breed characteristics. Two
multivoltine, Nistari and Cambodge and two
bivoltine, SK4C and BHR3 thermo tolerant
silkworm breeds identified. NDV6 x CSR51 and
L14 x CSR50 were found to be the most promising
polyvoltine x bivoltine hybrids of the silkworm
Bombyx mori L.
The other achievements under silkworm
development are: 21 RAPD and 3 ISSR primers
which showed distinct polymorphism for IFV
among the screened 57 RAPD and 13 ISSR
primers. Tests of virulence of BmNPV, BmIFV and
BmDNV viruses, Bacillus thuringiensis and
Streptococcuc faecalis Bacteria and
entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana,
Spicaria prassina, Aspergillus flavus and
Aspergillus tamarii and different strains of
microsporidia including Nosema bombycis were
continued. Pebrine disease is under continuous
monitoring at P4 Station, Hassan; P3 BSF, Mysore;
REC Bidaraguppe; SSBS Coonoor; Bivoltine and
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Multivoltine breeding and rearing sections of the
Institute. Under Biological control programme,
exotic parasitoids were released like Acerophagus
papayae to control papaya mealy bug, bio-control
agents like predatory ladybird beetles to control
pink mealybug and Nesolyx thymus were release
to control Uzi fly population.
Training Division-Human Resource Development:
Two International training programs were
organized in collaboration with JICA under Third
Country Training Programme. Need based training
programmes were organized based on the
requests from Universities, DOS and NGO etc. In
addition to this, students from various universities/
colleges were supported for the M.Sc project/
dissertation work.
Sericulture Extension, Economics and
Management (SEEM) : Sample surveys indicated
the average cost of cocoon production per kg to be
Rs. 150.45, Rs. 147.54 and Rs.134.58,
respectively for the states of Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Chawki worms of 84,750
bivoltine hybrid dfls supplied to adopted farmers
yielded 68.97 kg/100 dfls under Cluster Promotion
Programme (CPP), rearing of 22,58,024 dfls of
bivoltine hybrids were distributed in 22 clusters
spreading across four states yielding 67.79 kg/100
dfls. 12 improved technologies are under testing/
demonstration in different RSRSs, RECs and REC
Sub-units.
Patents & Commercialization :
Patent filed : “Poshan” – a multi-nutrient
formulation for mulberry
Technologies Commercialized :
1. 'High Sprayer Pump' – for rearing house
disinfections
2. 'Bio-fertilizer' - for mulberry plants

3. 'Navinya' - bio-formulation for control of root-rot
disease
4. 'Poshan' - a multi-nutrient formulation for
mulberry
Progress of RSRSs : RSRS, Anantapur : The
final yield trial of newly evolved mulberry
genotypes under non-stress and stress conditions
indicated that genotype 7 is significant over V-I
check in non-stress conditions and genotype 26 is
significant over S-13 check under stress
conditions. Pest and disease survey indicated
prevalence of Leaf Spot during April-September,
Leaf roller from July-February and Thrips in July.
However, Tukra persistence was higher during
June to December.
The rearing performance of newly evolved
hybrid L14 x CSR2 recorded higher cocoon and
shell weight and SR. Nesolyx thymus was
released to control Uzi fly population. 1,14.050 dfls
of PM x CSR2 and 1,33,000 of CSR hybrid dfls were
reared and supplied to the farmers. 9,42,950
Bivoltine layings were distributed to farmers
through CRCs of REC, V.Kota. The average yield
of 62.71 kg/100 dfls were obtained from the
rearings of 18.0 lakh bivoltine dfls. 1635 farmers
were trained on Integrated Nutrient Management
(INM), Mulberry Cultivation and Diseases
Manag em ent (MC&DM), Soil Fer tili t y
Management (SFM), Disinfection and Disease
management (D&D) and Integrated Pest and
Disease Management (IP&DM) respectively
through109 training programmes.
RSRS, Kodathi : The rearing performance of
tested multi x bi hybrids L14 x CSR2, L15 x CSR2
and PM x CSR2 (C) indicated that L14 x CSR2 and
NDV6 x CSR51 performed better in survival,
cocoon yield, filament length, denier, reelability
and raw silk %. Among Bi x Bi hybrids, the single
hybrid 2C x 4S was found to be better for survival
and also for reeling parameters. Under three way
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crosses one trial two hybrids viz, FC1 x CSR2
showed better results for survival and raw silk %,
whereas FC3 x CSR17 was found to be better for
denier and reelability. Monitoring of soil fertility
status in 458 soil samples suggested for recycling
of farm and rearing waste as mandatory besides
adopting rain harvesting technologies. A quantity
of 242.8 MT of enriched compost (Pit and Window
method) and 78.8 MT vermin-compost was
generated and utilized for own use.
RSRS, Chamarajanagar : Primary yiel d
evaluation of mulberry genotypes indicated that
genotype 7 showed leaf yield of 8125 kg/ha
followed by 17 with 7985 kg/ha. Under non-stress
conditions, genotype 22 recorded maximum leaf
yield of 30725 kg / ha followed by genotype 7 with
29390 kg/ha. Transfer of Technology on
“Integrated Nutrient Management in mulberry”
conducted with 10 farmers harvested 49 crops with
a record leaf yield of 47.2 MT and 41.9 MT/ha/year
in INM and control plots respectively. TOT on
Intercropping with groundnut under rainfed
condition was conducted during rainy season as a
demonstration with three farmers. Nesolyx
thymus were cultured on house fly pupae and
released in the field to control Uzi fly population
Scy mn us cocciv ora an d C r y p to l a e m u s
montrouzieri were released in the field to control
mealy bug population.
RSRS, Salem : On-farm trials of Poshan,
Navinya, IPM, new silkworm hybrids, composting
technology, production of coloured cocoons, RC1,
RC2 and G2 mulberry varieties were conducted.
Rearing performance of new three-way-cross
bivoltine hybrids, new multivoltine x bivoltine
hybrids, new bivoltine single hybrid developed
through Isozyme Amylase Marker Assisted
Selection and new bivoltine double hybrid were
evaluated. Further, under Race Authorization
Programme (RAP), four trials were completed with
nine Multi x Bi hybrids. Mass production of papaya
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mealy bug parasitoids Acerophagus papayae was
conducted and released in the field to control
papaya mealy bug. Cluster Promotion Programme
(CPP) in 6 clusters of Tamil Nadu covering 2009
farmers (3395 acres of mulberry) were conducted
for enhancing Bivoltine silk production. Under
bivoltine popularization programme, technology
support for 4.05 lakhs dfls of bivoltine hybrids was
provided. An average yield of 68.46 kg/100 dfls
was recorded.
Central Sericultural Research & Training
Institute (CSR&TI), Berhampore (WB)
Central Sericultural Research and Training
Institute, Berhampore (West Bengal) is one of the
premier Research and Training Institutes of the
Country established in 1943. The Institute has
been rendering outstanding r e s e a r c h ,
development, technical, technological, extension
and service support since its establishment
spreading its arena into four Regional Sericultural
Research Stations (RSRSs), twelve Research
Extension Centers (RECs) and two REC Sub-
Units. Besides generating expertise in mulberry
sericulture through its various Human Resource
D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m m e s, t he I n sti t ut e
contributes for vertical and horizontal growth of
sericulture industry in 13 states inclusive of NE
region. The salient findings of research and
development of this Institute for 2011-12 are as
follows:
Mulberry Crop Improvement, Production and
Protection : The technologies like application of
1% KCl and Morizyme-B on mulberry were found to
be highly effective under rainfed conditions
recording an improvement of 7-17% in leaf yield
and control of pest and disease (leaf webber).
Seven newly developed mulberry genotypes were
identified as higher leaf yielders at Primary Yield
Trial. Field evaluation of plant growth regulator
combination (Benzyl Adenine + KCl) for
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improvement of quality leaf yield in mulberry
especially under stress conditions increased
mulberry leaf yield by 22-25%. Database was
developed on disease severity along with month-
wise disease calendar for eastern and North-
eastern India. Disease forecasting model of
Bacterial leaf spot disease for Murshidabad district
was developed.
Silkworm Improvement : The bivoltine foundation
cross SK6 x SK7 and the hybrid B. Con1 x B.Con.4
were identified as male parents for the
development of multi x bi hybrids. Promising multi x
bi hybrids M.Con.4 x (SK6xSK7), M.Con.4 x
(B.Con.1 x B.Con.4) and M6DP(C) x B.Con.4 were
identified as promising for popularization at the
field level. Based on overall performance, Nistari x
M.Con.4 was identified as promising hybrid for
commercial rearing in unfavourable seasons. The
hybrid was selected for testing in eastern & North-
eastern states.
Transfer of Technology : The package of
mulberry cultivation & silkworm rearing, mulberry
leaf yield and cocoon production extended to 810
farmers under IVLP programme was transferred at
field level. Results revealed that under irrigated
condition, mulberry leaf yield increased to 37.1
MT/ha/year and to 11.26 MT/ha/year under rain-
fed conditions.
Progress of RSRSs at Kalimpong (West
Bengal), Koraput (Odisha), Ranchi (Jharkhand)
and Jorhat (Assam) : Highly effective biochemical
control methods with use of Pongamia and Neem
oil (1%) were evolved to control leaf webber
Glyphodes pyloalis. Active association is required
in evolving disease forecasting and forewarning
methods in respective mulberry fields. Validation
of technology pertaining to application of sulphur to
augment mulberry production in sulphur deficient
soils was developed. Technology assessment
through Institute Village Linkage Programme

(IVLP), All India Co-ordinated Experimental Trial
for mulberry (AICEM) and Mulberry Silkworm Race
Authorization Programme, Muga Augmentation
Programme in collaboration with MSSO, Guwahati
and Mulberry Silkworm Race Authorization
Programme are undertaken in respective stations
as per their mandate.
Central Sericultural Research and Training
Institute, Pampore (Jammu & Kashmir)
Central Sericultural Research and Training
Institute, Central Silk Board, Pampore, J&K is a
pioneering Institute in the field of temperate and
sub-tropical sericulture in North-western India. The
Institute has been catering to the needs of the silk
industry & Department of Sericulture by consistent
research and development and extension activities
through its wide spread network of two RSRSs,
thirteen RECs with five sub-units and four CDC's
located in different northern and North-western
states.
Mulberry Improvement, Production and
Protection : Catalogue on temperate mulberry
g erm p las m w as p ub li s h ed d ep i ct i ng t he
performance of 70 mulberry accessions with
regard to 38 morphological and metric traits.
Comparative analysis of 5 species of mulberry
revealed that Morus multicaulis is superior in most
of the metric traits except in rooting ability. M.
bombycis was shown resistance to cold and die
back. Multi-locational trial of the top ranking
selections namely S-145, S-140 & S-106 was
conducted. Among 13 genotypes studied under hill
agro-climatic conditions of Kashmir ME-02IO, ME-
02I I, ME-OI37, ME-OI88 and TR-10 yielded more
than 20 MT of leaf/ha/year when grown as bush
with a spacing of 3' x 3' under rainfed conditions of
Kashmir. Lavendula officinalis, an aromatic plant,
as an intercrop with tree type of mulberry could
yield an additional income of Rs. 3,09,000 per
ha/year with mulberry leaf being used for two
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silkworm rearings. Brantul Kashmir was found to
be highly resistant mulberry variety against Leaf
Spot and Powdery Mildew diseases in Kashmir
region.
Silkworm improvement : Under evaluation of
new silkworm races, eight new lines were evolved
that was suitable for rearing under sub-optimal
conditions and were named as PSO (Pampore
sub-optimal) lines viz., PSO4, PSO10, PSO14,
PSO15, PSO16, PSO17, PSO20 and PSO30.
There was improvement in the cocoon yield,
pupation rate and shell ratio in the new breeds over
the control. Six breeding lines were evolved for
high survival and were designated as Pam118,
Pam119, Pam120, Pam121, Pam122, Pam123,
and Pam124. Ten bivoltine races viz., SH6,
NB4D2, CSR2, CSR4, CS6, Pam101, Pam111,
Pam114, Pam115 and Pam117 were maintained
as breeders stock for supply of parental seed for
further multiplication.
Gene Pool and Seed Production : Under
mulberry germplasm maintenance programme, 58
mulberry accessions at Pampore, 82 at RSRS,
Sahaspur and 80 at P4 BSF, Manasbal are
maintained. Similarly, 168 silkworm races are
maintained at silkworm germplasm bank at
Pampore. 54 bivoltine silkworm germplasm races
of exogenous and endogenous origin and 11
breeders' stock and parental lines are maintained
at RSRS, Sahaspur and 58 silkworm genotypes
are maintained at RSRS, Jammu. Parental seed of
CSR2, CSR4, SH6 and NB4D2 is maintained at P4
BSF Manasbal at P3 level and 3100 dfls were
supplied at P2 levels to Sericulture Development
Department of Jammu and Kashmir for further
multiplication and preparation of F1 seed of
recommended hybrids.
P ro g r e s s o f R S R S s: R S R S , S a h a sp ur
(Uttarakhand) : Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
has been identified as the most potential strain of
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nitrogen fixing bacteria for mulberry grown in soils
of Dehradun area under Integrated Nutrient
Management System. Under TOT guidelines,
“Introduction of Dun 6 x Dun 21”, seed was
supplied to designated test centers as per
schedule and target to test its performance at field
level in deferent eco-zones in J&K, HP, Punjab and
UP. The results are awaited.
RSRS, Jammu (J&K) : Introduction of silkworm
hybrids through rearing of RSJ3 x RSJ1 was taken
up at commercial level under TOT through RECs.
Rearing of isolated new breeding lines of Bombyx
mori during spring and autumn of 2011 recorded
higher cocoon shell ratio and higher pupation rate.
Central Sericultural Germplasm Resource
Centre (CSGRC), Hosur (Tamil Nadu)
The Central Sericultural Germplasm
Resource Centre (CSGRC) located at Hosur
(Tamil Nadu) is the national nodal centre for
conservation of Sericultural Germplasm in the
country for collection, characterization, evaluation,
maintenance, supply of mulberry and silkworm
genetic resources for pre-breeding of elite
mulberry and silkworm races in India. CSGRC has
been recognized as National Active Germplasm
Site for Silkworm Germplasm in the country by
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects
(NBAII), Bangalore and for Mulberry Germplasm
recognized by National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi.
Mulberry Division : The survey conducted for
exploring different areas of Sikkim and parts of
West Bengal could give 17 mulberry samples and
they were used for raising saplings. Fifty-nine
mulberry accessions were added to mulberry field
gene bank raising the status from 1180 to 1239
mulberry Germplasm accessions of which 969 are
indigenous and 270 are exotic. These accessions
are being conserved in the ex situ mulberry field
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gene bank. National accession numbers were
obtained for 1153 accessions from NBPGR, New
Delhi. Characterization of 1085 accessions were
completed. Twenty mulberry accessions were
characterized for anatomical, reproductive,
growth, yield and biochemical parameters. Four
mulberry accessions yielded more than 4
Kg/plant/crop and seventeen accessions were
evaluated for propagation traits of which two
accessions MI-0863 and MI-0853 showed 80%
rooting. 189 accessions (147 Indigenous & 42
Exotic) along with 3 checks (MR2, Kosen and V1)
were evaluated for growth and yield parameters.
338 mulberry accessions were cryo-preserved in
National Cryo Gene Bank, NBPGR, New Delhi.
520 diverse mulberry germplasm accessions were
short listed from the database of 1065 accessions.
Established plantation of 520 (indigenous 389,
exotic 131) mulberry along with three checks (V1,
S13, Kosen) in paired row system of plantation for
evaluation.
Silkworm Division : 443 silkworm genetic
resources in silkworm gene bank were maintained
which consisted of 73 multivoltine, 350 bivoltine
and 20 mutant accessions. Ten conservation
rearings of 443 silkworm accessions were
undertaken with 73 multivoltine (5 crops/year), 350
bivoltine (single crop in three batches) and 20
m u t a n t s ( t w o c r o p s / y e a r). C o nf ir m a t or y
morphological characterization with 26 descriptors
was carried out during all stages of growth. 130
silkworm accessions (30 multivoltine and 100
bivoltine) were screened for genetic hardiness by
esterase and alkaline protease enzyme inhibitor
kinetic study. Minimum percentage of enzyme
activity inhibition through phenylmethylsulfonyl
fluoride (PMSF) inhibitor showed that 27 silkworm
accessions were identified as hardy races (13 Multi
and 14 Bi). It is also indicated that, these 27
silkworm accessions are having thermo-tolerant
characters. 130 silkworm accessions (30

multivoltine and 100 bivoltine) were screened for
productivity through growth and yolk protein gene
polymorphism.
Under All India Silkworm Germplasm
Evaluation Programme (AISGEP), 10 elite
bivoltine accessions are evaluated along with local
breeds of other Sericultural Research Institutes
and Stations of the Board in eight net working
centers under different agro-climatic zones. 331
mulberry accessions were supplied to 13 indenters
in 15 spells for research and biodiversity
conservation study. 65 multivoltine and 48 bivoltine
accessions were supplied to Research Institutes
and post-graduate studies in Universities in equal
spells.
Silkworm Seed Technology Laboratory (SSTL),
NSSO, Bangalore (Karnataka)
Silkworm Seed Technology Laboratory
(SSTL), Bangalore is meant for development of
technologies for improvement of silkworm seed
sector and monitoring the silkworm diseases.
Seed Technology : Long term preservation
technique was developed for Nistari hybrids viz,
Nistari x NB4D2 and Nistari x CSR2 and other
multivoltine hybrids, viz, Nistari x M12W and
M12W x Nistari employing 'double-step-
refrigeration method'. The Nistari hybrids could be
preserved upto 70 days for crossbreed and 50
days for multi hybrids without affecting hatching
and crop yield. The evaluation results of CSR2 and
CSR4 seed crop rearing during winter season
under the 'solar-passive rearing house' indicated
that the crop performance was on par with control
and test verification would continue in summer and
rainy seasons in 2012. Incubation techniques
based on the Effective Accumulated Temperature
points (EATP) for the prediction of exact day of
hatching were standardised for popular bivoltine
silkworm breeds and their hybrids. Preservation
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schedules for two bivoltine, SK6 & SK7 and one
univoltine, Barpat silkworm breeds are being
evaluated under 4, 6, 8 and 10 months schedule
following 10, 20, 40 and 60 days aestivation.
Disease Monitoring Survey : Seasonal Joint
Silkworm Disease Monitoring Survey was
conducted involving DOS’s (Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) and NSSO for the
incidence of silkworm diseases, especially
Pebrine. 1242 lots (319 Bivoltine & 923
Multivoltine) and 1394 samples (Bivoltine 393 &
Multivoltine 1001) were tested in seed areas. Basic
seed farms at P4, Hassan (CSRTI, Mysore) and
P3, Mysore (NSSO, Bangalore) were also
monitored for Pebrine incidence and its
containment in seed crop rearing and basic seed
production.
Transfer of Technology (TOT) : Under TOT
programmes officers/officials of Department of
Sericulture, field functionaries, seed farmers and
seed producers were trained in long-term
preservation technology for cross-breed layings of
PM x CSR2, egg handling techniques, silkworm
disease management and pebrine testing.
Seribiotech Research Laboratory (SBRL),
Bangalore (Karnataka)
The Seribiotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk
Board, Bangalore is involved in research on
various disciplines of Biotechnology, i.e. Silkworm
and Host Plant Genomics, Proteomics and
Molecular Pathology.
Silkworm Proteomics : Host responses of
mulberry and Eri silkworm, studied in the final
instars larvae after infection with the parasitoid Uzi
fly, Exorista bombycis, revealed that peptides of
various immune responses were induced. Most of
the enhanced gene expression was in the early
days of infection. Quantitative expression revealed
activation of immune pathway, melanization
events, proteolysis and cellular apoptosis after Uzi
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fly infection. Real Time Analysis of these genes in
the integument showed early up-regulation of most
of these genes with the immune-competence of
integument of Bombyx mori against the parasitoid
attack.
Silkworm Genomics : Micro-array analysis
containing 24,924 probes in diapause induced and
non-diapause eggs of multivoltine silkworm
Bombyx mori at 18 and 30 hrs after oviposition
revealed that a total of 638 genes were up-
regulated and 1136 genes were downregulated at
18 hrs after oviposition, whereas, 675 genes were
up regulated and 595 genes down regulated at
30 hrs after oviposition. The genes were classified
into seven groups, viz. Immune, metabolism,
stress, signal transduction, cell cycle, transcription,
and apoptosis. The overall genes expressed at
18 hrs was higher than 30 hrs under both diapause
and non-diapause conditions indicating that crucial
biological processes for initiation or termination of
the diapause mechanism occured during 18 hrs
time period. In order to develop NPV resistant
silkworm breed under Marker Assisted Breeding
Programme, 500 markers were analyzed and five
“DNA markers” were found associated with NPV
tolerance. Out of that, four markers, Nag 34, Nag
65, Nag 84 and Nag 88 are the genes associated
with various metabolic activities in insects. These
markers have been mapped on chromosome
numbers 12, 5, 7 and 3 respectively.
Molecular Pathology : Five mulberry insect pests
from the mulberry fields were collected and tested
for microsporidian infection. Except Danaus
chrysippus, remaining four insect pests were found
to have microsporidian infection. Cross Infectivity
Studies revealed that, except Euloea core, others
can infect the silkworms with low virulent nature.
The nucleotide sequence homology showed that
these microsporidian belongs to the genus,
Nosema. Flacherie diseased Bombyx mori
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samples collected from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh and Kerala were screened with
DNV1, DNV2, NPV, IFV and CPV specific primers
through PCR technique. Results revealed
presence of DNV2 in more than 95% of samples
with NPV co-infection in many cases.
NON-MULBERRY
Central Tasar Research & Training Institute
(CTR & TI), Ranchi (Jharkhand)
Central Tasar Research and Training
Institute (CTRTI), the pioneer research institution
in the field of tasar culture is engaged in research
and development for generating useful information
and technologies suited to the tropical and
temperate tasar sectors, through and their
effective transfer to the field. The ultimate aim is to
improve the socio-economic status of the stake
holders, mostly tribes, through its network of five
RTRSs for tropical and three for temperate areas, 8
RECs for tropical, two for temperate areas and
three Oak tasar Extension Centres-cum-BSMTCs
under the control of RTRS Imphal, extending the
support of transfer of technology. In addition, three
P4 stations extend their support to the production
of quality elite seed for tropical tasar eco-races.
RTRS, Batote has started functioning as P4 station
also for temperate tasar silkworm.
Host Plant Improvement, Production and
Protection : 231 germplasm accessions of
Terminalia sp. were characterized for 55 traits and
a catalogue has been prepared. Ten superior
accessions of Terminalia sp. were isolated. Three-
plus-trees of Terminalia sp. were identified and the
seedlings were transplanted in the field for leaf
yield trials. 140 accessions of Terminalia were
found to be tolerant to Powdery Mildew and Black
Nodal Girdling diseases. 70 accessions of
Terminalia arjuna and 15 of Terminalia tomentosa
were found moderately tolerant to Leaf Spot
disease.

Silkworm Improvement, Production and
Protection: Eight eco-races of Antheraea mylitta
were conserved in the ex situ germplasm bank. A
new eco-type, Dhurki collected from Nagar Untari
region of Jharkhand was subjected to cocoon and
moth morphometric analysis. Studies on gut
amylase activity in Laria eco-race fed on Sal and
Asan leaves revealed that low glycogen
accumulation in fat bodies resulted in improper
diapause leading to emergence of moths of Laria
eco-race in winter season (Dec-Jan). Similarly,
high tannin and phenolic content in Sal leaves
cause digestive imbalance and in turn low water
content in gut attributed for low yield on Sal. In situ
conservation of Laria in collaboration with Forest
Dept. and DOS, Jharkhand at Ormanjhi is
continuing. Trials conducted for chawki rearing on
tasar silkworm diet, “Tasar Amrit” indicated an
yield of 93-98 cocoons/dfl. Suitable method for
collection of Proteolytic enzyme cocoonase from
emerging adults of Antheraea mylitta was
developed. Field trials of indoor chawki rearing
technology in polyhouse indicated average cocoon
yield of 65 cocoons/dfl in indoor chawki reared
batches. Trials of “Jeevan Sudha” supplied to
DOS of different States and nested units resulted in
increase of cocoon production by 10-12
cocoons/dfl. Trials of Leaf Surface Microbes at
different States and nested units for control of
Bacteriosis disease resulted an increase in cocoon
yield by 10-12 cocoons/dfl.
Post-cocoon Technologies : Solar operated wet
o Feasibility studies on introduction of Daba BV in
reeling machine with steam line (45-50 C hot
water) has been developed with 3 basins and 18
ends. This machine yielded 600-700 g of raw silk
per basin per day (8 hrs.). A solar operated compact
and handy vertical reeling-cum-spinning machine
being developed jointly with DOS, Jharkhand is
performing well with an yield of 200 g raw silk per
day. The yarn produced can directly be used both
as warp or weft, without any additional twist.
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Patents filed : Patents have been filed for the
following technologies with NRDC:
1. Jeevan Sudha- a botanical formulation for
control of bacteriosis and virosis
2. Novel technique for collection of bioactive
enzyme Cocoonase from Antherea mylitta
3. Development of wet reeling machine for
tasar silk cocoons
4. Silk spinning and twisting machine – solar
operated (Samridhi)
Regional Tasar Research Stations: Field trials of
BC-IV line of Andhra Local by RTRS, Warangal
yielded 35 cocoons/dfl over the parents.
Maintenance of germplasm of rejuvenated
Sukinda (TV) by RTRS, Baripada with 3700 seed
cocoons is undertaken and 4285 basic seed dfls
were supplied to DOS and BSM&TCs for
multiplication. The in situ programme on
conservation of local eco-race modal is continued.
Raily conservation camps were organized by
RTRS, Jagadalpur in different parts of Bastar
(Chhattisgarh) and technical guidance was
extended to DOS, Chhattisgarh under Cluster
Promotion Programme (CPP). Rearing of 3,600
dfls by 12 seed rearers produced 1.98 lakhs seed
cocoons (55 Cocoons/dfl). A fair quantum of
26,400 dfls was produced by 6 Graineurs from 1.20
lakhs cocoons processed and supplied to 132
commercial rearers for a harvest of 14.21 lakh
cocoons with a productivity of 53.8 cocoons/dfl.
second crop in the region was successful through
rearing 24,500 dfls that yielded 14.96 lakh cocoons
(61cocoons/dfl). Further, the rearing performance
of two productive lines of Oak tasar silkworm
developed by RTRS, Imphal revealed a cocoon
yield of 65 and 74 cocoons/dfl respectively as
against the parents. Besides, improvement in
cocoon yield with 38 cocoons/dfl, the field trials of
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the hybrids by RTRS, Bhimtal have also revealed
improvement in average fecundity, cocoon weight,
shell weight and filament length. RTRS, Batote
extended support in maintenance of Breeders
stock of Oak tasar silkworm eco-race as P3 and
supplied 1333 biological dfls to RTRS, Bhimtal and
76 to REC, Palampur during Jun-Aug, 2011.
Central Muga Eri Research and Training
Institute (CMERTI), Lahdoigarh (Assam)
Central Muga Eri Research & Training Institute
(CMERTI), Lahdoigarh (Assam) is devoted to
research and development of muga and eri with its
hinterland spread over in all the North-eastern and
other states through its three regional units with
one RMRS at Boko and two RERSs at
Mendipathar and Shadnagar, three RECs for muga
and four RECs for eri and one Composite REC at
Mangaldoi, Assam.
Host plant improvement Muga and Eri :
Hardening of micro-propagated plantlets of muga
host plants Persea bombycina was conducted.
Culture of 168 nos. of nodal segments of S3 and S6
plants for shoot initiation resulted in sprouting of
buds in few explants and aseptically transferred to
shoot elongation media containing Gibberallic
acid. Insect stimulants from muga silkworm host
plants were isolated, identified and characterized.
The identified chemicals were tested with
standards for their effectiveness as biting or
attraction response for preparation of artificial diet.
10 accessions of Kesseru were maintained in the
Germplasm bank. A new Leaf Roller pest was
identified in Kesseru. Infestation of termite attack to
the tune of 10% was also recorded.
Survey on pest and disease incidence of
Som and Soalu revealed that occurrence of foliar
diseases of Som like Leaf Spot was highest during
August, Red Rust during May, Anthracnose during
August and Grey Blight during July. In soalu, Brown
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Blight was highest during October and Grey Blight
during May. Pest infestation of Stem Borer, Leaf
Gall, Sucking Pest was maximum during August
both in Som and Soalu plants.
Silkworm improvement in muga and eri : Eight
biotypes of muga silkworm collected from different
places of North-East India were evaluated. Three
biotypes possessing desired traits have been
identified as parents for evolution of high yielding
breeds. Studies on endocrine regulation of
reproduction and enhancement of fecundity in the
muga silkworm reveled that the problem of
retention of eggs by Antheraea assamensis moths
can be mitigated by application of both JH-III and
20-E. However, retention of eggs by the moths was
minimum under treatment of 20-E. Topical
application of 15µg 20-E enhanced fecundity and
survivability, pupal and shell weight respectively.
seed cocoon preservation technique of muga
cocoon revealed that seed cocoons can be
preserved upto 62 days in BOD incubator during
winter and 42 days during summer without any
effect on fecundity. Attempts were made to develop
egg preservation technique of eri silkworm Samia
ricini. Three collected species viz. Ailanthus
excelsa, A. attissima and A. grandis have been
maintained in the GPB.Survey conducted for
disease occurrence in muga silkworm revealed
that Flacherie and Pebrine occurred through out
the year and were maximum during August.
Muscardine disease was found in December-
January.
Exploration, collection, characterization and
cataloguing of wild sericigenous insects collected
from various parts of North-East India were
conducted. Checklist of Saturniidae of NE states
was prepared. Attempts have been made to
develop diagnostics for muga and eri related
silkworm in NE region. A Biotech Hub at the
institute was established under DBT funding for

undertaking biological research activities. A
method for culture and maintenance of N. thymus
parasitoids using house fly (M. domestica) as host
for use in mass production was developed to
release in the field.
RMRS, Boko: Promising source of plant diseases
was identified in 8 Som morphotypes. Out of the 8
muga silkworm biotypes maintained Aa001,
Aa002, Aa003 and Aa004 are found to be most
promising in cocoon characters. Disease and pest
survey was conducted under Forecasting and
Forewarning of Disease and Pest in Muga
Silkworm and Host Plants. CDP training
programme were conducted under Beneficiary
Empowerment Programme (BEP) and completed
training for 895 farmers from BTC, Assam and
Meghalaya.
RERSs, Mendipathar and Shadnagar : Suitable
eco-races of eri silkworm (Samia ricini) were
identified, maintained and evaluated. One
improved eri silkworm C2 evolved at RERS,
Mendipathar reached a cocoon yield potential of
16-18 kgs/100dfls under field trial. The Castor and
Kesseru Germplasm are also maintained at the
Station. Besides, the rearing schedule of eri
silkworm (Samia ricini) in relation to host plant
Castor genotypes (Ricinus communis) raised
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under different soil fertility leaves under rainfed
conditions in semi-arid region was studied.
Extension Communication Programme
Extension Activities of Research Institutes
and their Units
The multifarious extension activities (1742
events) conducted during the year 2011-12 by
different Research Institutes, their Research
Stations and Extension Centres indicated in the
following table reveal an exemplified and
remarkable mechanism adopted by the Research
Institutes and their units at greater heights for
bringing the awareness and required capacity
building on sericulture occupation and its activities
to reach the production of 23060 MT of raw silk in
all the cultures.
POST-COCOON TECHNOLOGY
Central Silk Technological Research Institute
(CSTRI), Bangalore
Central Silk Technological Research Institute
with its headquarters at Bangalore spreads its units
across the country through 11 Demonstration-
cum-Technical Service Centres (DCTSCs), 6 Silk
Conditioning and Testing Houses (SCTHs), 4
Textile Testing Laboratories (TTLs), 1 Zonal Office
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at Bilaspur, 2 Raw Silk Testing Centres (RSTCs), 2
Cocoon Testing Centres (CTCs) and 1 Regional
Silk Technological Research Station (RSTRS) at
Khanapara (Assam).
'Ushma Shoshak' unit was developed to
reduce the fuel consumption for production of raw
silk. Subjective analysis of comparative properties
of fabrics woven from Indian multivoltine and
bivoltine and Chinese bivoltine silk indicated
significant difference in drape co-efficient between
the fabrics. The fabrics made of Indian multivoltine
were more lustrous under and scored highest
ranking. It has better drape which is a desirable
quality for sarees and dress materials.
A low cost eight end multi-end reeling
machine was developed for production of superior
quality tasar and muga silk yarn. Trials were taken
to standardize the sizing recipe with different
concentration of PVA. Pilling resistance of eri silk
knits in eri mill spun yarn in two counts with two
twist levels has been produced. The yarn has been
tested and data on yarn properties has been
generated. Flat bed knits have been produced from
one count with two plies of yarn in both grey and
dyed sorts. Studies on causes for poor dimensional
stability of tasar fabrics and its remedial measures
indicated that BTCA treatment has drastically
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reduced the shrinkage from 3.16% to 0.55% for
warp and 2.33% to 0.66% for weft.
Exploratory works
Studies on recycling of reeling water has
been taken up and a prototype bio-reactor
machine has been manufactured to design and
develop mechanical cooking and brushing unit.
Attempts have been made to produce superior
quality wet reeled tasar yarn and to standardize
cooking technology. Studies on the crease
recovery properties of soft silk through optimization
of fabric geometry with weaving of required fabric
u s i n g d i ff e r e n t c o n s t r u c t i o n s a n d f a b r i c
geometrical properties, mechanical properties and
crease recovery tests were conducted. Studies
conducted on application of lac dye by screen
printing method on mulberry and non-mulberry silk
revealed that all fastness properties are in
acceptable range except wash and perspiration
fastness. Lac dye printed on mulberry silk showed
better lustre than on tasar fabrics. Thermal
properties of eri blankets revealed that as GSM
values increases, air permeability decreases and
TOG values increases. Under testing of samples,
1032 lots (cocoon, raw silk, fabric, water, etc.) were
tested for physical, chemical and eco-parameters
and it earned a revenue of Rs.6.86 lakh.
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Catalytic Development Programme (CDP)
The Catalytic Development Programme
(CDP) is a flagship programme sponsored by the
Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India for development
of sericulture and silk industry in the country and
has been continuing since IX Plan Period with
periodic modifications and additional inputs/
components. The programme implemented by
CSB through the State Governments/other
implementing agencies, has been designed as a
tool for transfer of technologies evolved by the
research institutes of CSB to the field and also
facilitate financial and extension support to all
stakeholders in the silk value chain starting from
cultivation to weaving. It aims at filling the demand-
supply gap through technology development and
a b s o r p t i o n , q u a l i t y u p - gradation, inc om e
generation, productivity improvement and
employment generation, especially for women,
SC/ ST and below poverty line farmers besides
sector, (ii) Cocoon sector and (iii) Post-Cocoon
sector. These three packages are supplemented
by Support Service components built into the
scheme and these support services are common to
all packages. Within each package, flexibility was
built-in to cater to the specific needs of different
seri-zones in the country.
Beneficiaries directly supported during XI
Plan: During XI Plan, 2,69,318 beneficiaries have
been covered under different components of CDP
scheme, which includes 33,564 beneficiaries
covered in North-eastern Region. The year-wise
details are given below:
In so far NE States are concerned, of the total
beneficiary coverage, around 70% belong to ST,
while more than 60% are women.
Outlay & Expenditure during 2011-12 and XI
Plan : The total Outlay approved by Govt. of India
for implementation of the CDP during the XI Plan is

Particulars 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total

Beneficiary 21097 26643 28809 64605 128164 269318

coverage
(All States)
Beneficiary 7460 2988 7101 9151 6864 33564
coverage
NE States
bringing horizontal and vertical growth in raw silk pegged at Rs.1476.24 crore of which CSB's share
production. is Rs.661.62 crore. However, based on the mid-
During XI Plan, the Catalytic Development term appraisal, the approved outlay (CSB share) of
Programme was implemented in Project mode in Rs.661.62 croes has been revised / enhanced to
identified clusters, covering all the three major Rs.821.74 crores. The expenditure under CDP in
areas of sericulture and silk industry, i.e., (i) Seed 2011-12 and XI Plan is as follows :

(Rs. in Crore)
Outside NE
Particulars NE share Total
General SCSP TSP Total
2011-12
144.74 21.00 4.80 170.54 74.69 245.23
XI Plan (2007-12)
After mid-term appraisal 566.88 21.00 4.80 592.68 229.06 821.74

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The scheme-wise details of Physical target increased to 18312 MT in 2011-12 registering a

and Financial Outlay and achievements made
during XI Plan i.e., 2007-08 to 2011-12 are
furnished in Annexure-III while State-wise / Year-
wise details of funds released under CDP in XI Plan
are furnished in Annexure-IV.
Outcome : The CDP scheme had a direct
impact on development of sericulture increasing
the mulberry raw silk production inspite of decline
in the mulberry cultivation in traditional areas due
to rapid urbanization and competition from other
cash crops and large scale dumping. The
incremental raw silk production by the end of XI
Plan Period from end of Tenth Plan is 4585 MT, the
highest ever incremental achievement between
two Plan periods (i.e., from First Plan to XI Plan
period). The production of raw silk per hectare has
gone up from 75 kg/hectare in 2002-03 to 93.38
kg/hectare during 2011-12 and renditta has also
improved from 8.77 to 8.0 during the Plan period.
The progress of raw silk production during the year
2011-12 is given below;
growth of 12 % followed by vanya silks to 4748 MT
with a growth of 17 % compared to production of
16360 MT and 4050 MT respectively in 2010-11.
Production of vanya silks viz., tasar, eri and
muga raw silks during the year 2011-12, was 1592,
3031 & 125 MT over corresponding figure of 1166,
2760 & 124 MT respectively in the year 2010-11,
indicating a growth of 36% in tasar, 10% in eri and
1% in muga. Vanya silks have shown significant
increase in production of raw silk during the year
2011-12, thereby crossing the XI Plan target.
The year 2011-12 has reached its
employment generation of 75.6 lakh persons as
against 72.50 lakh persons during 2010-11
Major achievements under CDP : Major
achievements under important components of
CDP during XI Plan (2011-12) which have
essentially catalyzed in increasing the silk
production, are indicated below. Although there are

Em ploym e nt Ge ne r ation

76 75.6
75.5
75
74.5
Lakh Persons

74
73.5
73 72.5
72.5
72
71.5
71
70.5
2010-11 2011-12
Ye ar

Production of total raw silk in the country about 57 components under CDP, 21 important
increased to 23060 MT during 2011-12 indicating a components which have a direct impact on
growth of 13 % over the previous year (20410 MT in enhancing raw silk production and productivity, are
2010-11). Production of mulberry raw silk has only indicated in the table.

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Sl. 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- Total for

Components Unit 2011-12
No 08 09 10 11 XI Plan
Development of
1 Acres 10758 14524 19980 30,524 1,02,882 178668
Mulberry Plantation
Irrigation for
2 Ha. 3210 4541 4247 7729 5,331 25058
Mulberry
Mulberry Rearing
3 Nos. 8742 7760 11046 19,327 14,762 61637
Houses

4 Chawkie Rearing Nos. 48 107 66 77 186 484

Centres
5 Rearing Equipments Ns. 5438 7272 11216 25,618 18,593 68137

6 Tasar Plantation Ha. 1210 2295 3769 10,220 2,947 20441

Maintenance
7 Tasar Seed Rearers Nos. 451 732 2074 4,872 3,593 11722

8 Support to Tasar Nos. 46 281 704 1,378 2,267 4676

Graineurs
Construction of Cocoon
9 Nos. 34 68 304 584 659 1649
Storage Houses
10 Eri Host Plantation Acres 2222 1268 2199 3,665 4,385 13739

11 Construction of Eri Nos. 3801 2069 4,002 6,502 7,210 23584

Rearing House
Muga Food
12 Acres 1970 853 2281 3,062 3,054 11220
Plantation

13 Support for Muga Nos. 90 60 276 597 408 1431

Graineurs

14 Automatic Silk Nos. -- 3 2 -- 3 8

Reeling Machines

15 Multiend Silk Reeling Nos. 21 53 30 91 22 217

Machines

16 Cottage Basin Nos. 33 14 15 35 22 119

Reeling Units
Hot Air Drying
17 Nos. 33 56 107 142 114 452
Chambers
Vanya Reeling/Spinng.
18 Nos. 1776 3007 1579 1,885 1,594 9776
Devices
Promotion of Improved
19 Handlooms Nos. 172 742 1342 1,100 2,340 5696

Beneficiary No of
20 beneficiary 4206 876 9090 29023 35764 78959
Empowerment
Programme
Women Development
21 No of
Components (Health beneficiary -- 26040 134300 148777 50142 359259
Insurance)

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Evaluation of CDP : During XI Plan, CSB had
undertaken an extensive impact assessment study
on the CDP schemes through a Govt. of India
Organisation, the National Productivity Council
(NPC), New Delhi. The overall analysis suggests
that CDP scheme has been very successful in the
country. The schemes have direct bearing on
improvements in food plant development,
irrigation, rearing houses, equipment supply,
chawki rearing, private graineurs under Vanya silk
sector. Cocoon storage houses for tasar are found
to be in much demand. Investments in these critical
areas could improve the overall productivity of the
industry. Some of the post-cocoon sector schemes
on reeling, handlooms, spinning etc were also
quite helpful to the beneficiaries. The initiative
taken by CSB on social security measures through
the Health Insurance Programme for women
sericultrists and workers were also found to be very
useful to ensure steady supply of family labour to
the industry. CDP also played a vital role in
establishing large scale infrastructure under
private sector such as Eri Spun Silk Mills and
Automatic Reeling Units.
One of major findings in the study was that all
the States have opined to continue the programme
during XII Plan also as the initiative could
significantly increase the production and
productivity of Indian silk. The major advantage
experienced at the grass root level stakeholders
associated with CDP was that the scheme not only
supported them financially to set up viable
enterprises (cocoon production, seed production,
reeling, processing etc) but also enabled to directly
access the latest technologies and findings
developed by CSB in its R&D institutions.
H o w e v e r, t h e N P C s u g g e s t e d c e r t a i n
modifications and additions for continuing the
programme in the XII Plan period.
Projects implemented dovetailing CDP
components
Cluster Promotion Programme (CPP)
In addition to Catalytic Development
Programme, special sericulture projects were also
implemented directly by CSB through cluster
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approach dovetailing CDP components. The CSB
i n c o - o r d i n a t i o n w i th S tate Seric ultur e
Departments have jointly developed 50 Clusters so
far (45 pre-cocoon & 5 post-cocoon) covering 16
States. These clusters have covered around
10,441 farmers both in mulberry and Vanya
culture. During the XI Plan period, CSB has
released/sanctioned the central share for an
amount of Rs.51.76 Crore under CDP exclusively
for the development of model Sericulture Clusters,
which is in addition to funds released separately to
States under normal CDP. Performance of all the
clusters was highly significant during the period.
However, the progress made under cluster
development programme has been covered under
CDP.
The cluster development programme has
been concluded by March, 2012 and the model
clusters (pre-cocoon) are proposed to be
maintained under the State control, supervision
and monitoring during XII Plan. DOSs have been
requested to initiate action to replicate the model
clusters established during XI Plan in potential
areas of the State from 2012-13 onwards.
Vanya Silk Market Promotion Cell (VSMPC)
Vanya Silk Market Promotion Cell is basically
responsible for promotion of Vanya silk products
developed in collaboration with different projects.
The Cell has been established with an objective to
provide required input support to Vanya silks in the
areas of development of marketable designs &
products through research and development in the
R& D and their market promotion. Besides, the Cell
a l s o u n d e r t a k e s e v al uation of exis ting
infrastructure in silk weaving clusters and need
based up gradation of looms, training to weavers in
advanced production techniques, organizing
exhibitions in major cities and sponsoring
manufacturers to participate in domestic and
overseas marketing events. VSMPC is a reveling
move to create awareness of Vanya silks among all
categories of people and to enhance its generic
and brand promotion through exhibitions.Various
activities undertaken by the Cell during the year are
as follows:

Organizing & Participation in Exhibitions
Ø Participated in 11 Silk Mark Expos &
organised exclusive informative and
educative Theme Pavilions with displays
of vanya silk products.
Ø Participated in Fashion Shows organizsed
by SMOI for the display of Vanya Silk
Shoppe products.
Ø Participated in Tex-Trend-2012 exhibition
in New Delhi organised by Ministry of
Textiles in association with CSTRI & P3D
Cell of CSB, Bangalore.
Ø P a r t i c i p a t e d i n A d i v asi Ex hib iti on
organized at Bhubaneshwar by Govt. of
Orissa with Regional Office ,
Bhubaneshwar, DCTSC, Cuttack &
BSM&TC, Baripada.
Ø Sponsored and participated in the
Workshop on Vanya silk post-cocoon
technology for North-Eastern regions at
Guwahati.
Vanya Silk Shoppes : Three numbers of Shoppes
have been allotted, one in Bangalore and the other
two in New Delhi on the basis of product range/ mix,
manufacturing capacity, cluster representation etc
as per the guidelines of Vanya Silk Shoppee
Management Committee. VSMPC has extended
all the support to Vanya Silk Shoppee allottees in
sales promotion, preparing suitable advertisement,
providing linkages with designers, boutiques and
bulk consumers etc.
Vanya Silk Product Design and Display Cell :
The more tenable Vanya Silk Brand promotion
strategy pulled CSB on a different string in
establishing a Vanya Silks Product Design and
Display Cell at NIFT-TEA, Knitwear Fashion
Institute, Tirupur for promotion of Vanya silks
through display of products and other display
material. The Cell will provide the information on
Vanya silks to the knitwear manufacturers,
exporters, designers and students. Besides, the
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Cell has published Vanya Silk Directory which are
being sold through Silk Mark Expos, P3D Cell of
CSTRI, VSMPC, ROs and other exhibitions.
Product Design, Development and Diversification
(P3D)
To meet the objective of Product Design,
Development & Diversification, a P3D – The
Cocoon Centre has been established during the
year 2006-07 at CSB, Bangalore to facilitate the
Product Design, Development & Diversification
activities with adequate infrastructure facilities.
Some of the important achievements made during
the year are as follows:
Collaborative Projects : A collaborative project
has been taken up with NIFT-TEA Knitwear
Fashion Institute, Tirupur on standardization of
yarn parameters and development of eri silk
knitwear and for studying the knitting performance
to standardize the yarn parameters for knitting.
Test Marketing of Vanya Silk Products : The
product diversification efforts have resulted in the
evolution of eri knitwear, eri denims, eri dress
material, eri blankets, eri sarees, women's wear,
kids wear, mulberry/muga sarees, shawls,
scarves/stoles etc. These products have attracted
attention through displays in different Theme
pavilions of expos of SMOI and Silk Paradise
exhibition organized by ISEPC and Tex Trend
organized by Ministry of Textiles. Further, the test
marketing efforts of vanya silk products at different
expos were also successful. M/s Jharkraft was the
buyer of all 463 different products for export to
Sweden and other countries. Moreover, these
efforts fetched a repeat order for eri bridal wear
from United Kingdom.
Generic and Brand Promotion : Grand publicity
has been given for Generic and Brand promotion of
vanya silks and its registered logo through
advertisements, hoardings, handbills, websites,
displays in theme pavilions of different expos and
popular magazines.
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Authorized Users of Vanya Silk Logo : This
exercise led to adoption of 17 vanya silk
manufacturers as authorized users of Vanya Silk
logo who were also supported with financial
assistance.
Interaction with manufacturers, traders,
exporters, designers and consumers: VSMPC
is also providing backward and forward linkages to
the entrepreneurs, manufacturers, traders and
exporters about the comfort characteristics,
availability, production process of vanya silk
products and obtaining feed back for improvement.
M/s Jharcraft is continuously availing this service
from VSMPC and has involved in production and
marketing of eri silk knitwear and woven garments.
Vanya Silk product development projects
under P3D-CDP by CSTRI: In addition to the
individual efforts of VSMPC, its collaboration with
other sister concerns supported by CDP
assistance has evolved the following vanya silk
products for branding, a milestone in performance
and development:
Ø Production of Tasar peduncle spun yarn
and production of Furnishing fabrics and
Shawls - The yarn is being utilized for
development of Furnishing fabrics and
Shawls.
Ø Production of superior quality eri spun
yarn & its conversion into suiting, knits
and bath robes
Ø Development of Solapur & Aurangabad
cluster products using silk
Ø Seven products are developed at
Solapur and Aurangabad by using eri
spun silk, mulberry filament and spun silk
weft with existing cotton as warp. The
development of remaining products is
under progress.
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The other achievements under the initiative
are:
Documentation and maintenance of the various
silk products developed by CSTRI & its units,
VSMPC & other units of CSB .
Ø Showcasing of products like stain guard
sari, double fabric garments, eri silk
suiting, Nagaland motif sari etc along with
the other silk products.
Ø Briefing of technicalities of silk products
to fashion designers & silk manufacturers.
Ø Participation in 10 expos along with
organising of Theme pavilions.
Ø Showcasing of colour concepts for
highlighting the effect of colours on silk to
the silk connoisseurs.
Ø Allotment of slots to cluster arts like batik
of Bairogararh (MP), tie & dye (Katki
design) of Odisha & Kasuthi embroidery
work from Karnataka in the theme
pavilions of Silk Mark Expos where live
demonstration was done too on vanya
silk products.
Ø Participation in the reverse Buyers-Sellers
meet scheme of Govt. of India.
Ø Garment preparation for bridal attires by
reputed designer namely Ms Uma
Maheswari of 'Flutterby & Desi' and Liza
Elizabeth Phillp of 'Niram'.
Ø P3D has participated in the Workshop
h e l d a t K h a n ap hara, Ass am for
demonstration of product mix in
traditional Kancheepuram saris using
Muga thread instead of Zari yarn.
Other Projects implemented with CDP funds
Applications of Remote Sensing (RS) and
Geographical Information System (GIS) in
Sericulture Development
The Central Silk Board in association with
No rt h- E a s t er n Sp a c e Ap p li c a ti o n C e n tr e

(NESAC), Shillong, Assam, a unit of Department of
Space, Govt. of India has taken up the project, viz.,
Applications of Remote Sensing (RS) and
Geographical Information System (GIS) in
Sericulture Development during the XI Plan
covering 105 districts in 24 States. Potential area
mapping has been completed in most of the
selected districts except some districts of
Ar unac hal Pr ades h and W est B e n g a l .
Development of SILKS module has been
completed in most of the selected districts. The
financial assistance extended to the Project till the
end of March, 2012 amounts to Rs. 221.40 lakh.
Micro Project for Development of Oak Tasar in
Manipur (Phase-II)
Manipur, one of the seven sister states of
North-eastern region is bestowed with conducive
climatic conditions for growth and proliferation of
oak tasar food plants. To create secondary
livelihood occupations and to harness the benefits
of utilising the existing large stretches of oak
forests for production of oak tasar cocoons and to
add to the targeted raw silk production, a project
was initiated with the financial assistance of CDP
as the central share.
The second phase of “Micro Project for
Development of Oak Tasar in Manipur” was
initiated during 2007-08 for five years at a total cost
of Rs.387.368 lakh with CSB, State and
Beneficiary sharing of Rs. 227.421, Rs 64.203 and
Rs. 87.429 lakh respectively and the balance is
credit from financial institutions. The project is
being implemented by Manipur State Sericulture
Cooperative Federation Ltd., (MSSCF) with the
release of CSB share of Rs.156.362 lakh. The
progress during the period is as follows.
Ø 400 ha of oak plantation was raised and
maintained. 200 beneficiaries were
supported with rearing equipment.
Ø 22500 basic dfls were reared and 2.93
lakh seed cocoons harvested. After
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processing 2.44 lakh seed cocoons,
52500 dfls have been produced by 4
farm-cum-grainages.
Ø 46200 commercial dfls were reared to
produce 11.55 lakh cocoons.
Ø One cocoon bank, one warehouse-cum-
marketing shed, one CFC with 5 reeling-
cum-twisting machines, 12 spinning
machines, 30 improved looms.
Ø 459 kg reeled silk and 1432 kg of spun silk
was produced during the period.
Ø Training imparted to 400 commercial,
204 seed rearers, 23 reelers, 20 spinners
and 35 weavers.
Income Enhancement of Rural Poor through
Eri Culture in Gujarat
A project on “Income enhancement of Rural
Poor through Ericulture” with a total cost of
Rs.296.607 lakh (CSB: Rs.170.076 lakhs, State :
Rs.72.788 lakhs and Beneficiary: Rs.47.743 lakhs)
sanctioned to Govt. of Gujarat is being
implemented by Department of Cottage & Rural
Industries, Govt. of Gujarat in three clusters of
North Gujarat during 2008-09 to 2011-12 with a
CDP assistance of Rs.31.573 lakh released as
CSB share. Under this project, 455 farmers trained
in eri silkworm rearing produced 425 kg cocoons
from 1200dfls. A five-day training has also been
organized along with out-group demonstrations
and video shows. However, Govt. of Gujarat has
surrendered the unutilized CDP funds to CSB in
March 2012 and hence the project was closed.
Crop Insurance Scheme (for all Sectors)
Sericulture has become popular among rural
households who practice this culture to earn their
livelihood. Silkworm rearing is prone to losses due
to diseases, climatic fluctuations and set-back of
other natural perils. Insurance cover needs to be
provided in all activities starting from the seed &
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commercial cocoon production-raw material, India. Amongst 8 units assisted during XI Plan,
equipment, infrastructure and personnel including three units are into commercial production and two
the reeling, spinning and weaving sectors for any are under commissioning and the rest are
loss or damage from fire and allied perils. It also sanctioned.

Crop Insurance Scheme for XI Plan

Sl. Sector Sum assured for Premium
No. 100 dfls (in Rs.) (% of Sum assured)
1. Mulberry:: Multivoltine Pure 4700 7%
Mulberry:Multivoltine Hybrid 4700 7%
Mulberry: Bivoltine (P / Hy) 5787 8%
2. Tasar / Oak Tasar : Ist Crop 1888 10%
Tasar / Oak Tasar : 2 nd Crop 2038 10%
Tasar / Oak Tasar : 3 rd Crop 2188 10%
3. Muga 1910 5%
4. Eri 1570 5%
5. Rearing House Assessed Value 0.5%
6. Rearing Equipment Assessed Value 0.4%
7. Personal Accident coverage 50000/- each Rs. 50.00

covers insurance of rearers, their spouses and one
dependant person against any Personal Accident.
The crop insurance scheme implemented in
different sericulture states under CDP covering all
the four cultures is detailed in the above table.
During the period, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu
and West Bengal have implemented the scheme
for all cultures and components. Summarily, 56.96
lakh dfls were covered through 37525 beneficiaries
with CSB assistance of premium of Rs. 100.44
lakh. Since inception of the Plan, 154.0 lakh dfls
were covered through 94573 beneficiaries with
CSB assistance of Rs. 246.20 lakh
Establishment of Automatic Reeling Unit under
Post-cocoon Sector
The scheme is aimed at popularizing the
adoption of latest technologies in cocoon
processing, silk reeling, testing and to produce
international quality (2A grade and above) raw silk.
Assistance is extended for the establishment of
ARM units as per the provisions of Government of
Projects with funding from other Ministries
With an objective of catering to the specific
needs for development of sericulture in some of the
areas of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand,
Central Silk Board has taken up convergence
initiatives on cluster mode with other funding
agencies like Ministry of Rural Development
(special projects under the Swarnajayanti Gram
Swarojgar Yojana- SGSY) and NABARD (Tribal
Development Fund) by dovetailing with CDP
schemes. Besides development of sericulture,
these initiatives also aims to nurture Community
Based Organizations (CBOs) and involve
professional NGOs in the extension activities.
Areas suffering from Left Wing extremism were
given special emphasis so as to provide livelihood
opportunity to the affected people.
The focus of these projects was mainly on
host plant cultivation in private lands, integration
with other livelihood activities viz., vegetable
cultivation, intercropping, food security through
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period of food plants, silkworm seed augmentation,
nurturing producer organizations across the value
chain through capacity building and development
of Community Resource Persons. Best practices
adopted under these initiatives helped in
sustenance of various activities even beyond
project period. The highlights of the Projects
implemented with funding from other agencies are
given below:
Projects under Special SGSY :
CSB has executed two special SGSY
projects implemented by PRADAN, an NGO in
Bihar and Jharkhand with financial assistance from
MORD, GOI from 2003-04 by closely monitoring,
extending necessary technological support
through CTRTI, Ranchi; BTSSO, Bilaspur and
CSTRI, Bangalore and meeting the entire
requirement of basic seed through the BSMTCs.
Project for development of tasar & eri culture in
Banka Dist. of Bihar : Under this project, an
amount of Rs. 663.041 lakh (with a CSB share of
Rs. 167.615 lakh) was released to PRADAN and
CSB units for different activities. Further, the
project has mobilized a credit of Rs. 338.215 lakh.
3051 swarojgaris were assisted for raising 268.76
ha of tasar food plants, 40.5 ha of castor plants and
2430 chawki garden units. Rearing of 1.802 lakh
dfls of nucleus seed and 4.57 lakh dfls of basic
seed through 844 ASRs and 2155 SRs resulted in
rearing of 28.22 lakh commercial dfls through 1710
rearers to yield 1089.29 lakh reeling cocoons. 15
resource persons and 4571 swarojgaris were
trained. 16 Rearers' and 10 Reelers' and Spinners'
cooperative societies have been organized.
Project for development of Tasar culture in
Jharkhand : The project implemented in 14
districts of Jharkhand assisting 132 SHGs, 8136
swarojgaris, who are continuing their activities, has
been concluded by March, 2011. Production of
nucleus, basic and commercial seed is continued
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during the period with an advice to PRADAN to
facilitate the core activities beyond the project
period.
Proj e ct for de v elop ment of Mulb err y
Sericulture in Uttarakhand : CSB is executing
another project under special SGSY for
d e v e l o p m e n t o f m u l b err y s er ic ultur e in
Uttarakhand from 2007-2011 being implemented
by DOS through GKVS, an NGO at a revised total
cost of Rs. 917.84 lakh with no change in MORD
share. The amount of Rs. 653.537 lakh released to
DOS, Uttarakhand includes CSB share of Rs.
322.50 lakh for different project activities. The
project has also mobilized credit of Rs. 56.63 lakh.
The progress is as follows:
974 half-acre units of high bush mulberry
plantation is inclusive of 124 units during the year.
Gap filling has been taken up after the survey
resulting in survivability of 80%. Construction of
475 rearing houses through bank loan and 3 CRCs
is completed. 87500 dfls were reared as on date
producing 25.40 MT cocoons. Different awareness
programmes were conducted for training of
beneficiaries and capacity building.
Projects under Tribal Development Fund
(NABARD)
Integrated Tribal Development Project for
Jamui district of Bihar : Aiming for sustainable
livelihood development of the tribals of Chakai
block of Jamui district, the project is being
executed by CSB for implementation by PRADAN,
an NGO for five years from 2009-10 with a total
cost of Rs. 1274.91 lakh under NABARD funding
with a CSB sharing of Rs. 170.91 lakh. CSB has
released Rs. 158.975 lakh to PRADAN from its
CDP share in three years for 2009-12. The
progress of the project indicates that, 1040 acres of
tasar host plantation raised are under gestation.
1394 beneficiaries formed into 80 SHGs were
covered under exposure visits assisted
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Integrated Tribal Development Project for
Banka district of Bihar : This is a similar project
executed by CSB, implemented by PRADAN, an
NGO in the tribal blocks of Banka district of Bihar
through WADI approach (Agri-Horti-Forestry) with
a total outlay of Rs. 675.91 lakh with a greater
share from NABARD (Rs. 512.33 lakh : 75.8%) and
a dovetailing share of SGSY for Rs. 31.14 lakh for a
period of seven years from 2008-09. With the
release of Rs. 272.96 lakh, 1500 families are
covered under the project for soil conservation
measures, like cattle proof trenches and for raising
7.3 lakh Arjuna seedlings. 896 benefiiaries were
covered under training.
Integrated Tribal Development Project for
Dumka district of Jharkhand : This project with
an outlay of Rs. 905.962 lakh is also funded largely
by NABARD (Rs. 641.327 lakh) implemented to
assist the tribal families of Dumka district of
Jharkhand for five years from 2010-11. With the
release of Rs. 99.57 lakh from NABARD share,
550.7 acres of arjuna plantation were raised in 15
villages besides undertaking soil conservation
works like staggered trenches and cattle proof
trenches. 21 SHGs were formed, 70 farmers were
trained and 80 covered under exposure visits.
Integrated Tribal Development Project for
Godda district of Jharkhand : Under the series of
NABARD funding projects, this project is being
implemented in Godda district of Jharkhand from
2010-11 for five years with an outlay of Rs. 793.19
lakh with a larger share of NABARD for Rs. 602.21
lakh to cover 1500 acres under tasar host
plantation covering 1215 families. With the release
of Rs. 54.81 lakh from NABARD share, 296 acres
of arjuna plantation have been raised and
maintained in 8 villages with all other forest
management works. 41 SHGs have been formed,
180 were trained, 411 were covered under
exposure visits
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Projects with Overseas Funding
Manipur Sericulture Project (Phase-I) with JICA
Assistance :
Mulberry Sericulture Project implemented by
Govt. of Manipur with the financial assistance from
JICA (erstwhile JBIC), Japan during the years
2004-05 to 2010-11 with a total cost of. Rs.154.99
crore (revised) has completed its First Phase in
2008-09. The project envisaged increase in the
annual production of mulberry silk to 85 metric tons
by the end of the first phase besides equipping
DOS staff with necessary skills and knowledge for
extension of sericulture, improvement in facilities
like plantations, silkworm rearing, CRCs and
reeling operations etc. Till 2010-11, 1301 MT of
cocoons were produced against the target of
2146.6 MT cocoons and the annual production
capacity and productivity has reached to 50.96 MT
of raw silk and 31 kg cocoons /100dfls respectively
against the target of 85 MT and 40 kg/100dfls.
To the effect, CSB has conducted an ex-post
evaluation of the Project for Phase-I during the
year 2011-12 as per request made by Govt. of
Manipur. The evaluation studies recommended the
following which were accepted by the Govt. of
Manipur:
Ø To procure and install all the required
facilities as envisaged, for optimising the
cocoon & raw silk production
Ø To recruit & deploy the adequate staff for
training & extension
Ø To improve the dfls intake and cocoon
productivity
Ø To expand the sericulture activities in
cluster mode in potential areas
Accepting the recommendations, Govt. of
Manipur in coordination with CSB drafted Phase-II

of the Project for Rs 356.50 crore to be
implemented in seven years. It is estimated that the
Project would addup 136 MT of mulberry silk and
96 MT of eri silk production / year at the end of
gestation period focusing on expansion of
mulberry and eri culture through assisting 7800
families. Govt. of Manipur has obtained clearance
from all concerned Ministries of Government of
India for seeking external funding from JICA. The
project for second phase has been submitted to
JICA and presently is under the rolling plan.
Japan International Co-operation Agency
(JICA)
The joint technical cooperation between
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
and Central Silk Board (CSB) has placed the
building blocks for development and popularization
of Bivoltine Sericulture Technology suiting to Indian
agro-climatic conditions. The combined efforts
have resulted in development of number of
b iv ol t i ne si lk w or m b re e ds a l o ng w it h a
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comprehensive Bivoltine Sericulture Technology
package and suitable model for extension, seed
production system and generation of well-trained
manpower.
Thus, in order to further consolidate the
endeavours, Central Silk Board has implemented a
third country training programme on “Bivoltine
Sericulture Technology” in association with JICA
for some of the Afro-Asian countries during 2008-
09 extended to 2011-12 to disseminate the
knowledge and skills on bivoltine sericulture
technologies to the participant countries, viz.,
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Nepal,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Uganda, Cuba, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Egypt and Iran. The programme was
concluded on 31/03/2012. A total of 108
candidates from 14 participating countries were
trained under this programme. The training
programme is well conceived and appreciated by
the participating countries.
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SERVICES

Seed Organization
Silkworm seed plays a significant role in
increasing productivity of sericulture sector and the
cost effectiveness of sericulture activities lies in
increased productivity and higher returns. This
could be possible interalia by production of quality
seed and only when the seed production systems
are well-knit backwardly with the basic seed
management. Generation of quality seed cocoons
is an important input to quality hybrid seed
production.
Integrating the seed services helps in
optimizing outputs to meet the objective of higher
returns from silkworm rearings. In the entire
production chain of quality seed, meeting the
explicit (productivity and yield parameters) and
implied needs of farmers (high returns from
uniform quality of cocoons) has to be embedded.
Meticulous planning and organizing each of the
activities, inputs in such a manner that does not
pose as an impediment in realizing the overall goal
of excellence in silkworm seed is the need of the
hour. Therefore, management of seed production
and its quality adopting scientific methods play an
important role on overall returns.
Further, looking into the remarkable
improvement of vanya silk production culminated
through methodical and quality seed production,
sustainable efforts are being made to integrate the
seed services to help in optimizing outputs to meet
the objective of higher returns from silkworm
rearings. Thus, the seed organizations of Central
Silk Board under mulberry and vanya have
effectively contributed in supplying quality basic
seed to states and other agencies for multiplication
resulting in silk production reaching to the level of
23060 MT from 18475 MT of X Plan, which is a
remarkable achievement.
Mulberry Seed
Central Silk Board with a stake in promoting
quality silk production has the responsibility of
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ensuring sufficient seed in quantitative terms and
in qualitative aspects. More than quantity, quality
has assumed importance. Besides multivoltine
mulberry silk bivoltine raw silk production has been
reaching its logical conclusion with the production
and supply of highest order silkworm seed. Thus,
silkworm seed continues to be on a sound footing
as one amongst many critical inputs for
sustenance of sericulture.
In mulberry silkworm seed, new quality
dimensions were added during the XI Plan to
harness the full potential of silkworm rearings to
make sericulture more fulfilling and rewarding
through quality control of noticeable benchmarking
parameters of seed production (nucleus and basic
seed).
National Silkworm Seed Organization (NSSO)
NSSO of the Central Silk Board with its
headquarters at Bangalore is the premier
organization shouldering the responsibility of
developing mulberry silkworm seed sector in the
country with a unique distinction of maintaining ISO
9001:2008 quality management systems and
exhibiting continuous improvement. It has
registered a phenomenal production of silkworm
seed and continued its excellence in meeting the
country's bivoltine hybrid requirement contributing
largely for the quality bivoltine raw silk production
besides the regular mulberry seed production.
Basic seed production: NSSO performed par
excellence in maintaining and multiplication of
basic seed through its 19 well organised Basic
Seed Farms generating 60.56 lakh bivoltine seed
cocoons (against 46.30 lakh during 2010-11) and
54.79 lakh multivoltine seed cocoons with 90% of
which were utilized for production of basic seed
with a recovery of 7.69 lakh dfls of bivoltine and
2.79 lakh dfls of multivoltine basic seed through
various multiplication levels and supplied to
various agencies.
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Basic seed production (Disease Free Layings)

Multiplication Level
Breeds
P3 P2 P1 Total
Bivoltine 2802 40350 726305 769457
Multivoltine 1706 8521 269013 279240
Total 8506 48871 995318 1048697

Bivoltine Multivoltine
No of d fls

No.of Dfls.
P3 P2 P1
P3 P2 P1

M ultiplication Le ve l M ultiplication Le ve l

Figure: Basic Seed Production (Disease Free Layings) during the year 2011-12

Commercial seed production: Similarly,
NSSO has performed extremely well achieving a
record production of 321.54 lakh commercial seed
during 2011-12 through its 19 SSPCs with ISO
9001-2008 quality management systems (against
both bivoltine hybrid and cross-breed dfls
production.
Production of hybrids: 125.06 lakh of bivoltine
hybrids were produced against a target of 91.00

Mulberry silkworm hybrid seed production during XI Plan

(in lakh dfls)
Year Target Achievement % Achievement
2011-12 315.00 321.54 101.90

the target of 315 lakh) to meet the commercial seed
requirement and more so for the bivoltine hybrid.
Generation of P1 seed cocoons through
Adopted Seed Rearers (ASRs): With the
introduction of the concept of 'Adopted Seed
Rearer' (ASR) for production of improved quality
seed through generation of quality P1 seed
cocoons (bivoltine and multivoltine) through ASRs
followed by regular monitoring and supervision of
seed crop rearings, NSSO could generate 562.09
lakh bivoltine cocoons through its machinery for
lakh (achievement of 137.43 %). This includes
54.42 lakh of CSR hybrids (CSR2 x CSR4), 64.53
lakh of double hybrids (FC1 x FC2), 5.45 lakh of
SH6 x NB4D2 and 1.13 lakh of new bivoltine
hybrids such as DUN6 x DUN22, CSR548 x CSR5
and Bcon1 x Bcon4. The average egg productivity
has surpassed the laid norms in all these hybrids,
which proves its acclaimed performance. NSSO
has supplied 113.19 lakh bivoltine hybrids to
various state departments and CSB units. The rest
has been kept for scheduling.

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Similarly, 196.48 lakh multi x bi dfls have
been produced that includes predominantly PM x
CSR2 and Nistari x Bivoltine besides, 1.40 lakhs of
new multi x bi hybrids viz., Mcon4 x Bcon4, RD1 x
NB4D2, PM x CSR2 (SL). The average egg
recovery performance was higher than the norms
both in southern and eastern regions and 196.61
lakh multi x bi hybrids were supplied to farmers
through state departments and CSB units.
Implementation of CSB ( Amendment )
Act, 2006: Considering the importance of CSB
(Amendment) Act, 2006; the organization
conducted awareness programmes for the benefit
of seed entrepreneurs of West Bengal and
Karnataka urging them for registration to avail
benefits of the amended act. For further
percolation of information, the following actions
have been initiated:
Ø Publication of bilingual comprehensive
booklet on 'Frequently Asked Questions' in
Kannada-English, Hindi-English, Bengali-
English, Tamil-English and Telugu-English
for distribution among the beneficiaries
Ø Establishment of working linkage for
monitoring the registration activities
Ø Imparting training to Seed Officers/Seed
Analysts in accredited laboratories for
techno-legal empowerment in implementation
process. Already 333 persons have been
trained as on 2011-12.
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Ø During the process, 769 seed producers,
283 chawki rearers and 597 seed cocoon
producers were registered from 21 states.
Impact of NSSO on Bivoltine Raw Silk
Production: NSSO leads the programme for
bivoltine raw silk production in the country by
contributing nearly 60% of the country's bivoltine
raw silk production through distribution of 113.9
lakh bivoltine hybrid dfls directly and another 30%
indirectly through supply of bivoltine basic seed to
various state governments for utilizing the same for
commercial bivoltine silkworm seed production.
Vanya Seed
Tropical Tasar : Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed
Organization (BTSSO) is the premier managerial
unit for organizing the systematic seed production
and supply of tropical tasar, functioning at Bilaspur,
Chhattisgarh with its wings of 21 Basic Seed
Multiplication & Training Centres for Tropical Tasar
(BSM&TCs) functioning in different states and a
Central Tasar Silkworm Seed Station (CTSSO) at
Kota in Chhattisgarh. The Central Tasar Silkworm
Seed Station (CTSSS) is responsible for
production and distribution of tasar nucleus seed to
BSM&TCs for further multiplication besides
maintaining germplasm of different silkworm
races. The centre has produced and supplied
32000 tasar nucleus dfls during the year. There is a
gradual improvement in performance of these 21
BSM&TCs located in 9 states that produced 34.76
lakh dfls during the year under report.
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Oak Tasar : The cumulative achievement by two
RTRSs, one oak tasar grainage, two RECs and
three REC-cum-BSM&TCs located in 5 States in
oak tasar seed production during the year was1.36
lakh dfls.
Muga seed : The Muga Silkworm Seed
Organization (MSSO) established by CSB under
the Muga Seed Development Project comprises of
two P4 and five P3 Muga Seed Stations (Central
sector) and ten P2 seed centers and six reeling
units (State sector). The infrastructure created
under State sector have been handed over to the
respective state governments for further
maintenance after completion of the project period.
The present reorganized MSSO with the units
created under central sector has two P4 units and
six P3 units for production of basic seed and one
Muga Silkworm Seed Production Centre for the
production of commercial seeds. Two muga seed
Sl.No. Training courses Year : 2011-12
Batches
1 Structured Courses 2 32
2 Capsule Courses 40
3 Adhoc Courses 23
4 Farmers Training 59
5 Skill Upgradation & 21
Management Programmes
TOTAL
zones have also been established at Kalimpong
(WB) and Bageswar (Uttarakhand) for production
and supply of muga seed. The cumulative
performance of Muga Basic Seed Stations during
the year was 1.70 lakh muga dfls. Besides, one
Muga SSPC located at Kaliabari (Boko) in Assam
has produced 0.82 lakh muga dfls.
Eri Seed : The Eri Silkworm Seed Organization
(ESSO) located at Guwahati, Assam performed
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well with its single Eri SSPC in NE region and four
Eri SSPCs in non-traditional States producing 3.17
lakh Eri dfls during 2011-12 (2.59 lakh dfls during
2010-11) for distribution to different state
departments.
The maximized efforts of these vanya seed
production centres have contributed in increasing
the total Vanya silk production to 4748 MT in 2011-
12 compared to 4050 MT in 2010-11.
Training
The phenomenal growth in silk production based
on research accomplishments made by Central
Silk Board has emerged into development of new
technologies. In order to achieve the requirement
of quality, productivity and further sustainability,
strengthening of human resource development in
sericulture is vital and important issue. A number of
training programmes are being organized at
Category of Trainees
Persons Trained
DOS/NGO
1176 CSB/DOS / NGO
5128 Entrepreneurs/
Farmers
7540 Farmers & Officials
396 Beneficiaries/DOS/
CSB Officials
14272
different Research and Training Institutes and their
nested units to disseminate the know-how to the
beneficiaries through different stages. The training
programmes comprises of structured courses,
capsule courses, adhoc courses, farmers' training
and skill up-gradation for different durations. These
include trainers' training and capacity building of
farmers also. The cumulative performance under
these courses is 14,272 persons and the details
are as furnished in the above table.

In addition to the regular training courses, CSB has
launched a Six month Certificate in Sericulture
Course, in English, in collaboration with Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New
Delhi. 301 persons have registered under the
programme from ten states enrolled through 12
Programme Study Centres distributed throughout
the country. Further, the course material is under
translation in 10 more Indian languages for their
vernacular benefit of understanding.
CSB has also taken up an additional
responsibility for development of e-content on
sericulture for the country-wise classroom on the
request of Electronic Multi-media Research Centre
under UGC Project. It has identified the resource
persons for the said work to be taken up shortly.
Further, to mitigate the requirement of
training and extension needs, the extension units
of NSSO viz., Sericulture Service Centres (SSCs)
and Sericulture Service Units (SSUs) also played a
vital role in providing extension support in crop
monitoring and transfer of proven technologies.
Besides distribution of 198.07 lakh dfls (including
34.74 lakh bivoltine hybrid dfls) by 32 SSCs and 31
SSUs, distribution of 66.47 lakh dfls (including
40.71 lakh crossbreed and 25.75 lakh bivoltine
hybrid dfls) through franchisee CRCs (66 Nos)
gained immense popularity, as these CRCs
procured dfls from the SSPCs, chawki reared and
supplied to commercial rearers, resulting into
improved cocoon productivity. NSSO has also
coordinated study tours of 944 farmers, students
and officers from various parts of the country to
sericultural areas in Karnataka, apart from
coordinating various training programmes for 35
officials of NSSO, DOS and other agencies on
different aspects of sericulture.
Corporate and Entrepreneur Development
(C&ED) Cell
The 'skill level' and 'educational attainment'
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of the work force determines quality and
productivity. To keep a fair pace of growth in
sericulture with the developing Indian economy,
fostering of more employment opportunities need
to be done to enable the sericulture beneficiaries
and entrepreneurs to participate in the benefits of
growth and to become skilled work force. Realising
the compelling need, under the 'Mission mode'
approach of world class skill development
programme launched by Government of India, the
Corporate and Entrepreneur Development)
(C&ED) Cell of CSB Head Quarters has organized
th
21 programmes (from 26 Nov. 2011 to 24 Mar.
th
2012) under Integrated Skill Development Scheme
(ISDS) through nine CSB units and trained 396
sericulture beneficiaries and entrepreneurs
through 8 states on different sericulture activities.
B e s i d e s , i t o r g a n i z ed thr ee Enterprise
Development and Management Development
Programmes (Resource D ev elopm ent,
Management Development and Technology Up-
gradation) under support service sector of CDP
covering 586 participants. Besides, 35764
beneficiaries have been trained under Beneficiary
Empowerment Programme of CDP in different
sericulture states, meant for newly identified
primary stake holders, is discussed elsewhere.
Consultancy: Central Silk Board extends
consultancy services to State Departments of
Sericulture, NGOs, Entrepreneurs and other
organizations for effective implementation of
Sericulture Projects and related developmental
activities. CSB expertise in the sericulture fields is
in demand in the country.
Publicity
Establishment, organization, development,
performance and achievements are the basic
materials for advertisement and publicity to make
the readers to feel upon the existence and reality.
The Publicity Section of the Central Silk Board has
organized a number of Press and Publicity
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programmes during the year 2011-12. The
publicity programmes include organizing press
visits and press conferences, printing and
publishing of a number of publications,
participation in various public information
campaigns-cum-exhibitions organized by the
Press Information Bureau (PIB) under Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India,
organizing publicity campaigns in the cluster
promotion areas and production of video films on
sericulture. The details of publicity programmes
undertaken by the Publicity Section are as follows:
Publications
Ø Bilingual Annual Administrative
Report 2010-11: Provides complete
information on the activities of the Central
Silk Board, its highlights of R & D
activities in the field of sericulture
undertaken by its Research Institutes
and nested units along with information
on various programmes and projects.
Ø Bilingual Training Calendar 2011-12:
This publication highlights various
traini ng programmes offered b y
Research Institutes and their nested
units.
Ø Half yearly Hindi Resham Bharati journal
devoted to promotion of official language.
Ø A publication on Bio-Diversity of Muga
Silkworm Host Plant and Their
Utilization authored by Dr. A.A. Siddiqui,
Scientist-D, Research Extension Centre,
Central Silk Board, Gorakhpur, Uttar
Pradesh dovetails information on
mugaculture inclusive of information on
muga silkworm, its host plants and
making good use of these plants.
Ø The advertisements, adv ertorials ,
newspaper notifications of the Central
Silk Board released by the Publicity
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Section in Hindi, English and vernacular
languages aims at creating awareness
and promotion of sericulture activities
amongst the common public and also
stake holders of the silk industry.
A four-page special multicoloured supplement
of the 'The New Indian Express' English daily
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carried an exclusive story on 11 December 2011
highlighting the achievements made in Textile
Sector and an interview coverage with Shri Anand
Sharma, Union Minister for Textiles, Smt. Rita
Menon, Secretary (Textiles) and a special article on
'Spinning Success Stories on Silk”.
A multi-coloured coverage of the event on
launching of the 'Silk-fusion Logo' of Silk Mark
Organization of India (SMOI) of the Central Silk
Board, in association with the Central Cottage
Industries Corporation, Bangalore in leading
English and vernacular dailies.
The Indian Silk, a monthly bilingual
industrial journal of Central Silk Board devoted to
the sericulture and silk industry of India enriched its
contents during the year for the benefit of readers.
It continued to be indexed in select national and
international abstract services ensuring wide
publicity and actively involved in regular updating
of CSB website and enrichment of the contents and
design of new website of CSB. The following
important coverages by Indian Silk magazine
during 2011-12 are:
Ø Special Issue for a detailed coverage on
XXII ISC Congress held in Dec. 2011 at
Thailand.
Ø Detailed coverage of status of sericulture
in India and Brazil and a couple of other
key presentations of the Congress.
Ø Exclusive coverage of interview of Dr.
H.K. Basavaraja, Louis Pasteur Award
Winner

Ø Detailed coverage of Silk Mark Expo
2011 held at Bangalore.
Ø Special feature on Automatic Silk Reeling
Unit functioning at Ramanagaram.
Ø Issues on disease incidences like giant
snail, mealy bug etc.,
Ø Success stories in different fields of
sericulture across the country.
Ø Topical and creative contents on the
cover pages.
Ø Regular columns like Research Briefs,
Trade Enquiries & Fair Calendar,
National and International Trade events,
CSB and SMOI News.
Market Support
Raw Material Banks for Tasar and Muga :
Central Silk Board has set up Raw Material Banks
for cocoons and by-products under price
stabilization scheme of Govt. of India on 'no profit
no loss basis' to support the primary growers and
supply cocoons at steady price and also to protect
the interest of rearers from exploitation by
middlemen. They ensure sufficient incentive for
production, relieve the beneficiaries from wide
fluctuations in market prices of cocoon and raw silk
Sector Year Procurement
Qty.
Tasar 2011-12 162.84
Muga 2011-12 2.907
and provide off-the-shelf supply of essential raw
materials to actual users & manufacturing
exporters of silk goods at steady prices.
Raw Material Bank (RMB) for Tasar at
Chaibasa (Jharkhand) with 4 Sub-depots and for
Muga at Sibsagar (Assam) with 3 Sub-depots
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ensures economic and fair price to the primary
tasar and muga cocoon growers. The details of
procurement and sale of tasar cocoons made by
RMB, Chaibasa and its Sub-depots during the year
2011-12 is given in the table below.
Pre-shipment Inspection
The following are the services rendered by CSB
during the year:
Ø Dispensing compulsory pre-shipment
inspection of natural silk goods, silk
waste and silk pile carpets for 'Silk Mark
label' meant for export and undertaking of
voluntary quality inspection against
payment of service charges and
certification of various Tariff Certificates.
Ø Inspected 66.61 lakh sq. mts of natural
silk products like fabric, scarves stoles,
sarees, ready made garment, ties,
cushion covers etc valued at Rs 467.38
Crore under Voluntary Quality Inspection
schem e and g enerated r ev enue
amounting to Rs. 33.90.Lakh
Ø Issued various Tariff certificates including
Handloom and Handicraft Certificates to
enable foreign importers to avail duty free
or concession duty for the import of
(Unit: Qty. in lakh nos, & Value in lakh Rs)
Sale
Value Qty. Value
111.44 166.07 123.86
2.41 2.907 2.56
natural silk / mixed silk products in their
country under the EXIM Policy and Bi
lateral agreements to EEC countries and
others. Handloom fabrics also enjoys a
special privilege for duty concession at
import destination offered by EEC
Countries.
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Testing Facilities
Silkworm cocoons are transacted on the
subjective assessment and the cocoon price is
purely based on quality offered by the buyer at the
time of purchase. Quality of cocoons is very
important in deciding the performance during
reeling as well as the quality of raw silk.
Assessment of quality of cocoons prior to auction
facilitates fair-trading between the farmers and the
reelers and promotes quality based pricing. The
Cocoon Testing Centres will put quality testing
system in place ensuring quality at different levels
of production process and ensures production of
quality cocoons and raw silk, in turn to quality
products. 27 such centres are dedicated in
extending the services including 7 established
during the year.
CSB has also extended testing services for
analysis of sample Silk swatches, identification of
constituent fibers, percentages etc., during the
period for checking silk quality, physical / chemical
properties and other parameters of testing through
laboratories attached to Certification Centres
(CCs).
CCs also extends it's technical assistance in
identifying Silk Constituent Yarn and percentage of
silk content in silk products as and when
approached by different organizations like
Customs Department, Directorate General of
Foreign Trade Import and Export, DOS and other
Textiles Institutes and Institutions.
Silk Mark Organization of India (SMOI)
Silk Mark Organization of India an initiative of
the Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles
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Govt. of India with its launching of Silk Mark
Scheme under Quality Certification Systems, has
facilitated 2076 Members to reach around 1.44
Crore of Silk Mark labeled products to the market to
help the consumers significantly identifying the
'Pure Silk' mark logo till end of 2011-12 since its
launch. It has familiarized the Silk Mark Logo
vouching for the purity and has created awareness
amongst the general public and customers about
silk and its purity aspects. SMOI has built the
'Brand Equity' of Indian Silk internationally by net-
working and sustained Silk Mark through intensive
publicity, mass communication, participation in the
International Fairs, Buyers/Sellers meet and
Exhibition etc.
It enrolled 301 members registered as
Authorized users of Silk Mark and over 26.00 Lakh
of Silk Mark labelled products reached the market.
SMOI participated in 526 events of exhibitions,
workshops and road shows and conducted several
awareness programmes for consumers and
traders across the country to promote the Silk Mark
during the year 2011-12. It organized 17 Silk Mark
Expos in different cities across India.
T h e s e e x p os p r ov i d e a n e x c e ll e n t
opportunity to common consumers to procure pure
silk products from Authorized users of different silk
clusters of the country under one roof and at the
same time the Authorized Users get a platform to
display and sell their silk products. During the expo
Vanya Silks were also promoted through Vanya
Silk Market Promotion Cell (VSMPC) of the
Central Silk Board.
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Receipts (Grant-in-Aid) for the year 2011 - 12
Grants-in-Aid for the year 2011 - 12:
In accordance with Section 9(1) of Central
Silk Board Act, 1948, the Central Government
released the Grant-in-Aid to the Central Silk Board
during the year 2011-12 for enabling it to exercise
the powers and discharge its functions under the
Act. The details of the Grants-in-Aid released by
the Government of India, Ministry of Textiles, New
Delhi for the financial year 2011 - 12 are as under:

Non-Plan
[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 20624.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.01.31]
Development of Silk Industry - 1800.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.02.31]
Tota l 22424.00

Plan - General
[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 1717.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.01.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.01.35] 2783.00
Development of Silk Industry - 5884.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.02.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.02.35] 9336.00
Catalytic Development Programmes - SC - 420.00
3
Grants –in- Aid – General [09.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [09.00.35] 1680.00
Catalytic Development Programmes – ST 200.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [09.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [09.00.35] 280.00

Total 22300.00

PLAN - NE [ North-eastern Region ] :

[Figures in lakh rupees]
Development of Silk Industry -
1 1633.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.00.35] 5867.00
Administration of Central Silk Board – 1100.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [02.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [02.00.35] 400.00

Total 9000.00

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Grand Total (Non-Plan + Plan + NE)

[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 23441.00
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 3183.00
Development of Silk Industry - 9317.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 15203.00
Catalytic Development Programmes - SC -
3
Grants –in- Aid – General 420.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 1680.00
Catalytic Development Programmes – ST
Grants –in- Aid – General 200.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 280.00

Total 53724.00

Expenditure for the Year 2011 - 12

Expenditure incurred / booked by the Board and its attached units during the financial year
2011 - 12 are as follows:

Non-Plan
[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 20624.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.01.31]
Development of Silk Industry - 1800.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.02.31]
Total 22424.00

Plan - General
[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 1717.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.01.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.01.35] 2783.00
Development of Silk Industry - 5884.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.02.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.02.35] 9336.00
Catalytic Development Programmes - SC - 420.00
3
Grants –in- Aid – General [09.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [09.00.35] 1680.00
Catalytic Development Programmes – ST 200.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [09.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [09.00.35] 280.00

Total 22300.00

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Plan - NE [ North-eastern Region ] :

[Figures in lakh rupees]
Development of Silk Industry -
1 1633.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.00.35] 5867.00
Administration of Central Silk Board – 1100.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [02.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [02.00.35] 400.00
Total 9000.00

Grand Total (Non-Plan + Plan + NE)

[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 23441.00
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 3183.00
Development of Silk Industry - 9317.00
2
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 15203.00
Catalytic Development Programmes - SC -
3
Grants –in- Aid – General 420.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 1680.00
Catalytic Development Programmes – ST
Grants –in- Aid – General 200.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 280.00
Total 53724.00

The amount indicated above for Rs. 537.24 crore
received from GOI as Grants-in-Aid has been
judiciously spent during the year 2011-12 towards
development of sericulture industry of the country,
administration of Central Silk Board and its
network of 300 units for a satisfactory common
effort to bring up the economic status of the rural
poor through sericulture occupation and in turn
facilitating to reach the laid targets.
Loan for the Year 2011-12
No Loan amount was released by the
Ministry of Textiles to Central Silk Board towards
House Building Advance during 2011 - 12.
Looking into the provisions made by Central
Silk Board considering the demand from
sericulture states, to culminate the efforts like
infrastructure development, support services and
administration towards reaching the goal by the
end of co-terminus year of XI Plan, the following
budget estimate requirement of funds for the year
2012-13 has been made to GOI. The details are as
follows:

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Provisions approved by the Ministry of Textiles under BE for the year 2012 - 13 is as under :
Non-Plan
[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 19050.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.01.31]
Development of Silk Industry -
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.02.31] 1900.00
Total 20950.00

Plan - General
[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board –
1 2865.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.01.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.01.35] 1006.00
Grants-in-Aid - Salaries [01.01.36] 300.00
Development of Silk Industry -
2
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.02.31] 3706.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.02.35] 8416.00
Catalytic Development Programmes - SC -
3
Grants –in- Aid – General [09.00.31] 350.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [09.00.35] 1372.00
Catalytic Development Programmes – ST
Grants –in- Aid – General [09.00.31] 180.00
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [09.00.35] 216.00
Total 18411.00

Plan - NE [ North-eastern Region ]

[Figures in lakh rupees]
Administration of Central Silk Board – 1040.00
1
Grants –in- Aid – General [02.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [02.00.35] 379.00
Development of Silk Industry -
2 1300.00
Grants –in- Aid – General [01.00.31]
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - [01.00.35] 4670.00
Total 7389.00

Grand Total (Non- Plan + Plan + NE) [Figures in lakh

Administration of Central Silk Board – rupees]
1 22955.00
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets - 1385.00
Grants-in-Aid - Salaries [01.01.36] 300.00

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Development of Silk Industry -
2
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets -
Catalytic Development Programmes - SC -
3
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets -
Catalytic Development Programmes – ST
Grants –in- Aid – General
Grants towards Creation of Capital Assets -
Total
Against the overall budget estimate of Rs. 467.50
Crore for 2012-13, the Plan allocation is Rs. 258.00
crore considering the demand from states for
implementation of CDP. Under the flagship
programme of CDP, the Plan fund requirement will
be higher, which will be proposed in the submission
of Revised Estimate stage of 2012-13.
INTERNAL AUDIT
Financial accounting is the mirror of
expenditure and guide for budgeting. During the
course of functioning of organization, procedural
mistakes and lapses would disfigure the estimates
thereby deferring the management decisions. The
auditing system thus verifies the accounting
procedural lapses during functioning of centres/
units and suggests remedial measures seeking
justifications for future disciplinary management.
Thus, the audit performance of Central Silk Board
described for 2011-12 is as follows:
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6906.00
13086.00
350.00
1372.00
180.00
216.00
46750.00
The Internal Audit wing of the Central Silk
Board has been formed at Board's Secretariat and
Five Zonal Internal Audit Teams (A to E) at CTRTI
Ranchi, CSRTI-Berhampore, CSRTI-Mysore,
RSRS-Jammu and MSSO, Guwahati to conduct
audit work in different units of the Board. The
Internal Audit Teams have conducted Internal Audit
at 104 delegated units and 64 non-delegated units
during the year 2011-12.
In addition, the Internal Audit had also given
opinion in respect of 26 cases referred on different
service matters during the year 2011-12. Besides,
27 AGs Audit Report pertaining to various units of
CSB had been received and suitable replies were
furnished to the respective Accountant Generals
during the year 2011-12. The Internal Audit also
proposed to develop web based software package
called Audit Management System to computerize
auditing system of the Board and the same will be
introduced during the year 2012-13.
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STATISTICS

SERICULTURE STATISTICS
Raw Silk Production
India is the second largest producer of silk in
the world with all five varieties of silks, namely
Mulberry, Tropical Tasar, Oak Tasar, Eri and Muga.
The annual silk production of the country is about
23060 MT and the foreign exchange earnings from
exports of silk goods is provisionally at Rs. 2285.08
crore. Central Silk Board collects, compiles and
publishes Sericultural Statistics on all aspects of
sericulture industry of the country.
During the year 2011-12, total production of
raw silk from all varieties was 23060 MT indicating
an increase of 13.0% over 2010-11 and the
production of mulberry raw silk 18272 MT also
indicated an increase of 11.7 % over the previous
year. The details of raw silk production in the
country are given in the above table.
Similarly, the production of 1590, 3072 & 126
MT of Vanya silks, viz., tasar, eri and muga
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respectively has also indicated an increase of
36.4% in tasar, 11.3% in eri and 1.6 % in muga over
the previous year 2010-11. The state-wise
mulberry and vanya silk production for 2011-12 are
given in Annexures (a) & (b).
Mulberry area, raw silk production, productivity
of raw silk per hectare and variety-wise Vanya silk
production for the last three years are presented in
graphs 1a, 1b, 1c,1d & 1e and 2a, 2b & 2c.
Silk Prices : Mulberry Sector
Transaction of Raw Silk in Karnataka State
The total quantity of all varieties of mulberry
raw silk, viz., Filature/Cottage Basin, Charka and
Dupion transacted in the silk exchanges of
Karnataka was 1310.38 MT valued at Rs.23558.35
lakh indicating an increase of 26.3 % over the
previous year 2010-11.
Individually, the total quantum of Filature/
Cottage Basin raw silk, Charka raw silk and
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Dupion raw silk transaction in 2011-12, were
1025.61 MT valued at Rs.19,357.32; 212.81 MT
valued at Rs.3,522.612 and 71.96 MT valued at
Rs.678.426 lakh indicating an increase of 35.69%,
9,5% and a decrease of 17.1% respectively in
terms of quantity over the previous year 2010-11.
Bangalore Silk Exchange
This is a largest silk exchange in Karnataka
contributing around 33.4% of the total State's raw
silk transaction. The total quantum of raw silk of
437.54 MT (all varieties) valued at Rs.7706.02 lakh
was transacted during 2011-12 indicating an
increase of 19.8% in quantity and 8.8% in value
terms as compared to the previous year 2010-11.
The variety-wise quantum of raw silk
transacted in all silk exchanges of Karnataka
during the year 2011-12 as compared to the year
2010-11 is given below:

(Qty : MT)
Filature/ Cottage Basin Charka Dupion
Month
2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12
Ap r 61.44 69.48 19.34 13.87 6.43 5.69
May 57.56 81.36 18.20 24.84 7.98 6.50
Jun 55.41 77.33 19.17 20.28 9.51 6.31
Jul 65.63 81.54 16.63 20.14 9.76 8.63
Aug 65.65 78.36 15.80 20.68 7.83 5.84
Sept 55.07 81.88 15.02 23.86 7.83 5.62
Oct 60.34 79.08 14.97 20.62 6.57 6.26
Nov 53.82 83.39 11.48 18.93 7.02 4.81
Dec 63.29 94.62 9.48 13.45 7.645 6.47
Jan 54.21 92.34 11.35 13.20 5.85 6.48
Feb 51.04 95.46 11.22 11.13 4.399 4.54
March 112.38 110.77 31.70 11.81 5.921 4.81
Total 755.84 1025.61 194.35 212.81 86.75 71.96

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Prices of Raw silk

The prices of all varieties of raw silk transacted at Bangalore Silk Exchange during the year 2011-12, as
compared to the year 2010-11 are given below:
(Rs./kg)
Month Filature/ Cottage Basin Charka Dupion
2010-11 2011-12 2010- 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12
11
Ap r 1729 2139 1615 2039 958 1156
May 1750 2000 1664 1814 867 868
Jun 1800 1924 1681 1711 961 762
Jul 1887 1905 1743 1755 942 770
Aug 1970 1993 1838 1790 881 660
Sept 2210 2020 1522 1757 927 704
Oct 2233 1934 2157 1684 956 688
Nov 2248 1897 2166 1627 1138 693
Dec 2545 1894 2538 1677 1171 679
Jan 2735 1909 2524 1573 1387 651
Feb 2707 1965 2601 1595 1460 661
March 2067 1937 1902 1673 1113 635
Wt. Avg Price 2149 1951 2070 1724 1019 751
% Decrease 9.2 16.7 26.3

The above table indicates that, the weighted Ø seasonal variations and fluctuation in
average prices of Filature / Cottage Basin, prices
Charkha and Dupion raw silk have gone down Ø lack of demand, purchasing power of the
during 2011-12 registering a decrease of 9.2, 16.7 reelers and weavers
and 26.3% respectively when compared to the Ø lack of storage facilities
previous year 2010-11. The reasons could be reduction of custom duty on import of raw
Ø
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Transaction of Reeling Cocoons in Karnataka State

Transaction : Quantum of Bivoltine and Cross Breed reeling cocoon transaction in Karnataka markets
during the year 2011-12 along with the comparative figures for the year 2010-11 is given below:
(MT)
2010-2011 2011-2012
Month Imp.CB Bivoltine Others Total Imp.CB Bivoltine Others Total
Hybrids Hybrids
Apr 2833.34 85.99 127.969 3047.30 3762.96 134.72 161.13 4058.82
May 3909.51 73.96 176.289 4159.76 4718.01 138.07 189.49 5045.56
Jun 4008.75 99.45 133.320 4241.51 4953.73 138.68 217.32 5309.73
Jul 4444.65 141.37 145.388 4731.40 4548.70 186.76 188.71 4924.16
Aug 3979.03 168.67 191.468 4339.162 4102.04 211.79 195.83 4509.65
Sept 3740.60 178.88 191.688 4111.16 4212.20 228.07 188.78 4629.05
Oct 4181.89 204.88 138.768 4525.54 4545.79 301.00 182.08 5028.87
Nov 4327.50 213.97 180.196 4721.66 4314.03 277.17 173.19 4764.39
Dec 3256.72 197.66 106.136 3560.52 4120.81 282.42 115.58 4518.81
Jan 3456.78 179.58 88.440 3724.79 3374.58 273.55 116.15 3764.28
Feb 3433.69 182.91 106.239 3722.84 3586.26 261.55 103.76 3951.57
March 4763.16 251.23 133.542 5147.93 4089.67 306.78 121.82 4518.27
Total 46335.6 1978.5 1719.443 50033.6 50328.78 2740.56 1953.82 55023.16

The transaction details of Bivoltine Hybrid cocoons
at Ramanagaram market and Cross Breed reeling
cocoons at Ramanagaram, Siddlaghatta and Kolar
markets in Karnataka for the years 2011-12 and
2010-11 are depicted in graphs 3a & 3b.
Prices
The comparative study of prices of Bivoltine
Hybrid Reeling cocoons (CSR) at Ramanagaram
market and Improved Cross Breed Reeling
cocoons at Ramanagaram, Siddlaghatta & Kolar
markets of Karnataka State during 2011-12
indicated that the prices of all varieties of cocoons
have come down, which may be due to large inflow
of cocoons into the markets, when compared to
2010-11 – more quantity less demand.
The prices of Bivoltine Hybrid cocoons
(CSR) at Ramanagaram and improved Cross
Breed reeling cocoons at Siddlaghatta markets are
also shown in graphs 4a & 4b respectively.

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Bivoltine Improved Cross Breed

Ramanagaram Ramanagaram Siddlaghatta Kolar
Month
Unit: Rs./kg
2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12
Apr 223 269 185 220 200 245 187 234
May 249 233 197 174 223 209 185 205
Jun 249 242 198 170 219 184 204 170
Jul 245 202 193 168 211 191 188 175
Aug 271 228 217 178 221 197 213 188
Sept 279 224 226 184 259 198 230 185
Oct 275 191 234 169 259 181 240 176
Nov 254 207 211 178 227 182 212 164
Dec 362 204 309 181 304 190 278 164
Jan 380 232 320 195 317 203 301 186
Feb 369 236 306 195 308 209 303 193
March 268 242 228 204 245 215 238 204
Wt. avg
285 226 235 185 249 200 232 186
Price
%
20.7 21.3 19.7 19.6
Decrease

Vanya Silk
Prices of vanya cocoons and raw silk viz., tasar, eri and muga in important markets of vanya
silk producing states for the year 2011-12, along wi th comparative figures of 2010-11, is given
below:
Unit: Rs ./kg
Variety 2010-11 2011-12
A) TASAR - Champa Market, (Chhattisgarh)
i. Reeling Cocoon (1000'nos)
a) Raily 2200-2800 2200-2800
b) Daba 1050-1150 1000-1500

ii. Reeled Yarn 2200-2400 2000-2050

iii) Ghicha Yarn 1500-1600 1300-1600
B) ERI ( Guwahati)
i. Cut Cocoons 400-480 450-600
ii. Spun Yarn 900-1200 1200-1300
C)MUGA (Guwahati)
i. Reeling Cocoon (1000'nos) 900-1200 1200-1500
ii. Silk Yarn 6500-8000 8000-9000

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Imported Prices of Chinese Raw Silk

Landed and sale Prices of imported Chinese Mulberry Raw Silk during the year 2011-12,
compared to 2010-11, in US $ are given below:
2010-11 2011-12
Unit: US$/kg
Month
Landed price* Sale price** Landed price* Sale price**
Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
April 34.00 34.00 44.65 44.65 53.00 53.00 55.43 56.33
May 35.00 35.00 45.16 45.60 54.00 54.00 58.60 58.60
June 35.00 35.00 45.65 46.95 54.00 54.00 57.16 57.16
July 35.00 35.00 49.08 51.66 NA 56.33 56.33
August N.A 52.92 54.90 NA 51.93 52.38
September 46.00 46.00 54.55 57.55 45.80 45.80 48.81 50.23
October 46.00 46.00 55.51 57.87 NA 46.70 48.22
November 47.00 47.00 60.67 66.52 45.80 45.80 45.73 46.71
December 49.00 49.00 64.23 66.45 NA 45.57 46.52
January 50.00 50.00 64.35 65.75 NA 45.76 47.71
February 50.00 50.00 62.99 65.23 NA 46.78 47.80
March 53.00 53.00 55.02 55.96 NA 46.70 48.48
* Landed prices (Source: M/s Shah Trading Co., Mumbai)
** Sale prices which include duty (Source: Varanasi Market)
Silk-Goods Exports and Imports
Exports
The export of 476.85 million US$ (Rs. 2285.08 crore) has been achieved during the year
2011-12 as compared to 2010-11 which was 628.57 Million US$ (Rs.2863.76 crore). The provisional
data of silk-goods exports earnings for the year 2011-12 compared to 2010-11 as per the source
data (DGCIS, Kolkata) is given below:

EXPORT EARNINGS OF SILK ITEMS

(Value: crore Rs./Mn.US $)
Itemwise APRIL TO MARCH % Increase / Decrease
Export
2011-12 (P) 2010-11
Crore Rs. Mn. US $ Crore Rs. M n. US $ Crore Rs. Mn. US $
Natural Silk
Yarn, Fabrics, 949.02 198.04 2123.21 466.03 -55.30 -57.50
Madeups
Readymade
1267.08 264.42 683.31 149.98 85.43 76.30
Garments
Silk Carpet 19.21 4.01 21.10 4.63 -8.96 -13.44
Silkwaste 49.77 10.39 36.14 7.93 37.71 30.93
TOTAL 2285.08 476.85 2863. 76 628.57 -20.21 -24.14
(P) – Provisional

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The previous table indicates that exports of silk goods
during 2011-12 showed a decrease of 20.21%
(Rs. 2285.08 crore) when compared to 2010-
11(Graph - 5a).
Imports
The import of raw silk into the country during
the year 2011-12, was 5673 MT compared to imports
of 5820 MT during 2010-11, indicating a decrease of
2.53% (i.e., 147 MT).
The provisional data shows import of raw silk
during the year 2011-12 was 5673 MT compared to
imports of 5820 MT during 2010-11, indicating a
decrease of 2.53% (i.e., 147 MT). It is observed that
5159 MT (90.94%) of raw silk out of 5673 imported
during the year 2011-12 was from China Peoples
Republic only (Graph-5b). The country wise raw silk
imported during the year 2011-12 compared to 2010-
11 is given below:

IMPORT OF RAW SILK INTO THE COUNTRY

(Value: Crore Rs/ Mn.US $)
Country APRIL TO MARCH
2011-12 (P) 2010-11
Qty VALUE Qty VALUE
(M.T) Crore Rs. Mn. US $ (M.T) Crore Rs. Mn. US $
China P.Rep 5159 1024.79 213.85 5539 896.55 196.78
Uzbekistan 80 6.96 1.45 131 10.09 2.21
USA 51 9.71 2.03 10 1.94 0.43
Korea RP 44 9.80 2.05 2 0.34 0.07
Thailand 30 6.56 1.37 19 2.93 0.64
Others 309 54.16 11.30 119 15.74 3.45
Total 5673 1111.98 232.05 5820 927.59 203.60
Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata. P: Provisional data

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Annexure - b
STATE-WISE VANYA RAW SILK PRODUCTION
Unit : MT
Sl. States 2010-11 2011-12
No. Tropical Tasar (A)
1 Andhra Pradesh 4.00 1.33
2 Bihar 30.00 29.37
3 Chhattisgarh 168.00 293.78
4 Jharkhand 766.00 1025.24
5 Madhya Pradesh 58.00 79.20
6 Maharashtra 9.00 12.35
7 Odisha 78.00 89.70
8 Uttar Pradesh 9.00 10.80
9 West Bengal 41.00 43.96
Total 1163 1586
Oak Tasar (B)
1 Arunachal Pradesh 0.10 0.34
2 Manipur 2.00 2.45
3 Mizoram 0.40 0.93
4 Nagaland 0.30 0.06
5 Jammu & Kashmir 0.10 –
6 Uttarakhand 0.10 –
Total 3.00 3.78
Total (A+B) 1166 1590
Eri
1 Andhra pradesh 5.00 6.5
2 Arunachal Pradesh 16.00 13.5
3 Assam 1714.00 1976.0
4 Bihar 5.00 3.9
5 Chhattisgarh 3.00 0.3
6 Jharkhand 0.00 -
7 Madhya Pradesh 4.50 1.7
8 Manipur 222.00 240.0
9 Meghalaya 480.00 550.0
10 Mizoram 6.50 7.2
11 Nagaland 280.00 240.3
12 Odisha 5.00 3.8
13 Punjab 0.50 1.0
14 Sikkim 1.00 0.8
15 Uttar Pradesh 8.00 15.4
16 Uttarakhand 0.50 -
17 West Bengal 9.00 11.6
Total 2760 3072

Contd.

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Sl. States 2010-11 2011-12

No. Muga
1 Arunachal Pradesh 1.20 1.60
2 Assam 117.00 118.76
3 Manipur 0.50 0.50
4 Meghalaya 3.25 3.31
5 Mizoram 0.40 1.17
6 Nagaland 1.40 0.66
7 West Bengal 0.25 0.23
Total 124 126
TOTAL VANYA RAW SILK 4050 4788

Source : as reported by DOSs of States

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Fig.1a: Mulberry Plantation in the Country

1.81

Year

Fig.1b: Production of Mulberry Raw Silk

18272

Year

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 Fig.1c: Production of Bivoltine Raw Silk

Year

Fig.1d: Productivity of Mulberry Reeling Cocoon kg/ha

Productivity (kg/ha)

Year

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 Fig.1e: Productivity of Mulberry Raw Silk kg/ha

Year

Fig.2a: Production of Tasar Raw Silk

MT

Year

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Fig.2b: Production of Eri Spun Silk

Year

Fig.2c: Production of Muga Raw Silk

Year

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 Fig.3a: Quantum Transaction at Major Market
(Ramanagaram) of CSR hybrid Cocoons in Karnataka

Year

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

Fig.3b: Quantum Transaction at Major Markets of

Crossbreed Cocoons in Karnataka

Year

Ramanagaram Siddalaghatta Kolar

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 Fig.4a: Average Prices of Bivoltine (CSR) Cocoons at
Ramanagaram Market
Prices (Rs./Kg)

Months

Fig.4b: Average Prices of Improved Cross Breed Cocoons at

Ramanagaram Market
Prices (Rs./Kg)

Months

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 Fig.4c: Average Prices of Improved Cross Breed
Cocoons at Siddlagatta Market
Prices (Rs./Kg)

Months

Fig.5a: Export Earnings of Silk Items

Year
P : Provisional

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Annexure - I
CENTRAL SILK BOARD
BANGALORE – 560 068
COMPOSITION OF BOARD MEMBERS AS ON 31.03.2012

I UNDER SECTION 4(3)(a) – 7. Shri P.C.Mohan, M.P.(Lok Sabha)

rd
Off : 3 Floor, Podium Block,
1. Chairman – Vacant
Dr.Vishveshwaraiah Centre,
II UNDER SECTION 4(3)(b) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Veedhi,
BANGALORE 560 001, KARNATAKA
2. Ms Monika S Garg, IAS th
Res : # 657, 11 Cross,
Joint Secretary (Silk), & th
7 Block Jayanagar, Bangalore–560 082.
Vice-Chairman, CSB,
Ministry of Textiles, Govt.of India, 8. Shri E.G.Sugavanam, M.P., (Lok Sabha),
“Udyog Bhavan” Off : # 119, South Avenue,
NEW DELHI – 110 011 New Delhi – 110 001.
Res : # 173/128-B, Krishnagiri Main Road,
3. Ms. Ishita Roy, IAS, Barugur – 635 104.
Member Secretary, Krishnagiri District, TAMIL NADU
Central Silk Board, BTM Layout,
9. Shri K.B.Shanappa, M.P. (Rajya Sabha)
Madiwala, Bangalore – 560 068.
NEW DELHI – 110 001.
KARNATAKA
Res : “Gudi Smruthi” # 105/9,
4. Ms.Shamsher Kaur Opp.N.V.School, Brahmpur,
Chief Controller of Accounts, Gulbarga–585103, KARNATAKA
Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
10. Shri Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, M.P., (Rajya Sabha),
Room No.172, Udyog Bhavan,
Off : 190, South Avenue, New Delhi 110 011.
NEW DELHI – 110 017
Res : Thana Road, P.O. Dist. Lohardaga,
III UNDER SECTION 4(3)(c) Jharkhand – 835 302 JHARKHAND

5. Shri N.S.V.Chitthan, M.P. (Lok Sabha) IV. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(d)

Off : C-1/10, Tilak Lane,
11. Ms.Vanditha Sharma, IAS
New Delhi – 110 011.
Principal Secretary to Government,
Res : # 34, Indira Gandhi Street, Horticulture Department,
Jawahar Nagar, Thirumangalam – 625 706 Room No.404, 3
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Madurai District (TAMIL NADU) Gate, M.S.Building,

6. Shri R.Dhruvanarayana, M.P. (Lok Sabha) Bangalore – 560 001. KARNATAKA
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Off : Room No.220, 2 Floor, District 12. Dr.N.Nagambika Devi, IAS,
Office Complex, Chamarajanagar – 571 Commissioner for Sericulture
rd
313, Karnataka Res : # 211, 3 Stage, Govt. of Karnataka,
th
9 Cross, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi, MS Building,
Gokulam, Mysore–570 002, KARNATAKA Bangalore – 560 001,KARNATAKA.
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13. Shri K.M.Somashekar
S/o (Late) Subbanna (Marappa),
Kadajetti Grama, Hosakadajetti Post,
Nanjangud Taluk, Mysore District,
KARNATAKA
14. Shri T.N.Narasimhaiah
S/o Narasappa, Ex-President,
Taluk Panchayat, Talemarada Halli,
Ponnasamudra Post – 561 202,
Pavagada Taluk, Tumkur District,
KARNATAKA
15. Shri Chinnapara Narayana Swamy
Bin Ramaiah
Chinnapara Grama, Kamadena Halli,
Kolar District, KARNATANA
V. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(e)
16. Shri C.V.Shankar, IAS,
Principal Secretary to Govt.,
Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles &
Khadi Department,
Govt. of Tamil Nadu,
Secretariat, Fort St.George,
Chennai – 600 009, TAMIL NADU.
VI. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(f)
17. Shri P.Bhattacharya, IAS
Director of Textiles, Micro & Small Scale
Enterprises & Textile Department,
Government of West Bengal,
Writers Building,
Kolkata – 700 001, WEST BENGAL
18. Shri Basudev Acharya, M.P., (Lok Sabha),
Off : 21, Ashoka Road, New Delhi
Res : Village Kantaranguni, P.O. Adra,
Dist. Purulia - 723 101,
WEST BENGAL
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V. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(g)
19. Smt.C.S.Ramalakshmi, IFS,
Commissioner of Sericulture,
Government of Andhra Pradesh,
Road No.72, Prasasan Nagar,
Adjacent to Water Tank, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad – 500 033,
ANDHRA PRADESH.
20. Shri Sanjeeb Kumar Gogoi, ACS
Director of Sericultue,
Government of Assam,
Near Reseach Gate,
P.O. Khanapara, Gauwahati – 781 022
ASSAM
21. Shri Premkumar Jha, IAS,
Director of Handloom & Sericulture,
Department of Industries,
Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhavan,
Patna – 800 013, BIHAR.
22. Shri Ramesh Kumar, IAS,
Secretary to Government of Chattisgarh,
Rural Industries Department,
Sanakhan Bhavan, Telibandha,
Ring Road No.1, Raipur – 492 006,
MADHYA PRADESH.
23. Shri P.L.Darbar IAS,
Commissioner & Secretary,
Cottage & Rural Industries,
Govt. of Gujarat, 7/1, Udyog Bhavan,
Sector-11, Gandhi Nagar – 382 001,
GUJARAT
24. Shri Dhirendra Kumar,
Special Secretary – cum - Director,
Handlooms, Sericulture & Handicrafts,
Department of Industries,
Govt. of Jharkhand,
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Nepal House Secretariat, 3 Floor, Doranda,
Ranchi – 834 002, JHARKHAND.
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25. Shri S.D.Pateriya, IFS 34. Shri.G.Eagappan,

Director of Sericulture, Government No.105, Chinnathambi Street,
of Madhya Pradesh Lower Kosapet, Perumalpettai,
Basement, Satpura Bhawan, Chennai-600 013,
Bhopal – 462 004,
TAMIL NADU.
MADHYA PRADESH.
35. Shri.T.V.Satheesh Kumar,
26. Vacant
No.19 G-2, Chetty Street,
27. Vacant Ayanavaram, Chennai-600 023,
VI. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(h) TAMIL NADU.

28. Shri Dhanbir Singh 36. Shri.Ma. Pa. Anbudurai,

Director, Sericulture Development Old No.42, New No.5, M.A.Garden,
Department, Government of J & K, Pillayar Koil Street, Teynampet,
Civil Secretariat, Jammu – 180 001 Chennai-600 018,
JAMMU & KASHMIR TAMIL NADU.

VII. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(i) 37. Shri. A R P M Kamaraj,

No.28, Kajadi Begam Street,
29. Smt.Arti Ahuja, IAS,
Royapet, Chennai-600 014,
Commissioner-cum-Secretary,
Textiles & Handloom Department, TAMIL NADU.
Government of Odisha, 38. Shri.S.Madan Mohan,
Bhubaneshwar, ODISHA,
No.4, 34/3, Krishnappa Chetty Street,
30. Shri R.R.Bang Chintharipet, Chennai-600 014,
Director of Sericulture & Weaving, TAMIL NADU.
Government of Meghalaya, Shillong
MEGHALAYA 39. Shri.N.Ramalingam,
No.27, A Block, MMDA Colony,
31. Shri J.S.Rana, IAS, Arumbakkam, Chennai- 600106,
Commissioner, Industries Department, TAMIL NADU.
Govt. of Himachal Pradesh,
Udyog Bhavan, Bemloi, Shimla-171 001, PERMANENT INVITEES
HIMACHAL PRADESH.
1. The Textile commissioner,
VII. UNDER SECTION 4(3)(j) Ministry of Textile, Govt. of India
New CGO building, # 48, New Marine Line,
32. Shri M.Manoharan
P.B.No. 11500. Mumbai – 400 020
4/32 Dr.Ambedkar Street,
MAHARASHTRA
Palavakkam, Chennai-41,
TAMIL NADU. 2. The Chairman,
33. Shri. A. Manivelan, Indian Silk Export Promotion Council
No.30, Thiyagaraya Pillai Street, # 62, Mittal Chambers, Nariman Point,
Seven Wells, Chennai-600001, Mumbai– 400 021.
TAMIL NADU. MAHARASHTRA
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88 ORGANIZATION CHART OF CENTRAL SILK BOARD
CHAIRMAN

SMT. MONIKA. S. GARG

VICE CHAIRPERSON

SMT. ISHITA ROY

MEMBER SECRETARY

DR. B. SARATCHNDRA DR. B. B. DR. V. DR. S.M.H. DR. ARINDAM BASU DR. K.A. DR. R.K.
DIRECTOR BINDROO SIVAPRASAD QADRI DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR CSTRI SAHAF RAJAN
BOARDS SECRETARIAT DIRECTOR CSRTI DIRECTOR NSSO CSRTI MYSORE CTRTI BANGALORE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
BANGALORE BERHAMPORE BANGALORE (KARNATAKA) RANCHI (KARNATAKA) CSRTI PAMPORE CMERTI
(KARN ATAKA) (WEST BENGAL) (KARNATAKA) (JHARKHAND) (JAMMU & KASHMIR) LAHDOIGARH
(ASSAM)

RO/CC.........................12
RSRS .............................4 ZSSO .............................2 RSRS .............................4 RTRS .............................8 SCTH .............................6 RSRS .............................2 RMRS .............................1
PO, KISHAN
REC .............................12 FARM ...........................20 SSBS .............................1 REC ..............................13 DCTSCS ........................9 REC ..............................13 RERS .............................2
GANJ ......1 ...................1
CRC ...........
SUB UNIT .....................2 SSPC ...........................21 REC ..............................18 P4 STATION ..................3 TTL ................................1 SUB UNIT ......................6 REC ................................2
CDC ..............................3 FARM ............................1 SSE .............................33 SUB UNIT ....................11 CPP ................................1 ZONAL OFFICE ............1 FARM ............................1 M-REC ...........................3
RMB ..............................1
SCPC ............................3 FARM ............................1 RSTRS ...........................1 STS ...............................1 SUB UNIT ......................1
SUB
SSTL .............................1 CDC ...............................3 CTCS .............................2 CDC ...............................1 ERI REC ........................2
DEPOT........
MRMB .................4
...................1
CSP ...............................3 CPC ...............................2 RSTS .............................2 FIELD LAB .....................1
SUB-DEPOT .................1 SSU ..............................30
SMOI .............................3

MS. P.V. LEELA

BSMTC Basic Seed Multiplication & Training Centre REC Research Extension Centre DR. P. JAYAPRAKASH
DIRECTOR (FINANCE)
BTSSO Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization RERS Regional Eri Research Station SCIENTIST-D
BOARDS SECRETARIAT
CSGRC Central Sericultural Ger mplas m Resource Centre RMB Raw Material Bank MSSO, GUWAHATI
BANGALORE
CMERTI Central Muga Research Training Institute RMRS Regional Muga Research Station (ASSAM)
(KARN ATAKA)
CC Certification Centre RO Regional Office
CDC Cluster Development Centre RSRS Regional Sericultural Research Station
CPC Cluster Promotion Centre RSTC Raw Silk Testing Centre
CSP Cold Storage Plant RTRS Regional Tasar Research Station FARM ............................8
DIRECTOR SBRL Seribiotech Research Laboratory MUGA SSPC .................1
CSRTI Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute
SBRL, BA NGALORE ESSPC ..........................5
CTC Cocoon Testing Centre SCPC Seed Cocoon Procure ment Centre
(KARN ATAKA)
CTRTI Central Tasar Research & Training Institute SCTH Silk Conditioning & Testing House
DCTSC Demonstration cum Technical Service Centre SSPC Silkworm Seed Production Centre
SSC Sericulture Service Centre SSTL Silkworm Seed Technological Laboratory
MRMB Muga Raw Material Bank ZSSO Zonal Silkworm Seed Organization
DR. A. MANJULA MSSO Muga Silkworm Seed Organization TTL Textile Testing Laboratory DR. D. CHAKRAVORTY
DIRECTOR NSSO National Silkworm Seed Organization SSU Sericulture Service Unity SCIENTIST-D
CSGRC, HOSUR SMOI Silk Mark Organization of India BTSSO, BILASPUR
(TAMIL NADU) (CHHATTISHGARH)

CTSSS ..........................1
BSMTC .......................21
FIELD UNIT ..................1
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ABBREVIATIONS
AICEM All India Co-ordinated Experimental Trials for Mulberry
BSMTC Basic Seed Multiplication & Training Centre
BTSSO Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization
CBR Cost benefit ratio
CC CDP Certification Centre
CISR Catalytic Development Programme
CMR & TI Centre for Integrated Sericulture Research
CRC Central Muga Research Training Institute
CSGRC Chawkie Rearing Centre
CSRTI Central Sericultural Germplasm Resource Centre
CST & RI Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute
CTR & TI Central Silk Technological Research Institute
CTSSS Central Tasar Research & Training Institute
DCTSC Central Tasar Silkworm Seed Station
DFL Demonstration cum Technical Service Centre
DGAD Disease Free Laying
ERR Director General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties
ESSPC Effective Rearing Rate
GEC Eri Silkworm Seed Production Centre
IIFS Grainage Extension Centre
IINM Intensive Integrated Farming Management
IVLP Intensive Integrated Nutrient Management
JBIC Institute Village Linked Programme
JICA Japanese Bank for International Co-operation
KSSR & DI Japanese International Co-operation Agency
MRMB Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute
MSSO Muga Raw Material Bank
MT Muga Silkworm Seed Organization
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NCDEX National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange Ltd.,

NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NHDC National Handloom Development Corporation
NSSO National Silkworm Seed Organization
ORP Operational Research Project
PTD Participatory Technology Demonstration
R&D Research and Development
REC Research Extension Centre
RERS Regional Eri Research Station
RMB Raw Material Bank
RMRS Regional Muga Research Station
RO Regional Office
RSRS Regional Sericultural Research Station
RTRS Regional Tasar Research Station
SBRL Seribiotech Research Laboratory
SCPC Seed Cocoon Procurement Centre
SCTH Silk Conditioning & Testing House
SMOI Silk Mark Organization of India
SSPC Silkworm Seed Production Centre
SSTL Silkworm Seed Technological Laboratory
STS Sericulture Training School
TAR Technology Assessment and Refinement
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
ZSSPO Zonal Silkworm Seed Project Office

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