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Suman Das *, Mrinal Ray Ashmita Ghosh and Gangesh B. Singh

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Department of Handloom Handirafts and Sericulture, Sericulture Training Institute, Tripura, India
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Department of Sericulture, Raiganj University, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, 733134, West Bengal, India
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Scientist D, Central Silk Board, R.E.C., Agartala, Tripura, India
*Email: suman.agribiotech@gmail.com
2. assam
Introduction
 India, the second largest producer of silk after China, enjoys a unique Table 4: Beneficiary Covered Under the Project

global position in terms of production of all commercially useful varieties 4. Manipur

of silk. Table 5: Cocoon Production & Productivity Under the Project

 The Indian silk industry is one of the largest generators of employment Table 6: Raw Silk Production (MT) Under the Project
Table 13: Raw Silk Target and achievement Table 14: Raw Silk Target and achievement for
for NERTPS funded Project as per Project NERTPS funded Project as per Project Report
(MT) (Eri)
and foreign exchange for the country.
Report (MT) (Mulberry)

 Provides livelihood opportunity to millions owing to high employment

oriented, low capital intensive and remunerative nature of its production.

 The North Eastern Region of India is endowed with unique agro-climatic

conditions suitable for practicing all the four sectors of sericulture,
namely mulberry, eri, muga and tasar contributing about 21% of the to-
tal silk production in the country.

 With the prime objective of promoting the first three major sectors in the
Region, the Government of India introduced Integrated Sericulture De- 5. Meghalaya
velopment Project (ISDP) under the North East Region Textile Promo-
tion Scheme (NERTPS) for implementation during 2014-15 to 2018-19.
Table 15: Consumption of dfls (Nos. in lakh) Table 16: Cocoon production
3. Bodoland Territorial
Objective Autonomous Districts
(BTAD) Table 17: Raw Silk Production (T)
 To assess component-wise impacts, issues, etc.
Table 7: Beneficiary Covered Under the Project

 To evaluate present status of the project, monitoring mechanism, etc. Table 8: Cocoon production

 To assess the impact of NERTPS on beneficiaries. Table 9: Raw Silk Production (MT) Under the
Project Table 10: Cocoon Productivity

Methodology
 Sample-based survey Table 11: Cocoon Production & Productivity Under the Project

 Desk review – Component-wise analysis 6. Mizoram

 Field study
Table 17: Beneficiaries Covered under the

 Discussions with State Government Officials & other Stakeholders scheme

 Literature Review Table 18: Cocoon production (Kg. /Acre)

Result
Pre– During Pro-
Project
ject Table 20: Cocoon productivity (Kg/100dfl)
40000
Average Cocoon Production 34000
40000 Raw Silk Production (Kg/Acre)
35000 (No./Acre) 32760
35000 32760 34000
2014- 2015- 2016-
30000
25420 30000 25420 15 16 17
25000 25000
11200 20000 22000
20000 20000
Table 21: Raw silk production (Estimated)
13870 15000
13870 Table 19: Annual family income (Rs/
15000
Acre) (Kg./Acre)
10000 10000
5000
5000

0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
0
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
7. Nagaland

Picture 2: Mulberry Plantation Picture 3: Cocoons

4. Manipur

Table 11: Raw Silk Target and achievement for

Table 12: Raw Silk Target and achievement for NERTPS
NERTPS funded Project as per Project Report funded Project as per Project Report (MT) (Eri)
Table 1: The State / Territory-wise break-up of the Sectors (Source: CSB) (MT) (Mulberry)

8. tripura
Picture 4: Cocoons Picture 5: Inside her rearing house with racks and trays

1. ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Table 22: Production of dfls and Cocoon in the area Table 23: Raw Silk Production (T)

Table 24: Average Income (Rs/ acre)

Conclusion
 It was observed during the Study that the implemen- Table 25: dfl consumption (No./ acre) Table 26: Cocoon production (Kg/ acre)

tation of ISDP Projects have benefitted new as well

as existing sericulturists of all the three sectors cov-
Table 2: State-wise Project cost (in Crore), GOI share and fund released as on
30 January 2018 (Source: CSB) ered under NERTPS, namely, Mulberry, Eri and Table 27: Cocoon productivity (Kg/100 dfl) Table 28: Raw Silk Production (Estimated): (Kg/

Muga in all the implementing States of the Region.

Picture 1: Interaction with beneficiaries
 A significant increase in dfl consumption, cocoon
production, estimated raw silk production and an in-
crease in income from sericulture and its share in the
total annual family income.
 Concerted efforts are required for improving the
static productivity in all the sectors, more particu-
larly in Eri and Muga.
Picture 6: Rearing of Mulberry silkworm
Picture 7: Mulberry Plantation
Table 3: Cocoon Production & Productivity Under the Project