Action Plan - Central Silk Board

• Design has been completed for fine tuning of mechanical lifting mechanism of
jacquards to suit pit loom.
• Under Product Development / Product Launching Programme gents shawl using
2/40s peduncle yarn, ladies shawl using 2/40s peduncle yarn, fabrics made from eri
spun yarn, furnishing fabrics from mill spun peduncle yarn , tasar saree produced
on power-loom using wet reeled tasar yarn, Solapur chadars, Aurangabad chadars,
Eri napkins, Imroo shawls, Prayer mats.
Training and testing activities
887 candidates were trained on post cocoon activities under various training programmes
and 1,89,461 lots (cocoon, raw silk, fabric, water, etc.) were tested for physical, chemical
and ecological parameters. One Trainers Training Programme (TTP) for CSTRI Scientists
and Technical staff was also conducted for 24 persons.
Decisions
Validation trials should be completed quickly and technologies should be fine tuned
Development of automation system retrofitting to CSTRI multiend reeling machine
should be completed within 6 months by collaborating with industry units.
Compile and come out with conclusive results on Tasar reeling machine. Develop a
suitable Tasar reeling machine by the end of June 2012.
Crispness of collar, release of fragrance, comfort etc., should be studied.
Work out on sericin utilization in pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other allied fields.
Diversification in the eri product areas
Explore the possibility of diversifying eri silk for commercial items like bridal shoe
etc.
CSTRI should grow as a centre of excellence
Develop Eri green cocoon cutting machine
Take up studies related to mulberry silkworm pupa drying and disposal
In order to attract more trainees and effective dissemination of technologies, the
training course fee may be reduced
NSSO Bangalore
• A total of 118.14 lakh bivoltine hybrids and 162.52 lakh cross breed layings were
produced till the end of February, 2012.
• The egg recovery was 67.44 g/kg of cocoon in CSR Hybrids against the bench
mark of 60-65 gram/kg seed cocoon in south zone and 55.0 g/kg cocoons against
50 g in North zone; and in cross breeds, it was 30.36% laying recovery against the
bench mark of 28% in south Zone.
• Under basic seed production programme, 7.30 lakh bivoltine and 2.59
lakh multivoltine layings have been produced.
• Generated 686.02 lakh bivoltine and 253.96 lakh multivoltine seed cocoons. A total
of 100.93 lakh bivoltine hybrids and 162.92 lakh cross breed layings were
distributed through SSCs, SSUs and Franchisee CRCs.
• 100.61 lakh seed cocoon were supplied to the SSPCs, LSPs & DOS of West
Bengal and DOS, UP.
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