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Strive to achieve economic self-sustenance, silk farmers told
Central Silk Board Chairman Hanumantarayappa has called upon silk farmers to achieve economic self-reliance availing the support being extended to them by the Central Silk Board.
Pithapuram: Central Silk Board Chairman Hanumantarayappa has called upon silk farmers to achieve economic self-reliance availing the support being extended to them by the Central Silk Board.
He participated as chief guest at the Silk Farmers’ Sammelan held here on Thursday under the joint aegis of Central Silk Board of the Union Ministry of Textiles, Regional Silk Research Station, Anantapur and Andhra Pradesh Sericulture Department. Pithapuram MLA NVSN Varma presided over the meeting.
Lighting a lamp mark the inauguration of the Sammelan, Hanumantharayappa has said rearing silk cocoons yields constant income to the farmer. The sericulture department is providing machinery on subsidy to silk farmers and handloom weavers.
He assured all kinds of support to the silk farmers from the Central Silk Board and the Government is ready to promote silk industry in the country. He called upon the farmers to cooperate with them so that he would be able to live up to the expectations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani.
He said the farmers and women would be provided training in modern methods of silk reeling. Quality silk yarn can be produced with the help of the automatic silk reeling machine and multi-end machine.
