Silk Board keen on pvt. sector initiative to promote eri silk

摘要

The government-owned Central Silk Board (CSB), the apex body of the Indian silk industry, has taken major drive to promote eri silk in north and non-traditional sourthern parts of the country. The CSB has been encouraging establishment of spun silk mills in the private sector under the Cataivtk Development Programme (CDP) to covert en cocoons into mill spun yarn, a CSB official said.