POLICY NOTE 2013 - 2014 INDEX S. PAGE DEPARTMENTS No No 1 Department Of Sericulture 1 – 32 Tamil Nadu Handicrafts 2 Development Corporation Limited 33 – 51 “Poompuhar” Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village 3 52 – 73 Industries Board Tamil Nadu Palm Products 4 74 –78 Development Board Department of Sericulture Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation “Poompuhar” INDEX INDEX S. PAGE SUBJECTS No No S. PAGE SUBJECTS No No 1 Introduction 1-8 1 Preamble 33 2 Forward and Backward Linkages 9-21 2 Main Objectives 34 3 Commercial Activities 35 – 40 Strategies adopted to strengthen 3 22 pre-cocoon sector 4 Financial Performance 40 Strategies adopted to strengthen 4 23 5 Production 40 – 44 post cocoon sector 6 Special Projects 44 –46 5 Mulberry cultivation in Tamil Nadu 24-26 7 Important Ongoing Schemes 46 – 47 Proposed Schemes Under Part-II 8 48 6 Achievements 26-27 for the year 2013-2014 9 Awards to Master Craftsmen 48 – 51 7 Financial Allocation 27 10 Conclusion 51 New Schemes for the year 8 28-31 2013-2014 Budget provision for the year 9 32 2013-2014 Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village DEPARTMENT OF SERICULTURE Industries Board INTRODUCTION INDEX Silk is the most elegant textile in the world with S. PAGE SUBJECTS No No unparalleled grandeur, natural sheen and has inherent Preamble 52 - 53 affinity for dyes, light weight and soft touch. Because of these unique qualities, silk has fascinated the people 1 Khadi 53 –56 continuously over millennia. Hence it is known as the Welfare measures for Khadi 2 56 –59 Spinners and Weavers ‘Queen of Textiles’ all over the world. 3 Village Industries 59 –66 1.1. It is essential to produce international quality of 4 Marketing 66 – 68 bivoltine silk on commercial scale to curtail import of Prime Minister Employment 5 68 - 69 bivoltine silk in India. In view of this, intensive efforts Generation Programme have been made by the Central Silk Board, Ministry of 6 Production and Sales 69 - 70 Textiles, Government of India, through various Financial Assistance from 7 70 – 72 Government programmes in the country. By implementing such 8 Redeployment 72 - 73 programmes effectively, Tamil Nadu has emerged as an important bivoltine silk producing State. 9 Restructuring of the Board 73 Tamilnadu Palm Products 1.2. The bivoltine silk production in Tamil Nadu has 10 74 – 78 Development Board increased from 27 Metric Ton in 2002-2003 to 592 Metric Ton in 2011-2012. With this, Tamil Nadu stands first in the bivoltine silk production in the country, surpassing Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Tamil Nadu is also maintaining its lead in the country in the implementation Except in Chennai, mulberry sericulture is of Cluster Promotion Programme, for the promotion of practiced in all the 31 districts of Tamil Nadu. bivoltine silk. Particularly, it is extensively practiced in the districts of The Central Silk Board has lauded this Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, achievement of Tamil Nadu State and has expressed its Tiruppur, Vellore, Namakkal, Dindigul, Tirunelveli & wishes that, such success should be replicated in the Theni. On a moderate scale, it is taken up in the districts other States too, for taking the Indian Silk Industry to of Thiruvannamalai, Villuppuram, Cuddalore, new heights. Tiruchirapalli, Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Nilgiris, 1.3. Prior to State Re-organisation on linguistic basis Virudhunagar and Kanyakumari. Sericulture is prevalent in 1956, Sericulture was practiced in limited pockets of in the rest of the districts on a limited scale. Talavadi and Hosur. After the reorganisation, the 1.4. Traditionally Tamil Nadu is known for its artfully development of improved silkworm cross-breeds and the designed colourful and attractive silk handloom sarees of resultant higher cocoon yield led to the spread of Kanchipuram, Kumbakonam, Arani, Rasipuram and silk sericulture to other districts. Encouraged by the impact dhotis of Salem and other places. of “Intensive Sericulture Development Programme” and its potential to generate employment and periodic The silk sarees of Kanchipuram, Arani and silk returns to the farming community, the Tamil Nadu dhoties of Salem, known as “VenPattu” have received Government formed a separate Department of the “Geographical Indication Authorised user Sericulture with Headquarters at Salem with effect from Certificates” of the Government of India, under the April 1979. Geographical Indication Act 1999 / Rules 2003, paving WORMS, COCOONS & MOTHS way for more sales and better recognition globally. 1.5. The raw material for the production of silk fabrics is the raw silk, which is the end product of sericultural activities. Sericulture is an agro based labour intensive rural industry with a high potential for providing large scale employment to the rural labour force, especially women, in both on-farm and non-farm sectors. It is ideally suited for small and marginal farmers because of its short gestation period and comparatively low capital requirement. 1.6. India is the second largest producer of raw silk and the highest consumer of raw silk fabrics in the World. China stands first and accounts for about 79.1% of the world’s raw silk production. India produces about 17.5% of world’s raw silk production. Currently, the demand for raw silk in India is about 29,000 Metric Tons, of which 23,000 Metric Tons is produced in the country and the rest of 6,000 Metric Tons is imported mainly reeling, silk twisting and Computer Aided Textile from China. The demand of raw silk in Tamil Nadu Designing. is about 3,000 Metric Tons, of which 1,400 Metric (iii). Ensuring the supply of quality, disease free Tons is produced in the State and the rest is mostly silkworm seeds. (iv). Transfer of technology for increased cocoon obtained from neighbouring Karnataka State and productivity. from China. It is therefore essential to encourage (v). Providing subsidy assistance for mulberry Sericulture Industry in Tamil Nadu to attain self cultivation, establishment of chawkie (young sufficiency in silk production. silkworm) rearing centres, installation of drip 1.7. India has the unique distinction of producing the irrigation, silkworm rearing equipments and for the construction of separate rearing houses. 4 types of silk namely Mulberry, Tasar, Eri and Muga (vi). Providing assistance to establish silk reeling and which have different host plants. In Tamil Nadu, twisting units in the private / Co-operative sector. mulberry silk is predominantly produced. In small (vii). Providing marketing facilities for cocoons and silk quantities, Eri silk is also produced. yarn. (viii). Implementation of health insurance scheme for 1.8. The Department of Sericulture is undertaking women sericulturists and workers. Mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing, Marketing of (ix). Implementation of crop insurance scheme for sericulture farmers. cocoons, silk reeling, twisting and up-gradation of silk (x). Providing financial assistance for the upgradation hand looms. Further, the following activities are also of looms to reduce drudgery and increase taken up for the promotion of Sericulture in Tamil Nadu. productivity of the silk handloom weavers. (i). Encouraging the farmers to raise high yielding mulberry varieties. 1.9. The Directorate of Sericulture formulates and (ii). Imparting training in mulberry cultivation, implements schemes towards development of silkworm egg production, silkworm rearing, silk Sericulture in the State of Tamil Nadu. Schemes are implemented through 5 Regional Officers at Erode, No. of Head quarters of Sl. Name of Sl. Technical the Assistant Dharmapuri, Vellore, Trichy and Madurai assisted by 19 No. the Region No. Service Director Assistant Directors. One Deputy Director at Hosur is in- Centres 3 Vellore charge of silkworm seed co-ordination activity for the 12 Vaniyambadi 8 13 Thiruvannamalai 6 State with 5 Assistant Directors. 105 Technical Service 14 Villuppuram 4 Centres are functioning in the State. Technical Service 4 Trichy 15 Trichy 8 Centre is headed by an Inspector of Sericulture or 16 Namakkal 7 Assistant Inspector of Sericulture. Each Technical 5 Madurai 17 Dindigul 6 18 Theni 5 Service Centre is further divided into 3 to 5 sub-ranges 19 Tenkasi 7 staffed by Junior Inspectors of Sericulture. Total 105 Head quarters of the Assistant Director of For implementing various sericultural Sericulture development schemes in the State, 1,490 staff has been No. of Head quarters of Sl. Name of Sl. Technical sanctioned by the Government. the Assistant No. the Region No. Service Director Centres Staff pattern 1 Dharmapuri 1 Hosur 7 Sl. Sanctioned Name of the Post 2 Denkanikottai 6 No. Staff 3 Krishnagiri 4 1 Director 1 4 Dharmapuri 4 2 Joint Director 4 5 Pennagaram 6 3 Deputy Director 9 2 Erode 6 Salem 7 4 Assistant Director 27 7 Coimbatore 4 5 Inspector of Sericulture 67 8 Udumalpet 5 6 Assistant Inspector of Sericulture 179 9 Erode 7 7 Junior Inspector of Sericulture 856 10 Talavady 3 8 Others 347 11 Coonoor 1 Total 1,490 2. FORWARD AND BACKWARD LINKAGES (a) Basic silkworm seed production The production of commercial silkworm seeds The following infrastructures are available for the (eggs) for supply to the farmers is effected from out of promotion and development of Sericulture in the State: the parental quality seed material, by following three different stages of multiplication known as the P3 (P=Parental), P2 & P1 stages, denoting the three successive generation of seed production. They are separately reared in isolated Government farms, identified for this purpose. 19 seed farms are functioning under the department of Sericulture for the preparation and maintenance of different races of local and bivoltine silkworms. Seed Farms Total Sl. Assistant Name of the District Extent No Director Seed Farm Role (Acres) 1 Krishnagiri Avalapalli Berigai P3 3.67 2 Avalapalli P3 11.38 3 Hosur P2 44.72 4 Kalkondapalli Kalkondapalli P3 5.65 5 Thally P3 3.50 6 Uddanapalli Uddanapalli P2 26.24 7 Ulimangalam P2 9.80 8 Melagiri P1 10.20 9 Kolatty Kolatty P1 868.55 10 Salem Salem Yercaud P2 5.96 11 Erode Talavady Hassanur P2 9.00 12 Madhahally Madhahally P1 785.29 13 Thiruvannamalai Thiruvannamalai Athanavoor P1 5.73 14 Namakkal Namakkal Kolli Hills P1 13.10 State Production Total Sl.