New Delhi, April 1 -- The raw silk production in the country stayed at 34,042 metric tonnes (MT) till January 2025, registering an uptick, Pabitra Margherita the Minister of State (MoS) for Textile said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

According to the data provided by the MoS, in last ten years, the raw silk production in the country has witnessed an uptick of 9,743 metric tonnes.

The raw silk production in the country has increased due to interventions by way of Central schemes viz. Catalytic Development Programme (CDP), North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry (ISDSI), Silk Samagra and Silk Samagra-2.

The projected employment generation estimated in silk ...