VARANASI, May 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has created a silk brand - Silk Banarasi - for marketing, promoting and sale of silk products across the globe, which are woven in various locations of Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi and Mubarakpur.

The brand name and its logo have been patented by the department, said special secretary at Manyawar Kanshiram Ji Silk exchange/ director sericulture development department, Sunil Kumar Verma, during a meeting with weavers in Varanasi on Saturday.

Verma chaired a discussion held here on Silk Marketing Portal for e-Commerce. The committees of the Federation of Silk Department and silk weavers participated.

Verma said that the Silk Banarasi brand has been established by Uttar Pradesh Sericul...