Varanasi, March 22 -- A total of 170 rural women from self-help groups have been trained as 'Silk Sakhis' in Varanasi, the renowned hub of Banarasi silk saree weaving. This initiative is part of the Uttar Pradesh government's silk development department plan to integrate 50,000 women from 5,000 women's groups across the state into silk production and the silk industry....