VISION

• Achieve Self-sufficiency in silk production

MISSION

• To increase the area under mulberry for increased cocoon production.

• Converting the cocoon into silk through reeling & twisting.

• Assist to market cocoon, raw silk & ready silk.

• Welfare of people involved in sericulture & allied activities through crop insurance & health insurance.

2. Silkworm Seed Production and supply

The production and supply of disease free silkworm seed is continued as the main activity. Against the target of 130.00 lakhs layings for the year 2010-2011 a quantity of 124.028 lakh layings has been supplied to the rearers upto March 2011.

The annual performance is shown in Table -2

3. Cocoon Production

A quantity of 8157.00 Metric tons of Silkworm cocoon was produced upto the end of March, 2011, against the target of 8450 Metric tons, out of which 2496.3 Metric tons of cocoons were transacted in Government cocoon markets. The performance of cocoon production and market transactions are shown in Tables – 3 & 4 respectively

4. Raw Silk Production

A quantity of 1182.204 Metric tons of raw silk was produced against the target of 1200 Metric tons upto the end of March, 2011. The performance of raw silk production in the State is shown in Table -5.   

5. Employment Generation.

During the year 2010-2011 against the target of employment generation for 37,500 persons, 37,752 have been covered. The employment generation for five years is indicated graphically in Table – 6.

6. Government Anna Silk Exchange, Kancheepuram

During the year 2010-2011 the Government Anna Silk exchange, Kancheepuram transacted 125.632 Metric tons of raw silk against the target of 150.00 Metric tons. The performance of the Government Anna Silk Exchange is shown in Table - 7.

7. TANSILK, Kancheepuram.

TANSILK is the Apex Silk Marketing Co-operative Federation  transacting raw and ready silk yarn and supplying to the Handloom Weavers Co-operative Societies and Khadi and Village Industries Board. It has purchased 390.565 Metric tons and sold 387.575 Metric tons of silk upto March, 2011,  against   the   target   of  400.00   Metric  tons  for  the year 2010-2011. The performance of TANSILK for the past five years is detailed in Table - 8.

ASSISTANCE TO STAKEHOLDERS DURING 2010-2011

The farmers were motivated to plant high yielding mulberry varieties like V1, S36, to raise productivity and increased returns.

Details of V₁ mulberry seed availability informed to farmers and extension staff  assist farmers to plant high yielding mulberry variety.

The farmers were trained to take up bivoltine Sericulture and they will be supplied with CSR hybrid layings.

The Silk reelers were trained for skill upgradation in processing and preservation of bye products for value addition.

In order to take up bivoltine technology the farmers were trained by conducting awareness meets periodically and exposure visits were arranged to learn bivoltine sericulture practices.

Women members’ participation is more in sericulture activities and they are being provided with assistance under various programmes such as cultivation of high yielding mulberry variety, training in bivoltine crops, installation of drip irrigation system, construction of separate rearing houses and procurement of improved rearing equipments.

Necessary assistance is being provided to oppressed classes namely SCs / STs / BCs / MBCs for their economic development through Sericulture.

Assistance is being provided for adopting water saving technology like drip irrigation.

The details of assistance provided to the farmers and reelers under various schemes are furnished below:-

All new farmers planting mulberry during the financial year are eligible for availing the financial assistance, as well as technical guidance provided by the Department of Sericulture. The farmers and reelers may approach the Assistant Inspector of Sericulture of the Technical Service Centers concerned or the Assistant Director of Sericulture of particular jurisdiction / District for any assistance or information.

     TABLE – 1   MULBERRY   AREA   EXPANSION

 TABLE – 2   SILKWORM SEED CONSUMPTION

  TABLE – 3   COCOON  PRODUCTION

 TABLE – 4   TRANSACTION  AT GOVERNMENT  COCOON  MARKETS

TABLE – 5   RAW    SILK    PRODUCTION

TABLE – 6   EMPLOYMENT GENERATION (No. of Persons employed)

TABLE – 7  PERFORMANCE  OF  GOVERNMENT  ANNA  SILK  EXCHANGE,  KANCHEEPURAM

TABLE – 8    TRANSACTIONS  OF  TANSILK, KANCHEEPURAM