Bhubaneswar, June 19 -- The Odisha Government has drawn up an ambitious plan to invest Rs 274 crore over the next five years to promote the development of all four varieties of silk produced in the state, Director of Textiles and Handlooms Somesh Kumar Upadhyay announced on Friday.
As part of efforts to strengthen the sericulture sector, the government will organise 11 training programmes within a year to train 165 beneficiaries in their mother tongue.
The state is also taking steps to establish serisheds for cocoon rearing, introduce insurance coverage for sericulture farmers, and provide special hostel facilities and training opportunities for women engaged in sericulture.
Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Handlooms, Textiles and Handi...