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III. THE SCHEMES/PROGRAMMES
OF CENTRAL SILK BOARD
The Plan programmes for development
of Sericulture and Silk Industry in India,
carried out through Central Silk Board,
are broadly classified at table 7.2.
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Table 7.2
Major Programmes of CSB
1 R&D / Transfer of Technology / Training /
IT Initiatives (CS)
2 Seed Organisation and HRD (CS)
3 Quality Certification Systems (CS)
4 Catalytic Development Programme (CSS)
CS: Central Sector Scheme CSS: Centrally
Sponsored Scheme
1. a). RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The main Research & Training Institutes
of the CSB provide R&D and Training
support for the development of sericulture.
The institutes at Mysore (Karnataka)
Berhampore (West Bengal) and Pampore
(J&K) deals with mulberry sericulture.
One at Ranchi (Jharkhand) deals with
Tasar culture. The institute established
at Lahdoigarh, Jorhat (Assam) deals with
Muga and Eri culture. Regional Sericulture
Research Stations (RSRS/RTRS/RERS)
for mulberry and non-mulberry has
been functioning for adoptive Research,
refining and dissemination of the research
findings and of tackling the regional field
issues of the industry. Besides, a network
of Research Extension Centre (RECs)
& its sub units for mulberry and non
mulberry are also functioning to provide
extension support to sericulturists. In
order to provide R&D support in post
cocoon sector, the Board has established
a Central Silk Technological Research
Institute (CSTRI) at Bangalore. In
addition, the CSB has also set up a
Silkworm Seed Technology Laboratory
(SSTL) in Bangalore (Karnataka), a
Central Sericultural Germplasm Resource
Centre (CSGRC) at Hosur (Tamil Nadu)
and a Seri-Biotech Research Laboratory
(SBRL) at Bangalore.
During 2011-12, 40 Research projects
are continued. Further, 29 new research
projects were initiated. Against a target
of 30 Research Projects scheduled to be
completed, 23 projects have already been
concluded (up to November 2011) and
remaining 7 projects will be concluded by
March 2012.
1 b). TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
In order to increase productivity and quality
of silk, a chain of Research Extension
Centres are engaged for transfer of
technologies from Research Institutes to
the field.
1. c). TRAINING
The CSB organizes a number of training
programmes at its Research and Training
Institutes. The total number of persons
trained under different courses during
2011-12 (up to November, 2011) is
detailed at table 7.3.
1. d). IT INITIATIVE:
Under the IT initiatives, in XI Plan, CSB
concentrated on software development
by using contemporary technologies and
networking of various cocoon and silk
markets with free flow of information on
the availability of the raw material, market
trends, etc. on its websites. Information
required for traders, buyers, and other
stakeholders shall be hosted on the
web and improves upon the interactive
interface of website.In addition, facilities
like on-line subscription to scientific
e-journals (which will be available for
access to entire CSB scientists), on-line
submission of research progress reports,
video conferencing among Research
Institutes of CSB, etc. will be created.
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