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Schemes for the year 2008-2009

I. For Farmers
Eligibility of Farmers:

Central Silk Board Assisted Catalytic Development Programme Schemes

For availing scheme assistance,
a)  The farmers have to plant high yielding mulberry varieties in minimum 1 acre.
b)  The farmers have to rear bivoltine silkworm races.
c)  Farmers who have own land, have an assured source of water, and experience in silkworm rearing.
d)  Application in prescribed format to be submitted through departmental staff of the technical service centre, servicing in the concerned jurisdiction.

            1) Mulberry saplings subsidy                              Rs. 1,500/acre

            2) Installation of Drip irrigation system            Subsidy

            3) Construction of rearing shed

  • Unit cost          :           Rs. 120000/-
  • Subsidy           :           Rs. 60000/-
  • Unit cost          :           Rs. 100000/-
  • Subsidy           :           Rs. 50000/-

            4) Procurement of improved rearing equipments

  • Unit cost          :           Rs.10000/-
  • Subsidy           :           Rs. 3000/-

             5) Establishment of Chawkie rearing centres

  • Unit cost           :           Rs. 5,00,000/-
  • Total    subsidy :           Rs. 1,50,000/-

            6) Supply of quality disinfectants(Hybrid silk worm) : 50% subsidy

II. For Establishment of Silk reeling Units
            1) Cottage basin silk reeling Units

  • 6 numbers        :       Rs. 1,22,500/-   
  • 10 numbers      :       Rs. 7,50,000/-   

            2) Hot air drier Construction : Rs 75,000/-
            3) Automatic reeling unit construction: Rs. 1,00,00,000/-
            4) Motarised Charka reeling unit

  • Unit cost            :           Rs. 15,700/-
  • Total    Subsidy :           Rs. 11,800/-

5) Spinning unit

  • Unit cost             :           Rs.5,00,000/-
  • Total    Subsidy  :           Rs. 3,75,000/-

The above said all schemes will be implemented after the approval and receipt of funds from CSB and as well as from TamilNadu State Government.

Department of Sericulture-TNAU

Schemes

  1. CSB/NABARD - Increasing the cocoon productivity in western zone of Tamilnadu
  2. DBT- Popularization of systematic bio-intensive farming techniques for organic silk production
  3. DST- Dissemination of silkworm disease management technologies among rural women
  4. 50 Crore project- Silkworm disease management through bio prospecting of plant molecules and pro-biotics
  5. NABARD- Training on innovative technologies for higher productivity in sericulture
  6. NABARD- Training on recent sericulture technologies for higher cocoon productivity

For further details contact:
PROFESSOR AND HEAD
DEPARTMENT OF SERICULTURE
TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
COIMBATORE – 641 003
TAMIL NADU, INDIA
http://www.tnau.ac.in/

 

  
   
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