State to meet Uttar Pradesh weavers’requirement of raw silk by Dec.-end
The Hindu
Karnataka Silk Marketing Board unit to be made operational in Varanasi
Karnataka is expected to meet the requirement of raw silk for weavers of Banarasi silk saris in Uttar Pradesh by making the Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMB) unit operational in Varanasi by the end of December.
Minister for Sericulture and Youth Empowerment K.C. Narayana Gowda, who led a delegation of Sericulture Department officials to Varanasi recently, revealed that the Uttar Pradesh Government had responded positively to the State Government’s proposal to set up the KSMB unit.
The U.P. Government had provided space at Sarang Talab in Varanasi for the unit. Soon, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would be signed between the U.P. Government, the National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC), and the Karnataka Government, which will clear the decks for starting work, he said.