Area Under Sericulture

With the implementation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Catalytic Development Programme and due to transfer of latest innovative research technologies developed by the

Govt. of India through Central Silk Board, the area under sericulture at the end of XI Plan period (2007-12) was 1.83 lakh hectares including, 72,043 Ha. developed exclusively under this programme. 

            The State-wise details of area under sericulture (mulberry) at the end of XI Plan

(2007-12) are given in the following Table:

#	States	Mulberry area (in Ha) by end of 2011-12	#	States	Mulberry area (in Ha) by end of 2011-12
1	Karnataka	70958	14	Madhya Pradesh	1677
2	Andhra Pradesh	40314	15	Maharashtra	2326
3	Tamil Nadu	14593	16	Manipur	6298
4	West Bengal	13557	17	Mizoram	2170
5	Jammu & Kashmir	7082	18	Meghalaya	1298
6	Assam	7074	19	Nagaland	495
7	Arunachal Pradesh	210	20	Odisha	379
8	Bihar	598	21	Punjab	858
9	Chhattisgarh	685	22	Rajasthan	245
10	Haryana	46	23	Sikkim	189
11	Himachal Pradesh	1249	24	Tripura	1590
12	Jharkhand	203	25	Uttarakhand	1632
13	Kerala	1748	26	Uttar Pradesh	5311
				Total	1,82,785

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry Of Textiles, Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.