Moving away from making just silk yarns for fabric, Kumaraswamy has proposed to tap the global market for the byproducts to ensure considerable income to silk farmers.
Realising the global demand, especially in the production of women’s consumables like nail polish, lipstick and silk colours, the chief minister has proposed to formulate a strategy to exploit the market potential.
“There is worldwide demand for silk byproducts such as nail polish, lipstick
and silk colours. An amount of Rs 2 crore will be provided to formulate a strategy to exploit this market,” Kumaraswamy said. The announcement. has brought cheers to the sericulture farming community
of Ramanagara, Channapattana, Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts, who have been hit by falling prices of silk cocoons.
This apart, the chief minister has proposed to revive the Karnataka State Silk Research and Development Institute that was set up in the 1970s at Talaghattapura on the outskirts of Bengaluru.