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Kargil
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Bhopal
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Thatta
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Haiti
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Detailed explanation-1: -Silk Association of India (SAI), a voluntary organization registered under the Karnataka Societies Act, 1960, in the year 2006. Compilation of correct Sericulture information and disseminate the same to all the stake holders with I.T. support.
Detailed explanation-2: -The history of sericulture in J&K State is traced, and the silk industry was demonopolised in 1988. About 27, 000 farming families produce around 829 MT of cocoons worth Rs. 5.50 crore. An increase to around 1, 500 MT is planned in the next decade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sericulture is one of the oldest occupations in Kashmir. The industry provides part time employment to about entrepreneur 30, 000 families by way of silk worms rearing, besides providing employment to 5, 000 persons on regular basis in the public sector.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to legend, about 140 bce, sericulture as well as silk had spread overland from China to India. By the 2nd century ce India was shipping its own raw silk and silk cloth to Persia. (Japan, too, acquired and developed a thriving sericulture a few centuries later.)