|
Sl.No |
Number of Beneficiaries Adoptedfor Sericulture
Development |
|
District |
1997-98 |
1998-99 |
1999-00 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
Total |
|
1 |
East |
04 |
32 |
39 |
13 |
05 |
- |
09 |
102 |
|
2 |
South |
06 |
23 |
11 |
28 |
34 |
- |
12 |
114 |
|
3 |
West |
02 |
21 |
12 |
13 |
29 |
- |
03 |
80 |
|
|
Total |
12 |
76 |
62 |
54 |
68 |
21 |
21 |
296 |
|
Area Covered(Ha) |
7.6 |
32.0 |
24.8 |
21.6 |
27.2 |
8.40 |
8.40 |
130.00 |
Training for silkworm cultivation was provided to 12
farmers in the year 1998-99 and to 80 farmers in 2001—2002. Each of
the farmer (beneficiary) was given (i) Stipend Rs.500/ - with free
fooding and lodging,(ii) Rs.1,000/- for plantation of mulberry
saplings,(iii) Rs. 5,000/- for low cost rearing house,(iv) Rs.500
for weeding and manuring, (v) Dala & Chandraki worth Rs.3000/- (vi)
Subsidy in mulberry saplings Rs.3000/-. Hence each beneficiary was
provided with Rs.13,300/- in cash and in kind. The 12 beneficiaries
1998-99 and the 80 beneficiaries of 2000--2001, who adopted
sericulture farming, have started earning from silkworm cocoons
produced by them. The department purchased cocoons worth Rs.11,828/-
from the 12 beneficiaries adopted in the year 1998-99. In the year
2001—2002 Rs.1.56 lakhs was realized by sale cocoons and from the
beneficiaries being cost of saplings at subsidized rates.
