UPSC NOTES
UPSC NOTES

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■ DISTRIBUTION OF SILK INDUSTRIES
□ Karnataka
◇ Foremost silk producing state in India.
◇ It produces only mulberry silk accounts for over 50% of mulberry silk of the country.
◇ Mysuru, Bengaluru, Kolar, Mandya, Tumkur, Belgaum and Kodagu district.
□ West Bengal
◇ Produces about 13 percent of country’s total silk, most of which is of mulberry variety.
□ Jammu and Kashmir
◇ Has its main silk textile centres in Anantnag, Baramula, Jammu and Udhampur districts.
□ Jharkhand
◇ Ranchi, Palau and Hazaribagh are important producers.
□ EXPORTS
◇ The Indian silk is demanded in American, European as well as Asian markets.
◇ The USA, UK, Russia, Saudi arabia , Kuwait and Singapore are major importer of silk products.
◇ The tough competition with Italy and Japan caused a setback to exports.

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