Bhopal. The deepening Corona crisis on the country and the world has created a crisis of livelihood in front of a large section. To overcome this crisis, innovations are being done in different fields. In Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of tribal families struggling with employment crisis have not only discovered the source of income through silk, but have also taken steps towards making themselves self-sufficient.
Like other parts due to Corona, there was a job crisis in front of large section of Hoshangabad. In this situation, hundreds of tribals here chose silk for employment. Hundreds of tribal families here collected 25 kg of cocoon for employment and worked towards making themselves self-sufficient.
It is said that during the Corona period, 700 farmer families from about 20 villages in the district have adopted silk business. These families have succeeded in earning more than Rs 60 lakhs. Also, they are not facing economic crisis.
According to the district’s silk officer Sharad Srivastava, silk is a cultivation of benefits, the department is trying to ensure that more and more farmers will succeed in making themselves economically prosperous by adopting the silkworm rearing scheme.
Usha Kushwaha, a silk farmer, says that her economic status has changed through this farming. Timely payments are made by the silk department, which has not caused any financial problems. At the same time, Guidance is also diagnosing each of their problems.
Similarly, Vikas Kumar says that he has been cultivating silk for the last six years. Cultivation of silk on an acre of land earns them about one to two lakh rupees every year. Due to this, his family’s financial condition has become better.
Apart from Madhya Pradesh, silk sarees and other garment making institutions in Karnataka, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand buy silk yarn from Hoshangabad. The economic situation of the farmers of this region is not only changing rapidly due to silk cultivation, but they are also moving towards being self-sufficient.
The silk department in the state buys cocoons worth about five crore rupees a year from farmers and produces yarn. If the initiative of the department is meaningful and instills confidence in farmers, then it can prove to be a big initiative in making the country self-sufficient in silk production.
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