The centre has sanctioned Rs 43 crore to Meghalaya under the Integrated Sericulture Developement Project and Intensive Bivoltine Sericulture Development Project. It gave new seeds and taught people about new technologies to breed silkworm. As a result the production of mulberry, eri and muga in the state has increased to 1,000 metric tonne from 500 MT before 2014. Those who were producing one crop earlier are now producing three crops in a year.
Meghalaya will also get Rs 7.8 crore from the Centre for setting up a textile tourism complex in Nongpoh. The Ministry of State for Textiles will provide all infrastructure and machines to the centre to enable it to export local garments worldwide. The apparel centre will be linked with all fashion designers.
