KVIC sets up second Silk Training cum Production Centre in Arunachal Pradesh

New Delhi, May 13 (KNN) Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has opened a second Khadi Eri Silk Training cum Production Centre in Arunachal Pradesh to create sustainable local employment. 

In an effort to receive the Silk Industry in the State KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena inaugurated the centre on Thursday at Tawang bordering China and Bhutan. 

Chairman KVIC said, this facility in Tawang will be a big boost to spinning and weaving activities in the entire region. 

“Training of artisans and supporting the production of Eri Silk, which is indigenous to the North Eastern states, will create local employment and sustainable development in the region,” he added. 

Young designers and professionals of NIFT will also provide training to Khadi artisans at this centre to introduce new designs and develop trendier clothing to suit the modern taste of tribal youths.

The centre has been set up with assistance of Buddhist Culture Preservation Society, Bomdila, which has provided the building for the Silk Centre. 

KVIC has provided the required infrastructure like handlooms, Charkha, Silk reeling machines and warping drums, etc. 

The centre is providing direct employment to 20 women artisans of Tawang and West Kameng districts. (KNN Bureau)