Nominal silk centres expose staffing salary mismatch in MP:9 employees draw ₹50 lakh yearly while output is valued at less than ₹60,000 barely

While the state government plans to boost silk production and promote Narmadapuram as a silk tourism hub, the situation of the Sericulture Department in Indore district tells a different story. In Indore, the sericulture centres at Yashwant Sagar and Kishanganj remain locked, and only the Dhar Naka and Namkeen Cluster centres are functioning. These centres produce just 100 to 150 kg of mulberry cocoons in a year, sold at ₹400 to ₹500 per kg. In total, cocoon production is not even worth ₹60,000 annually, while nine officers and employees together draw salaries of over ₹50 lakh every year. Under the department’s silk expansion scheme, farmers used to receive 1 lakh 93 thousand rupees, and they would cultivate mulberry. However, very few farmers in the district benefited from this scheme. As a result, mulberry production decreased so much that two sericulture centers were locked. Which officer-employee is doing what work
Field officers responsible for managing the center in Indore are deployed in other districts. Fieldmen, whose responsibility is sericulture and connecting farmers to schemes, are managing silk textile showrooms. Why did the centers close, why did production decrease Reviewing There is no information about the status of silk in Indore. A review meeting of the Silk Department is being held. Efforts will be made to increase production. -Dilip Jaiswal, Minister of Cottage and Rural Industries, Madhya Pradesh