The State of Maharashtra has been broadly divided into 4 zones based upon the development of textile sector and availability of inputs for the
Textile Industry
1) Zone 1 (Vidarbha includes Nagpur and Amaravati Divisions)
2) Zone 2 (Marathwada includes Aurangabad Division including Dhule and Jalgaon
Districts)
3) Zone 3 (North Maharashtra includes Nashik Division excluding Dhule and Jalgaon
Districts)
4) Zone 4 (Western Maharashtra & Konkan includes Pune and Konkan Divisions)
Incentives and Measures:
The following incentives will be provided to the sericulture farmers to produce and promote silk production and tap the growing market demand.
Processing
i The State shall support in establishment of Paithani weavers’ clusters at village level with minimum of 20 weavers in one cluster.
ii 2 Drying centres and godown facilities will be made available to store and preserve Tasar silk cocoons
Centrally Sponsored Scheme:
i Silk Samagra-2- It is an integrated scheme for development of silk industry. It provides assistance to farmers for mulberry plantation, construction of rearing house, procurement of rearing equipment’s and irrigation facility.
Financial Assistance
| Category (small and marginal farmers) | GoI | State | Beneficiary |
| General States | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| General States- For SCSP & TSP | 65% | 25% | 10% |
| Special Status States (for General, SCSP & TSP Category | 80% | 10% | 10% |
State Sponsored Scheme:
i. The State will offer 50% subsidy as per DSR rates or INR 40 lakh whichever is less for establishment of Automatic Reeling Machine Unit- (ARM Sheds) such that the shed has minimum 400 ends or 40 basins.
ii’. The State will offer 50% subsidy as per DSR rates or INR 20 lakh whichever is less for establishment of Automatic Reeling Machine Unit- (ARM Sheds) such that the shed has minimum 200 ends or 20 basins.
iii. The State will offer 50% subsidy as per DSR rates or INR 15 lakhs whichever is less for establishment of Automatic Reeling Machine Unit (ARM Sheds) such that the shed has minimum 120 ends or 12 basins.
iv. The State will offer 50% subsidy as per DSR rates or INR 3 lakh whichever is less for establishment of multi-end reeling machine unit- MRM sheds such that the shed has minimum 100 ends or 10 basins.
v. The State shall offer 50% subsidy as per DSR rates or Rs. INR 6 lakhs, whichever is less for establishment of twisting machine sheds
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