Scheme Name: Tasar

State: Bihar

Description of the Scheme: Tasar silk is known as forest product, for its production and extension

Target group :

Sector of the Scheme:

Eligibility Criteria:

Nature & Mode of Assistance: I. Pilot Project Centre (PPC) :
Providing technical support in production of Tasar silk, there are 5 PPC located. Each PPC has mandate of producing 45,000 of Tasar DFLs and distributes its to the Tasar Rearers with a nominal price of Rs.1 only for each DFLs.
II. Tasr Marketing Organisation (TMO) :-
All the Tasar producing areas located near the forest and the Rearers are mostly Tribal and poor. To support them for marketing of their produced cocoon Government established TMO.

"Financial Information (Subsidy, low interest rate, etc.)":

"Other Assistance (Procurement of machinery, Technology /Marketing, International Cooperation, etc.)":

How to apply: Directorate of Handloom & Sericulture, Govt. of Bihar

Whom to Contact: Handloom & Sericulture Directorate, Bihar, Patna 2nd Floor, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Patna, Bihar 800015