Mission seeks to strengthen the entire Muga silk value chain through Cluster-based Coverage under Ministry of Development of North-East Region (MDoNER) in collaboration with the Government of Assam, the Central Silk Board and other stakeholders.
About Mission Senehjori
- Objective: Transforming Assam's unique Muga silk sector into high-value luxury textile ecosystem from host-plant cultivation and silkworm seed production to reeling, weaving, branding, export promotion, digital traceability and tourism.
- Targets by 2028: Establishment of 5 modern Muga reeling units and a Muga Spun Mill, creation of 30 FPOs, etc.
About Muga Silk
- It is one of the 5 major natural varieties of silk. (India produces all the five).
- Silk is a natural protein fibre produced by silkworms, primarily from the Bombyx mori species.
- Unique Identity: Muga silk is the world’s only naturally golden silk and India’s first GI-tagged silk (2007).
- Production: Assam accounts for 90 percent of the world’s Muga silk production.
- Silkworm: It is obtained from semi-domesticated multivoltine silkworm, Antheraea assamensis.
- It feeds on the aromatic leaves of Som and Soalu plants and are reared on trees similar to that of tasar.
Other types of Silk
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