Silk yarn production in Tamil Nadu has increased following steep rise in the cocoon production from 65.71 tonnes in 2004-05 to 122.92 tonnes till November this year, an official of the sericulture department said. The Tamil Nadu Assistant Director of Sericulture C. Thangasamy said that Silk yarn price also had increased from Rs.1350 a Kg to Rs.1465 a kg this month and the demand
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| was going up month after month. The Government had decided to encourage silk-yarn spinning units from this year and introduce several schemes for the Silk yarn units, and also those involved in sericulture as the Silk yarn production had become a profitable venture. He said the Department was willing to extend necessary assistance including finance for the Silk yarn production units as well as sericulturists who wanted to rear silk worm. 
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