Under the Silk Mission in Bastar, Rally Kosa (natural silk) will be procured by the Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Cooperative Federation on support price, an order issued on Wednesday said.
Local residents will benefit both from production and processing of Rally Kosa. At present, the annual production of rally cocoons in the state is around 8-10 crore, an official communication said.
Federation Managing Director Sanjay Shukla said the minimum support price fixed for procurement is Rs 4.20 per unit (shell weight 2.5 grams in Whole Grade-1), Rs 3.60 (2-2.49 grams per unit shell weight in Grade-2) and Rs 1.4-1.99 grams per unit shell weight in Grade-3.
Similarly, it will be Rs 2.80 for Rally Kosa-Poli (Moth emerged out of cocoon) Grade-1 and Rs.1.50 for 2.5 grams per unit shell weight, Rs.1.25 for 2-2.49 grams per unit shell weight in Grade-2 and Rs 0.70 per unit shell weight 1.4-1.99 grams in Grade-3, he said.
As part of a MoU between the Federation and the Directorate of Silk in Chhattisgarh, 740 beneficiaries in Bastar division are being trained for silk yarn extraction.
Rally cocoon collection work is mainly done in seven districts: Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Narayanpur and Kanker.