Mysore/Mysuru: The State Cabinet has granted administrative approval for the establishment of a silk cocoon market in Mysuru at an estimated cost of Rs. 20 crore. The project will be implemented in collaboration with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and is expected to benefit silk growers in Mysuru and neighbouring regions….

Mysuru: “There was huge demand from the silk growers in Mysuru District to open a Silk Cocoon Market in this area and bowing to the demand, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy approved it in the recent budget,” said Sericulture Minister S. R. Mahesh. He was speaking after inaugurating the Silk Cocoon Market at APMC Yard in…