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New silkworm seed facility opened in Jorhat, Assam
The Ministry of Textiles announced on 8 October 2026 that Union Minister of State Pabitra Margherita inaugurated a new Grainage Building and Cold Storage facility at the CSB-Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Jorhat, Assam. Established under the North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme, the facility can produce 30 lakh mulberry hybrid seed Disease-Free Layings (DFLs) annually and store up to 1 crore DFLs.
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