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more-inThe Central Silk Board (CSB) is in the process of introducing new technologies to produce Iktat saris using pure silk spun yarn and also novel varieties of luxury wears by exploring less tapped potential of mulberry silk, according to Board Assistant Director Shankar Kotrannavar. To produce winter garments using mulberry silk yarn, the board will be coming out with a new technology through a collaborative effort with the technocrats of the NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute situated in Tirupur. Besides these initiatives, the board is also making efforts to commercialise the technology of knitting fabrics using raw mulberry silk produced through automatic reeling machine, he told The Hindu while explaining the new initiatives being planned to promote silk. According to Mr.
Kotrannavar, the board is also now trying to commercialise the silk denims and silk knits developed recently through research by a hand-holding initiative with entrepreneurs. Overall, the board is also taking steps to promote technologies for making silk textiles by making the entrepreneurs realise how cost-cutting could be done in the production of such products, he said..