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The Central Silk Board Member Secretary H. Nagesh Prabhu speaking to reporters in Mysuru on Monday said that India doubled its raw silk production in the last 10 years from 15,000 tonnes a year to almost 29,000 tonnes a year. With a growth rate of 7.5 percent per annum, silk industry is likely to become self-sustaining by 2020.
