• DR Shashi Kanta

Sericulture is one of the most important cottage industries in India. But still not sufficient research has been conducted in India for development and evaluation of sericulture activities.Sericulture is a short gestated and labor intensive cottage industry which can be helpful to remove poverty in the rural areas. Times to time new Sericulture activities are developing. Punjab initiated to strengthen the already existing setup and to promote the sericulture activities in the rural areas. This project envisaged distribution of silk seed packets at subsidized cost, give training to jobless and marginalized income rural people to engage them in the silkworm rearing practices as earning source. Mulberry nurseries were also raised at the project area locations on the state lands to provide mulberry leaves to the silk rearing for farmers at a nominal cost. A well structured Questionnaire was designed to collect data randomly from some selected households where people doing this silkworm rearing. Data was collected as survey plan. The data analyzed by using Statistical Package of Social Sciences and conclusion and recommendations were drawn. The relationship among these variables was studied using appropriate statistical techniques. The paper is related to results of these Questionnaires and also give recommendation for enhance sericulture production.

Socio-economic development, Sericulture, Punjab, Impact Evaluation, and questionnaire.

"IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT SERICULTURE ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE SILK IN PUNJAB”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.287-289, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905X35.pdf

"IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT SERICULTURE ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE SILK IN PUNJAB”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp287-289, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905X35.pdf