• Dr. Venkataravanappa.

ABSTRACT Silk is a way of life and no ritual is completed without silk in India. It is an inseparable part of Indian culture and traditions. Sericulture is the art and technique of silk production. It is an ancient industry in India dating back to the second century B.C. Traditionally, India dwells in the rural areas its economy is largely dependent on the success of agriculture and allied farm activities as more than 70 percent of the people’s livelihood security is depending on this sector. Sericulture being an agro-based enterprise plays a predominant role in shaping the economic destiny of the rural people and fits very well in India’s rural structure, where agriculture continues to be the main industry. Out of the 6,38,588 villages in India, sericulture is practiced in about 52,360 villages providing employment to about 7.52 people. Sericulture is providing livelihood for 9,47,631 families. The pursuit of sericulture offers gainful employment to the rural masses. Being a labor intensive rural based industry it offers a qualitative and quantitative change in the poverty alleviation with a chain creation of employment from unskilled farm labourers to skill artisans to all sections rural folk. In view of the importance of sericulture enterprise for the rural development as well as its cultural bondage, the paper tries to enlighten and discuss the significance of sericulture and strategies to be taken for the sustainable development of Indian sericulture industry for the rural development.

KEYWORDS: Sericulture Industry, Rural Economy, India,

"Indian Sericulture Industry for Sustainable Rural Social Economy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.f184-f189, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207525.pdf

"Indian Sericulture Industry for Sustainable Rural Social Economy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppf184-f189, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207525.pdf