Budgam, July 09: The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, organised the Mera Resham Mera Abhimaan (MRMA) 2.0 Orientation Workshop for the Northern Region at the NIFT Campus, in Ompora, Budgam Thursday.
The workshop, as per a PIB statement, was attended by more than 60 officers from the State Sericulture Departments of Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, along with scientists from the Central Silk Board.
The MRMA 2.0 campaign was launched on June 22, 2026 in 218 districts across the country. The programme is a continuation of the MRMA 1.0 campaign launched in 2025, which covered around one lakh sericulture stakeholders. The 100-day MRMA 2.0 campaign aims to strengthen stakeholder outreach, field-level planning, digital reporting and coordinated implementation in the sericulture sector.
The inaugural session was attended by Dr. N. Sakthivel, Director, CSB–CSR&TI, Pampore; Shri Syed Azhar, Joint Director, NIFT Srinagar; Shri Pradeep Kumar, Director, Sericulture, Uttarakhand; Shri J.R. Samartha, IFS, Joint Director (Administration), Central Office, CSB, Bengaluru; Shri Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, IAS, Director, Sericulture Development Department, Jammu & Kashmir; and Dr. Naresh Babu N., IFS, Joint Secretary (Technical) and MRMA Chief Coordinator, Central Silk Board, Bengaluru. The speakers highlighted the role of MRMA 2.0 in strengthening the sericulture sector through baseline surveys, district-level planning, stakeholder consultation and scientific interventions.
During the technical session, Dr. Vishaka G.V., Scientist-C and MRMA Programme Coordinator, Central Silk Board, Bengaluru, made a presentation on the MRMA 2.0 campaign covering baseline survey, stakeholder consultation, district plan preparation, campaign action plan and reporting mechanisms.
A hands-on training session on the MRMA 2.0 Web Portal was conducted by Dr. Halagundegowda G.R., MIS Manager, along with Dr. Vishaka G.V., to familiarise participants with portal-based data entry, digital monitoring, reporting formats and online documentation procedures.
The programme also included a state wise SWOT analysis and discussions on field level issues specific to the participating States. Dr. Aftab Ahmed Shabnam, Scientist-D, CSB–CSR&TI, Pampore and Institute Nodal Officer for the MRMA 2.0 Campaign (Northern States), delivered a presentation on sericultural technologies suitable for North and North-Western India.
The workshop provided a platform for officials of the Central Silk Board, scientists and State Sericulture Departments to discuss district specific challenges, strengthen institutional coordination and develop district-specific implementation strategies for the MRMA 2.0 campaign in the Northern Region.
