{"id":170267,"date":"2025-02-19T15:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=170267"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:05:13","slug":"union-minister-pabitra-margherita-inaugurates-silktech-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/union-minister-pabitra-margherita-inaugurates-silktech-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister Pabitra Margherita Inaugurates SILKTECH 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Conference \u2013 SILKTECH 2025 was officially opened by Shri Pabitra Margherita, the Hon\u2019ble Minister of State for Textiles &amp; Foreign Affairs, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, as part of the larger Bharat Tex 2025 textile event. This conference, organized by the CSB-Central Tasar Research &amp; Training Institute in Ranchi and the CSB-Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI) under the Ministry of Textiles, aimed to explore new technologies in the silk industry to improve quality, sustainability, and global competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Highlights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inauguration &amp; Leadership Presence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shri Pabitra Margherita inaugurated the event, alongside Smt. Neelam Shami Rao, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior officials like Smt. Prajakta L. Verma (Joint Secretary, Fibres), Shri Ajay Gupta (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles), and Shri P. Sivakumar (Member Secretary, Central Silk Board) attended the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister\u2019s Address<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Highlighted the exclusive Muga &amp; Eri silks of the Northeast region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stressed the importance of zero-waste technologies in the silk value chain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quoted the Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister\u2019s vision to triple textile production &amp; exports through quality research and collaborations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Focus Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expanding silk applications beyond textiles into cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and other industries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing sustainable technologies for enhancing silk quality and aligning with global market trends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthening research and innovation in silk production to make India Atmanirbhar (self-reliant).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Conference \u2013 SILKTECH 2025 was officially opened by Shri Pabitra Margherita, the Hon\u2019ble Minister of State for Textiles &amp; Foreign Affairs, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, as part of the larger Bharat Tex 2025 textile event. This conference, organized by the CSB-Central Tasar Research &amp; Training Institute in Ranchi and the CSB-Central [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":170275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[474],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-170267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-textiles-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170276,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170267\/revisions\/170276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170267"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=170267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}