India is promoting the textile industry in the Northeast. The region accounts for nearly 50 per cent of weavers in the country. The scheme covers all sub-sectors of textile including handlooms, handicrafts, sericulture, power looms, apparel and garmenting. Sustainable growth of the north east textile industry will be supported through infrastructure, new technology, capacity building and market access. Apparel and garment making will be promoted through local entrepreneurs. Seven such centers equipped with high-end industrial machinery have been set up in the north eastern states so far.

One of the initiatives is to promote sericulture. The projects cover mulberry, eri and muga silk. The primary objective of these projects is to establish sericulture as a viable commercial activity by educating and imparting locals with silk rearing skills and creating the necessary infrastructure. Sericulture schemes have been implemented in Assam in places like Bodoland Territorial Council, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. These projects include setting up units for silk printing and processing and post cocoon technology. Another project for the construction of seed grainage units has been implemented to create quality seeds in mulberry, eri and muga silk sectors. The project aims at constructing seed units in Assam, Nagaland, Bodoland Territorial Council and Meghalaya.