35 Research Extension Centres (RECs) are functioning under research institutes of Central Silk Board (CSB) to assist sericulture farmers by disseminating technology & innovations of CSB with the help of R&D institutes at the field level with the support of state sericulture departments. The state-wise details of RECs functioning under CSB are given below:

S.No.	Name of the State	No. of RECs
1	Karnataka	3
2	Andhra Pradesh	3
3	Telangana	1
4	Tamil Nadu	4
5	Maharashtra	4
6	Madhya Pradesh	1
7	Himachal Pradesh	2
8	J & K UT	1
9	UP	2
10	West Bengal	3
11	Chhattisgarh	1
12	Jharkhand	1
13	Assam	2
14	Sikkim	1
15	Tripura	1
16	Meghalaya	1
17	Nagaland	1
18	Mizoram	1
19	Arunachal Pradesh	1
20	Manipur	1
	Total	35

The financial assistance provided to states during each of the last three years and current year towards implementation of beneficiary components including pre-cocoon related components meant for sericulture farmers is as below:

This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.

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