MoA&FW signed MoU with Central Silk Board

Current Context: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) has signed an MoU with the Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles.

• The MoU was signed to implement Agroforestry in the silk sector under the Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme.
• The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, will act as a catalyst to promote Agroforestry in the silk sector.
• The MoU was signed during an event of ‘National level programme on the convergence of Agro-Sericulture and eradication of Thigh reeling’.
• The MoU was signed with an aim to fulfil the target set under the Make in India and Make for the World vision of the Prime Minister.
• The MoU will encourage farmers to adopt sericulture based Agroforestry models.
• This partnership will also lead to having faster returns to the growers and support to the product variety of range of silk in the country.
• Static Part: 
• Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: Narendra Singh Tomar

Question: 

Q.1 Who among the following entities signed MoU to implement Agroforestry in the silk sector under the Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme?
a. Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
b. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Central Silk Board
c. Central Silk Board and NABARD
d. None of the above