Daily Current Affairs Article 11th January 2021: Assam government will provide khadi shirt, eri shawl and eri stole to Grade IV employees in a phased manner, in a move to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and his movement for Khadi.
Eri silk comes from the caterpillar of Samia ricini, found in northeast India and some parts of China, Japan.
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The name "eri" is derived from the Assamese word "era", which means "castor", as the silkworm feeds on castor plants.
Eri silk is also known as endi or errandi in India.
The woolly white silk is often referred to as the fabric of peace when it is processed without killing the silkworm. This process results in a silk called Ahimsa silk. Moths leave the cocoon and then the cocoons are harvested to be spun. The eri silkworm is the only completely domesticated silkworm other than Bombyx mori.
