Accounting for 49% of India's raw silk production, Ramanagara in Karnataka is the country's silk production hub.

However, the silk industry here is not happy with the reduction of import duty on Chinese silk as prices in the markets have come down.

As part of CNBC-TV18's special series on Karnataka elections, Rukmini Rao and Archana Shukla report on the economic issues which will count across Karnataka.

First Published:Apr 25, 2018 5:52 PM IST