Textiles Minister Smriti Irani today inaugurated the India International Silk Fair in New Delhi to promote production and marketing silk across the country. Talking to media after inaugurating the fair, Ms Irani said, the fair is with the objective of providing opportunity to small and medium entrepreneurs to showcase their unique products to the visiting overseas buyers. The Minister said, this will help in presenting silk being produced in India with new branding across the globe. <br/><br/>Ms Irani said the fair will provide a unique opportunity for exporters to display products and for overseas buyers a place to source their merchandize. <br/><br/>The Indian Silk Export Promotion Council is organising the Silk fair in which 100 buyers from various countries are participating. <br/><br/>The buyers will visit 120 exhibitors of silk and silk blended products manufactured in various parts of India and exported all over the world. <br/><br/>The Indian Silk industry is important and providing livelihood to around seven million population of the country. India is the second largest producer of Silk in the world and is the country which is producing all major varieties of silk including Mulberry, Tesar, Eri and Muga.