**Executive Summary**
This notification from the Ministry of Textiles, dated January 15, 2026, amends the Central Silk Board Rules, 1955. The amendment increases the financial threshold mentioned in rule 22(1) from Rs 50.00 lakh to Rs 1.00 crore. The rules take effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **General Information**
* The notification is numbered G.S.R. 36(E).
* It is published under the authority of the Central Government.
* The statutory authority is the Central Silk Board Act, 1948, section 13.
* **Amendment Details**
* This document contains the "Central Silk Board (Amendment) Rules, 2026."
* Rule 22(1) of the Central Silk Board Rules, 1955 is amended.
* The phrase "Rs 50.00 lakh" is replaced with "Rs 1.00 crore."
* **Commencement**
* The new rules come into effect on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
**Impact Analysis**
**Central Silk Board**
* **Impact:** The board's operational rules regarding financial thresholds are updated.
* **Action Required:** Implement the revised financial threshold in relevant processes and approvals.
**Ministry of Textiles**
* **Impact:** The ministry is responsible for enforcing the amended rules.
* **Action Required:** Oversee the implementation of the revised rules and provide guidance on its application.
Key Entities Referenced
Central Silk Board Act, 1948: The Act that empowers the Central Government to make rules for the Central Silk Board.
Central Silk Board Rules, 1955: The principal rules being amended by this notification.
Ministry of Textiles: The Ministry issuing the notification.
Central Silk Board (Amendment) Rules, 2026: The name of the amendment rules published in the notification.
New Delhi: Location where the notification was issued.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
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स.ं 36] नई दिल्ली, बृहस्ट्प जतवार, िनवरी 15, 2026/पौष 25, 1947
No. 36] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026/PAUSHA 25, 1947
वस्त्र मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 15 िनवरी, 2026
सा.का.जन. 36(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, केन्द्रीय रेिम बोड ड अजधजनयम, 1948 (1948 का 61), की धारा 13 द्वारा
प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, केन्द् रीय रेिम बोडड जनयम, 1955 का और संिोधन करने हते ु जनम्न जलजखत जनयम बनाती
ह,ै अर्ाडत: -
1. सजं िप्त नाम और प्रारंभ होन े की तारीख:- (1) इन जनयमों का संजिप्त नाम केन्द् रीय रेिम बोडड (संिोधन) जनयम,
2026 ह।ै
(2) य ेरािपत्र में प्रकािन की तारीख से प्रभावी होंगे।
2. केन्द् रीय रेिम बोडड जनयम, 1955 के जनयम 22 के उप जनयम (1) के जद्वतीय परन्द् तुक म,ें ‘50.00 लाख रुपए’, िब् िों और
अंकों के स्ट्र् ान पर, ‘1.00 करोड़ रुपए’, िब् ि और अंक, रखे िाएंगे।
[फा. सं. 25011/11/2025-जसल् क]
पिजमनी ससंगला, संयुक् त सजचव
314 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
पाि टिप्पणी: मलू जनयम सा.का.जन. स.ं 662, तारीख 23 माचड, 1955 को प्रकाजित दकए गए र् ेऔर तत्पश्चात् जनम्न द्वारा
संिोजधत दकए गए :
(i) सा.का.जन.561, तारीख 7 अप्रलै , 1971;
(ii) सा.का.जन. 1250, तारीख 18 जसतंबर, 1972;
(iii) सा.का.जन. 1165, तारीख 22 अक् तूबर, 1974;
(iv) सा.का.जन.141, तारीख 24 िनवरी, 1985;
(v) सा.का.जन.29, तारीख 23 दिसंबर, 1992;
(vi) फा.आ. 1059, तारीख 13 अप्रैल, 1998;
(vii) सा.का.जन. 426, तारीख 13 अक् तूबर, 2000;
(viii) सा.का.जन.420, तारीख 30 नवंबर, 2004;
(ix) सा.का.जन.750(अ), तारीख 3 अक् तूबर, 2011; तर्ा
(x) सा.का.जन. 76, तारीख 31 माचड, 2015
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th January, 2026
G.S.R. 36(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Central Silk Board Act, 1948
(61 of 1948), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Silk Board Rules,
1955, namely: -
1. Short title and Commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Central Silk Board (Amendment)
Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Silk Board Rules, 1955, in rule 22, in sub-rule (1), in the second proviso, for the letters, figures
and word “Rs 50.00 lakh”, the letters, figure and word “Rs. 1 crore” shall be substituted.
[F. No. 25011/11/2025-Silk]
PADMINI SINGLA, Jt. Secy.
Footnote: The principal rules were published vide number S.R.O.662, dated the 23rd March, 1955, and subsequently
amended vide numbers:
(i) G.S.R. 561, dated the 7th April, 1971;
(ii) G.S.R. 1250, dated the 18th September, 1972;
(iii) G.S.R. 1165, dated the 22nd October, 1974;
(iv) G.S.R. 141, dated the 24thJanuary,1985;
(v) G.S.R. 29, dated the 23rd December, 1992;
(vi) S.O. 1059, dated the 13th April, 1998;
(vii) G.S.R. 426, dated the 13th October, 2000;
(viii) G.S.R. 420, dated the 30th November, 2004;
(ix) G.S.R. 750(E), dated the 3rd October, 2011; and
(x) G.S.R 76, dated the 31st March, 2015.
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