The launch ceremony of a Silk-reeling and twisting `cluster' was held on Thursday, at Saranpara of Kaliachak-I block of Malda district.
The occasion for ceremony was launching of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's (NABARD) Cluster Development Programme.
The cluster was officially launched by Gautam Chakraborty, Sabhadhipati of the Malda Zilla Parishad.
NABARD has already launched 55 clusters all over the country. Of these clusters, 30 are involved directly or indirectly with handloom weaving, official sources said.