Silk is a proteinaceous fiber produced by larva of silkworm. silk is consider as the queen of textiles.it is lustrous in nature .rearing of silk moth and production of raw silk is known as sericulture. Jammu region forms an important segment of sericulture belt of the country having potential to meet the demand of good quality raw silk of international grade. however due to various problems this industry could not show significant progress. understanding the importance of silk industry in the context of economical development and production of good quality silk tremendous efforts should be made in order to solve the various problems . the present study mainly focus on the importance of silk ,various problems faced by the farmers, prospect of sericulture in Jammu region and it also focus on various future strategies to solve the present problem related to sericulture and the productive growth of silk in Jammu region.