Traditionally an important role for women in the economy of rural regions, silk-making encompasses planting mulberry, raising silkworms, unreeling silk, makingthread, and designing and weaving fabric.
The framework says the presumption towards sustainable development should be "seen as a golden thread running through both plan-making and decision-taking".
Down one, tailors make bisht, traditional robes for formal events and weddings that incorporate gold thread, made by men who have been making them for generations.