Union Minister
for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Giriraj Singh launches the
first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter “Matsya Sampada”
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Union Minister for Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Giriraj Singh today launched the first
edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter “MATSYA SAMPADA” published
by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying, Government of India and the Operational Guidelines of the Pradhan
Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
The Newsletter “MATSYA
SAMPADA” is an outcome of the endeavours of the Department of Fisheries to
reach out to the stakeholders especially fishers and fish farmers through
various means of communication, and to inform and educate them about the latest
developments in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. It would be published on
a quarterly basis starting from the first quarter of the year 2020-21.Guidelines
would help the States/UTs in speedy implementation of the scheme.
The Government of India in May 2020 launched
a new Flagship Scheme i.e. the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for the sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector at an investment of
Rs. 20050 crore.
The PMMSY with an array of 100 diverse
activities are by far the largest ever investment in the fisheries sector.
Achieving the
ambitious targets under PMMSY of an additional 70 lakh tons of fish production,
rupees one lakh crores fisheries exports, generation of 55 lakh employment over
next five years, etc.
Source: PIB
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