The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved a Rs.3,000crore umbrella scheme for integrated development and management of fisheries.
“The central sector scheme covers
development and management of inland fisheries, aquaculture, marine
fisheries including deep sea fishing, mariculture and all activities
undertaken by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB),” said a
cabinet communique.
The scheme has six broad components:
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its activities;
development of inland fisheries and aquaculture; development of marine
fisheries, infrastructure and post harvest operations; strengthening of
database and geographical information system of the fisheries sector;
institutional arrangement for fisheries sector; and monitoring, control
and surveillance (MCS) and other need-based interventions.
The umbrella scheme also provides
linkages and convergence with the shipping ministry’s Sagarmala Project,
the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and the National Rural Livelihoods
Mission.
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