India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched various schemes/programmes for holistic development of fisheries and aquaculture and empowerment of fishermen community in the country. Details of the Central Schemes/Programmes implemented are as below:
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries implemented for a period of 5 years from FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-20 with a central outlay of Rs.3000 crore and this scheme mobilized an investment of about Rs 5000 crore into the fisheries sector.
In order to address the infrastructure requirement for fisheries sector, Fi...