India, March 25 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying with effect from financial year 2018-19 has been implementing Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) with a total fund size of Rs 7522.48 crore to address the infrastructure requirement for fisheries sector. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying based on the techno-financial proposals, so far, has approved a total 141 proposals at a cost of Rs. 5915.54 crore with restricting the project's cost for interest subvention at Rs. 3947.54 crore to various State Governments, Union Territories and other End Implementing Ag...