Fisheries Minister

The Chhattisgarh Government has encouraged constructing small ponds on private land as per

Draught relief program.

It is considered that this supplementary water area will

demonstrate a bonus to fish seed rearing & fish culture

program.

The contributions which are being made to set up more circular hatcheries in private and public sector to pull up all the accessible resources of inventions

will be creating novel facilities for rearing and production both in the coming years.

The fisheries minister looks after the availability of water resources.

The high rain fall and good temperature regime stimulated state government to open a Fishey College.

The College of Fisheries was inaugurated at Kawardha in Chhattisgarh on July 16, 2010. The college is presently running in a hired

building.

A forty acre land has been acquired and a full-fledged campus is being established. The college provided a number of facilities:

To impart education of fisheries and allied sciences Human resources development for fisheries sector To prepare self-employed personnel of fish farming To conduct need-based research in fishery sector To disseminate improved fishery practices at the door

step of the stakeholders

Under the influence of fisheries minister, the fisheries sector has been recognized as an authoritative employment and income generator and plays a

significant part in rural economy and is a foundation of nutritious and cheap food.

For livelihood around 2.50 lakh fishermen in Chhattisgarh depend on aquaculture and fisheries.

The fisheries segment occupies a vital place in the socio - economic development of Chhattisgarh.

It furnishes principally to the need of socio - economically backward and weaker communities of

fishermen, scheduled tribes and scheduled castes. Fish is easily edible and protein - rich nutritive food product

that helps to confiscate malnutrition.

New Fisheries Policy in Chhattisgarh• Fishery leases of tanks, irrigation reservoirs and ponds up to 200 ha. of water area to be given for 5 years at a time.• 10 percent increase in preliminary lease amount in every 3rd year is to be made• Tanks and Ponds having more than 1 ha. water area are to be rented out to the registered fishermen's co - operative societies• Fisheries of 10 percent of tanks, irrigation reservoirs, ponds are to be reserved for renting to the unemployed youth who have been granted training by the department for ten months.

Chhattisgarh possesses varied and vast natural water area accessible for fish availability in the form of reservoirs, river, tanks and ponds. In rivers, fishing is free for the

members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

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