Updated: September 10, 2020 2:10:32 pm
Prime Minister Modi said that PMMSY will transform the fishing sector and add strength to efforts to build an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. (Source: Twitter / @ BJP4India)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched Rs 20.05 crore Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) to boost the income, production and exports of farmers in the fisheries sector. The prime minister also launched several other initiatives for the fisheries and livestock sectors in Bihar, a state that is heading to the assembly polls in October-November.
Through a video conference, the prime minister launched the e-Gopala mobile app which will provide a farmers market for cattle and a semen station with state-of-the-art facilities in Purnia with an investment of Rs 84.27 crore on 75 acres of available land. by the government of Bihar.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Modi said: “All the plans that began resonate with our belief that our villages must become the force of the 21st century India, self-sufficient India. Efforts have been made to strengthen fisheries related to fishing, dairy work, honey production ”.
Prime Minister Modi said that PMMSY will transform the fishing sector and add strength to efforts to build an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. He also interacted with farmers focusing on the livestock and fisheries sector.
The PMMSY is a flagship scheme for the focused and sustainable development of the fisheries sector in the country with an estimated investment of Rs 20,050 crore for its implementation during 2020-21 to 2024-25 as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package. Outside of this, an investment of approximately Rs 12,340 crore is proposed for beneficiary-oriented activities in marine, inland fisheries and aquaculture and around Rs 7,710 crore of investment for fishing infrastructure.
With Bihar in focus, the project envisages an investment of Rs 1,390 crore in the state. PM Modi also announced the establishment of a fish farming bank in Sitamarhi and an aquatic disease reference laboratory in Kishanganj.
The prime minister also inaugurated a one-unit fish feed mill in Madhepura, two units of ‘Fish on Wheels’ in Patna under the ‘blue revolution’, a comprehensive center for fish production technology at the Central Agricultural University Dr. Rajendra Prasad in Pusa.
Speaking of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Modi said: “Under Nitishji’s leadership, work is being done at a rapid pace to reach water from village to village in Bihar. Only 2 percent of households used to have clean water supply in Bihar 4-5 years ago. Today this figure has risen to more than 70 percent. “
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