Lok Sabha Question No. 305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Blue Revolutions
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, PINAKI MISRA, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 305 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## BLUE REVOLUTIONS

305. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO  PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और क ृ िक कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has decided to work for increasing the country's export earnings from fish and fish products to lay roads for 'Blue Revolutions' through an ambitious target;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  also  bringing  a  new  national  policy  to  increase  and  achieve  the target of production and export of fish and fish products;
- (d) if so, the details and the salient features thereof and the time by which it will be introduced; and
- (e) the extent to which the policy will increase the fishing products in the country and manner in which it will be beneficial to the fishermen?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) to (e): Yes,  Madam.    Realizing the immense  scope  for  development  of  fisheries  and aquaculture, the Government of India has restructured the Central Plan Scheme under an umbrella of Blue Revolution. The restructured Central Sector Scheme on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries(CSS)  approved in December, 2015  by the Government provides  for  a  focused  development  and  management  of  the  fisheries  sector  to  increase  both    fish production  and  fish  productivity  from  aquaculture  and  fisheries  resources  of  the  inland  and  marine fisheries sector including deep sea fishing.

The scheme has the following components:

- (a) National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its activities,
- (b) Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture,
- (c) Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post-Harvest Operations,
- (d) Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information System of the Fisheries Sector,
- (e) Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector,
- (f) Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) and other need-based Interventions,
- (g) National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen

The objectives of the scheme are (i) to increase the overall fish production in a responsible and sustainable manner for economic prosperity, (ii) to modernize the fisheries sector with special focus on new technologies, (iii) to ensure food and nutritional security in the country, (iv) to generate employment and export earnings and (v) to ensure inclusive development and empower fishers and aquaculture farmers.

The  scheme  aims  at  enhancing    fish  production  from  the  present  level  of  107.95  lakh  tonne (provisional) (2015-16) to about 150 lakh tonne by the end of the financial year 2019-20; and to augment the  export  earnings  with a  focus  on  increased  benefit  flow  to  the  fishers  and  fish  farmers  to  attain  the target of doubling  their income.

Besides, the Marine Products Export Development Agency (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce and  Industries  also  implements  various  export  promotion  policies  and  schemes  to  enhance  export earnings from the marine and brackish-water fish and aquaculture products.

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