10-02-22 Daily-Jharkhand-JPSC Current Affairs

The is giving a golden opportunity to the fish farmers to increase their income by providing them training. Not only this, under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), it is giving financial assistance by providing subsidies of 40 to 60 per cent for making ponds, making bio flak tanks, making recirculatory aquaculture systems and other facilities.

The Department of Fishery, Director, VN Dwivedi said that there is a provision of subsidy of up to 40 per cent for general category people and 60 per cent for Women, SC-ST. The State Government is giving grants ranging from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 50 lakh to the people who want to take up fish. In East Singhbhum district, a target was set to train 290 people in the current financial year, which has been completed but there is no need to be disappointed. Training for the new financial year has started. Interested people can apply in the office of District Fisheries Officer located at Doranda. Since there is no system of training in other districts, those interested to take training will have to go to Ranchi, he added.

Dwivedi said that there are different types of training and it is also being given for three and more days. The good thing is that the rent and lodging arrangements for going to Ranchi will also be done by the Government itself. Along with providing training to the farmers, fisheries department is giving them the benefit of many beneficial schemes including allowance, Insurance of fish farmers, housing, cart-rickshaw or auto rickshaw, establishment of hatchery, he added.