The year wise details of fish seed hatchery sanctioned under the erstwhile Blue Revolution scheme and ongoing PMMSY scheme between 2017- 18 2021- 22 are as under.
Name of the Activity |
Assam |
West Bengal |
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2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
|
Establishment of New Freshwater Finfish Hatcheries |
22 |
20 |
- |
10 |
16 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Under the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries a total of 250 nos fishermen houses sanctioned for Assam and 422 nos of fishermen houses were approved for West Bengal. Besides, the post harvest infrastructure facilities comprising 9 nos cold storage/ice plants, 16 nos refrigerates/ insulated vehicles, 10 nos live fish vending centers, 103 nos Motorcycle with ice box, 937 cycles with ice boxes and 185 numbers three Wheeler with ice box including E-rickshaw for fish vending approved for Assam. Whereas, in case of West Bengal 2 nos of refrigerated/insulated vehicles and 50 nos of motorcycle with ice box approved during 2017 – 18 under Blue Revolution Scheme. However, the Government of West Bengal has not submitted any proposal since last three years.
This information was given by Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.