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Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Policy to Improve Agriculture Sector

New Delhi, Fri, 22 Jul 2016 NI Wire

The Blue Revolution, with its multi-dimensional activities, focuses mainly on increasing production from aquaculture and fisheries resources, both inland and marine. Blue Revolution visualizes “Creating an enabling environment for an integrated and holistic development and management of fisheries keeping in view the sustainability, bio-security and environmental concerns”.

The main objectives of the scheme are:-

i) To increase the overall fish production in a responsible and sustainable manner for economic prosperity;

ii) To modernize fisheries with special focus on new technologies;

iii) To ensure food and nutritional security;

iv) To generate employment and export earnings;

v) To ensure inclusive development and empower fishermen and aquaculture farmers.

The Administrative approval of the restructured scheme was issued on 22.12.2015 with revised funding norms. The guidelines of the scheme has been revamped and issued on 30.06.2016 with revised cost norms for the entire gamut of activities in the fisheries sector.

Under the revised scheme unit cost of Fishermen houses has been increased to Rs. 120,000/- in plain areas and Rs.130,000/- in North-East Himalayan states from existing Rs.75,000/-. Similarly for saving-cum-relief, financial assistance to be provided to each Fishermen has been increased to Rs.3,000/- from existing Rs.1,800/-.

Government of India is implementing National Horticulture Mission (NHM) scheme for development of post harvest management and market infrastructure.

In order to improve the marketing system being carried out by existing physical mandis and to provide maximum benefit to the farmers by enhancing transparency, price discovery, competition and farmers’ access to numerous markets and buyers, the Government has launched National Agricultural Market scheme (e-NAM) on 14th April, 2016 in 21 mandis across 8 States. Under the Scheme, a PAN India electronic portal has been developed to be deployable in 585 mandis by 2018. Further, to modernize the existing mandis under e-NAM, the Government will provide e-NAM portal free of cost and will also meet expenses on software and its customization for the States. Apart from this, the Government will give grant as one time fixed cost subject to the ceiling of Rs.30.00 lakhs per Mandi for hardware including equipment/ infrastructure and assaying equipments, etc.

The component of market infrastructure in NHM includes rural primary markets, wholesale markets and terminal market complexes. For rural primary markets credit linked back ended subsidy @ 40% in general areas and @ 55% in hilly and tribal areas of the maximum project of Rs.25.00 lakh is available. For wholesale markets credit linked back ended subsidy @25% in general areas and @ 33.33% in hilly and tribal areas of the maximum project cost of Rs.100.00 crore/project is available. For terminal market complex, under PPP mode, assistance @25% to 40% (limited to Rs.50.00 crore) of project cost of Rs.150.00 crore/project, which includes 25% as floor subsidy plus 15% as subsidy on bidding is available.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri. Parshottam Rupala in Rajya Sabha today.

Source; PIB


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