Fisheries Minister

The Chhattisgarh Government has encouraged

constructing small ponds on private land as per

Draught relief program.

It is considered that this

supplementary water area will

demonstrate a bonus to fish

seed rearing & fish culture

program.

The contributions which are being made to set up

more circular hatcheries in private and public sector

to pull up all the accessible resources of inventions

will be creating novel facilities for rearing and

production both in the coming years.

The fisheries minister looks after the availability of water

resources.

The high rain fall and good temperature regime

stimulated state government to open a Fishey College.

The College of Fisheries was inaugurated at

Kawardha in Chhattisgarh on July 16, 2010.

The college is presently running in a hired

building.

A forty acre land has been acquired and a full-fledged campus is

being established. The college provided a number of facilities:

To impart education of fisheries and allied sciences

Human resources development for fisheries sector

To prepare self-employed personnel of fish farming

To conduct need-based research in fishery sector

To disseminate improved fishery practices at the door

step of the stakeholders

Under the influence of fisheries minister, the fisheries

sector has been recognized as an authoritative

employment and income generator and plays a

significant part in rural economy and is a foundation of

nutritious and cheap food.

For livelihood around 2.50 lakh fishermen in

Chhattisgarh depend on aquaculture and fisheries.

The fisheries segment occupies a vital place in the socio

- economic development of Chhattisgarh.

It furnishes principally to the need of socio -

economically backward and weaker communities of

fishermen, scheduled tribes and scheduled castes. Fish is

easily edible and protein - rich nutritive food product

that helps to confiscate malnutrition.

New Fisheries Policy in Chhattisgarh

• Fishery leases of tanks, irrigation reservoirs and ponds

up to 200 ha. of water area to be given for 5 years at a time.

• 10 percent increase in preliminary lease amount in every

3rd year is to be made

• Tanks and Ponds having more than 1 ha. water area are to

be rented out to the registered fishermen's co - operative

societies

• Fisheries of 10 percent of tanks, irrigation reservoirs,

ponds are to be reserved for renting to the unemployed

youth who have been granted training by the department for

ten months.

Chhattisgarh possesses varied and vast natural water area

accessible for fish availability in the form of reservoirs,

river, tanks and ponds. In rivers, fishing is free for the

members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

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