According to Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh in the year 2015-16 there was about Rs. 1 lakh crore value fish production in the country. With 14.8 % average annual growth rate, India stood first in the world in the export of fisheries products, he added.
The aim of Blue Revolution scheme is to increase the fish production and productivity by 8 per cent annual growth rate and to reach 15 million tones mark by 2020, he underlined.Due to increase in fisheries and aquaculture, the income of fish farmers and farmers is constantly increasing and in the coming days it will benefit fish farmers and farmers at a large scale, Minister noted.
Radha Mohan Singh said this on the occasion of World Fisheries Day, in a ceremony organized by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
The Union Minister said that fish farming will have three benefits firstly, increase in the farmers income secondly, there will be progress in the country’s export and GDP and thirdly it will ensure nutritional and food security in the country.