Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 Held in Mumbai Under Chairmanship of Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh.

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On 28th April 2025, the "Coastal States Fisheries Meet: 2025" was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra, under the chairmanship of Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAH&D), and Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR).


      - The event witnessed participation from Union Minister of State (MoS) Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel (MoFAH&D, MoPR), Union MoS George Kurian (MoFAH&D, Ministry of Minority Affairs – MoMA), along with Governors and Fisheries Ministers of 7 coastal States/Union Territories (UTs).

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for fisheries projects worth Rs. 255.30 crore for 7 coastal States/UTs under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

      (ii) He also launched the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC 2025), released Guidelines on Turtle Excluder Device, and introduced the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Vessel Communication and Support System.

(iii) In addition, he distributed tablets enabled with the Digital Application Vyas-NAV (Village Jetty Appraisal NAVigator) and awarded the first-ever Aqua Insurance (One Time Incentive Sanction-cum-Release Order) to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY).
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