Blue Revolution through CSS

Blue Revolution through CSS

• The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying since 2015-16 has been implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries with a total central outlay of Rs.3000 crore for development of fisheries. The CSS is being implemented in all the States and Union Territories to supplement their efforts by providing financial assistance for the development of the fisheries sector in the country.
• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has eight fisheries research institutes and thirty-three research centers which are located at a different strategic location. The Institutes and research centers of ICAR are located in the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam and have been extending their services to different stakeholders of the country. Under the CSS, financial assistance is also provided to ICAR Institutes for various fisheries-related activities like technology up-gradation, fish disease surveillance, and control program, propagation of fisheries technologies and fish culture activities.

Source: PIB