Question : Who launched the first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter “MATSYA SAMPADA” ?
(a)Giriraj Singh
(b) Pratap Chandra Sarangi
(c) Narendra singh tomar
(d) None of the above
Answer : (a)
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Context
- Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Giriraj Singh today (30th June, 2020) launched the first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter “MATSYA SAMPADA”.
- Matsya Sampada
- The Newsletter “MATSYA SAMPADA” is an outcome of the endeavours of the Department of Fisheries to reach out to the stakeholders especially fishers and fish farmers through various means of communication, and to inform and educate them about the latest developments in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
- It would be published on a quarterly basis starting from the first quarter of the year 2020-21.
Matsya Sampda & PMMSY (Pradhan Mantri MatsyaSampada Yojana)
- Matsya Sampda is associated with PMMSY.
- Releasing the Operational Guidelines of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, Shri Giriraj Singh termed the launch of PMMSY as the most important moment in the journey of fisheries and aquaculture development.
- The Government of India in May, 2020 launched a new Flagship Scheme i.e. the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector at an investment of Rs. 20050 crore.
- The PMMSY with an array of 100 diverse activities is by far the largest ever investment in fisheries sector.
- Achieving the ambitious targets under PMMSY of an additional 70 lakh tons fish production, rupees one lakh crores fisheries exports, generation of 55 lakh employment over next five years, etc.
By — Pankaj Pandey.