Tanmay Mondal
IIM graduate, Batch of 2014
The Fisheries Department of the the Government of Bengal was first set up in the year 1911. Thereafter, on the recommendation of the Bengal Retrenchment Committee, the Department was abolished in the year 1923. The Department was again revived in the year 1942 as it was felt necessary to cope up with the growing needs for increase in production of fish by way of exploiting all the available impounded water resources in the then undivided Bengal primarily for two reasons: - (1) Love of fish in the diet for every Bengali family; (2) Increase in population.
Most of the poor people in rural areas of the State are dependent on mixed crop-livestock farming system for their livelihood. Animal Resources Development Department thus plays a major role in supplementing family income and generating gainful employment in the villages, particularly among the landless laborers, small and marginal farmers and especially women. The significance of the livestock sector in the economy of our State can be judged from the fact that it contributes 4.41% of the total SDP & 18.6% of the agricultural SDP.
Significant work has been done in both departments in the last 34 months
Special Assistance to the people living below poverty line: 1.7 crores poultry-chicks, 22,300 goats and 400 pigs have been distributed among the 3.6 lakh families living below the poverty line.
Health services for livestock and chicks: 3.77 crore chicks, ducks and livestock have been brought under the Animal Health Services and the vaccination of 4.97 crore livestock, chicks and ducks have been completed and also 30, 017 animal health camps have been organized.
Increase in production, preservation of milk and milk-product
• 18 milk chilling machines, having a capacity of 19,500 liters, have been purchased with an expenditure of rupees 75.25 lakh
• 3.05 lakh liters of milk (produced 2.6 lakh liters of milk in previous years ) was collected and rupees 488 crores have been earned through animal farm
• The reconstruction of the State Dairy has begun in Burdwan
Self-employment Scheme: Mother Dairy has engaged 2560 unemployed youths in self-employment schemes.
Live-stock Insurance: Insurance coverage at the cost of rupees 100.91 crores has been provided to 3.15 lakh of livestock and 2.5 lakh of heifer of hybrid variety. Nutritious fodder, medicine and vaccination were provided to them.
Fish for all, and fisheries in every water bodies: To conserve the native species of fishes and spawning of those species in inland water-bodies, fisheries are exercised in 212 water bodies.
Developed spawns: To develop the quality of fingerlings, steps have been taken through all spawn producing organizations. 77 lakh fingerlings had been released in large water-bodies under Social Fishery Scheme.
Conservation of Hilsa and Research Laboratory: To increase the number of Hilsa, a conservation and research laboratory had been established at Diamond Harbour
Loan to Fishermen in easy terms: Scientific fisheries have been started in 3369 hectare water bodies and loans in easy terms have been arranged under FFDA scheme.
Amendment in law to save water bodies: To save the water-bodies, the concerned law has been amended and that law is now being applied in rural panchayat area.
Old-age pension of the Fishermen: 7500 aged and disabled fishermen are getting rupees 1000 per month as old-age pension.
Bio-metric identity cards to sea-bound fishermen: 2.59 lakh sea-bound fishermen are benefiting under this scheme.
IIM graduate, Batch of 2014
The Fisheries Department of the the Government of Bengal was first set up in the year 1911. Thereafter, on the recommendation of the Bengal Retrenchment Committee, the Department was abolished in the year 1923. The Department was again revived in the year 1942 as it was felt necessary to cope up with the growing needs for increase in production of fish by way of exploiting all the available impounded water resources in the then undivided Bengal primarily for two reasons: - (1) Love of fish in the diet for every Bengali family; (2) Increase in population.
Most of the poor people in rural areas of the State are dependent on mixed crop-livestock farming system for their livelihood. Animal Resources Development Department thus plays a major role in supplementing family income and generating gainful employment in the villages, particularly among the landless laborers, small and marginal farmers and especially women. The significance of the livestock sector in the economy of our State can be judged from the fact that it contributes 4.41% of the total SDP & 18.6% of the agricultural SDP.
Significant work has been done in both departments in the last 34 months
Special Assistance to the people living below poverty line: 1.7 crores poultry-chicks, 22,300 goats and 400 pigs have been distributed among the 3.6 lakh families living below the poverty line.
Health services for livestock and chicks: 3.77 crore chicks, ducks and livestock have been brought under the Animal Health Services and the vaccination of 4.97 crore livestock, chicks and ducks have been completed and also 30, 017 animal health camps have been organized.
Increase in production, preservation of milk and milk-product
• 18 milk chilling machines, having a capacity of 19,500 liters, have been purchased with an expenditure of rupees 75.25 lakh
• 3.05 lakh liters of milk (produced 2.6 lakh liters of milk in previous years ) was collected and rupees 488 crores have been earned through animal farm
• The reconstruction of the State Dairy has begun in Burdwan
Self-employment Scheme: Mother Dairy has engaged 2560 unemployed youths in self-employment schemes.
Live-stock Insurance: Insurance coverage at the cost of rupees 100.91 crores has been provided to 3.15 lakh of livestock and 2.5 lakh of heifer of hybrid variety. Nutritious fodder, medicine and vaccination were provided to them.
Fish for all, and fisheries in every water bodies: To conserve the native species of fishes and spawning of those species in inland water-bodies, fisheries are exercised in 212 water bodies.
Developed spawns: To develop the quality of fingerlings, steps have been taken through all spawn producing organizations. 77 lakh fingerlings had been released in large water-bodies under Social Fishery Scheme.
Conservation of Hilsa and Research Laboratory: To increase the number of Hilsa, a conservation and research laboratory had been established at Diamond Harbour
Loan to Fishermen in easy terms: Scientific fisheries have been started in 3369 hectare water bodies and loans in easy terms have been arranged under FFDA scheme.
Amendment in law to save water bodies: To save the water-bodies, the concerned law has been amended and that law is now being applied in rural panchayat area.
Old-age pension of the Fishermen: 7500 aged and disabled fishermen are getting rupees 1000 per month as old-age pension.
Bio-metric identity cards to sea-bound fishermen: 2.59 lakh sea-bound fishermen are benefiting under this scheme.
