Meghalaya government to launch a new scheme ‘Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries’

The Meghalaya government will launch a new scheme ‘Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries’ on 26th October 2018. The Blue Revolution is being implemented to achieve economic prosperity of fishermen and fish farmers and contribute towards food and nutritional security through optimum utilisation of water resources in a sustainable manner keeping in view the bio-security and environmental concerns. Under the Blue Revolution, the state government will develop new ponds on another 1,000 hectares of land, feed mills and retail outlets since many people do not know the places where they can get local fishes. For the scheme, the Central Government has sanctioned Rs 51 crore.