23-11-2015

Blue Revolution with an outlay of 3000 crore rupees

proposed
Who: Blue Revolution with an outlay of 3000 crore rupees
What: Was in news
When: 21 November 2015
Why: Union Agriculture Minister mentioned about it on World Fisheries Day

Blue Revolution: Creating an enabling environment for integrated and holistic development of
fisheries
The Scheme Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries was in news as
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Radha Mohan Singh on the eve of World Fisheries Day
2015 on 21 November 2015 mentioned about it.
The scheme was conceptualized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 and entails a total outlay of
3000 crore rupees.
It visualizes an enabling environment for an integrated and holistic development and management of
fisheries keeping in view the sustainability, bio-security and environmental concerns.
The scheme is an umbrella scheme that has been formed by merging all the existing schemes for
effective implementation of different schemes in the fishery sector
The scheme will cover inland fisheries, aquaculture, marine fisheries including deep sea fishing, mariculture and all activities undertaken by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) towards
realizing Blue Revolution.
This will ensure that a focused approach of this nature ushers in Blue Revolution through an integrated
development and management of fisheries and aquaculture sector.
Further, it would also ensure sustained acceleration and intensification of fish production beyond the
projected annual growth rate.