{"id":50122,"date":"2019-07-18T19:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=50122"},"modified":"2019-07-18T16:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:35:52","slug":"7-pm-working-towards-a-new-blue-revolution-18th-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-working-towards-a-new-blue-revolution-18th-july-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"7 PM |Working towards a new Blue Revolution| 18th July, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>: Blue\nrevolution in India and its significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Revolution (Neel\nKranti Mission) has the vision to achieve economic prosperity of the country\nand the fishers and fish farmers as well as contribute towards food and\nnutritional security through full potential utilization of water resources for\nfisheries development in a sustainable manner, while keeping in view the\nbio-security and environmental concerns. The Neel Kranti Mission will have\nmulti-dimensional approach to all activities concerned with development of the\nfisheries sector as a modern world-class industry in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Need of Blue Revolution and its impact on Indian Economy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Doubling\nthe farmer\u2019s income:<\/strong> The fisheries sector is growing at 7% compound annual growth\nrate (CAGR). With this growth the target of doubling the income of farmers by\n2022 will be realized.<\/li><li><strong>Employment\npotential: <\/strong>more than 14 million people are employed in fisheries sector\ndirectly or indirectly. With increasing labor force in coming future fisheries\nsector look promising to accommodate the labor force.<\/li><li><strong>Locational\nfactors:<\/strong> Over 8,000 kilometers of coastline, 4 million hectares of\nreservoirs, 2 million hectares of brackish water and nearly 51,000 square\nkilometers of continental shelf area offers a plethora of opportunities for the\ngrowth of marine and fish industry of India.<\/li><li><strong>Export\npotential:<\/strong> In the face of continued uncertainties in the global seafood\ntrade, India has been able to cling on to its position as a leading supplier of\nfrozen shrimp and frozen fish in international markets&nbsp;.The fisheries sector export rise 19.1% in 2017-18 compare\nto the previous year. In other words fisheries sector earned $ 7.08 billion\nagainst $ 5.77 in 2016-17.<\/li><li><strong>Growing\ndemand:<\/strong> Presently world production is 171 million tonnes and by 2025\nit would be around 250 million tones. More than 100 countries taste Indian sea\nfood, so the demand for Indian sea food also increases. Governments both\ncentral and state should tap the growing demand.<\/li><li><strong>Comparative\nadvantage:<\/strong> increasing marine fish depletion throughout the world will\ngive the opportunity to Indian aquaculture. Presently more than 60% of fish\nproduction comes from inland aquaculture.<\/li><li><strong>Nutritional support: <\/strong>according to global nutrition report 38% of children under age 5 are\nstunted, 21% children are wasted and india is home to highest anaemia among\nwomen. Consumption of fish is the key to good health. It is\nespecially crucial for women during pregnancy and lactation. The so-called\n1,000-day window from pregnancy to the child\u2019s second birthday promotes a\nchild\u2019s proper physical and mental development. The nutrients in fish promote\noptimal brain development, regulate the immune system and build healthy bones.<\/li><li><strong>Processing:\n<\/strong>The\nfish industry utilizes only one percent of the total cold storage capacity\navailable in the country today. Further, while three-fourths of fish harvested\nin India is marketed in fresh form, there is a strong need for the cold chain\nindustry to come up with innovative &amp; cost effective transportation and\nstorage facilities to ensure supply of superior product to the consumer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Challenges\nfacing fisheries sector in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Unorganized and fragmented:<\/strong> Fishery is a state subject under the constitution of\nIndia but very few states have dedicated bodies for the development and\nmarketing of fish produced in the state. Domestic market has the bulk share in\ncontext to the marketing of the fish produced in the country i.e. 85% of the\nproduce which is highly unorganized and scattered.<\/li><li><strong>Deep sea\nfishing:<\/strong>\npresently 90% of the marine fish landings are coming from within 50meters of\ninshore deep waters through artisanal, traditional, mechanized vessels. India\nhad huge exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 2 million square km, hardly any\nresource to tap this potential.<\/li><li><strong>Mechanized\ntrawling:<\/strong> mechanization of fishing vessels and use of synthetic gear\nmaterials brought in drastic changes in the coastal areas. The effect of\nmechanization was depletion of fish and drastic decrease of fish production.\nTrawling technology also leads to environmental depletion as trawling net\nscraps the bottom of the sea<\/li><li><strong>Storage:<\/strong>\nAlthough\na scheme on infrastructural facility for preservation and processing of fish is\nprovided for creation of additional facilities under the Department of Food Processing\nIndustries scheme yet the same cannot be utilized unless food parks are planned\nin areas close to the fishing\/ processing centre\u2019s. More than 17 food parks are\nsanctioned but no one park is focused on fisheries.<\/li><li><strong>Lack of value addition:<\/strong> normally\nunit value of frozen fish could be increased through promotion of filleting,\nformulation of breaded &amp; battered products, other ready to cook\/eat\nproducts in consumer packs. But in India only 10% of fish production is\nprocessed and because of these only 1\/10<sup>th<\/sup> of fish production is\nexported.<\/li><li><strong>Technology up\ngradation:<\/strong>\nIn India aquaculture productivity is almost stagnated or in the phase of\ndecline because due to lack of timely up gradation of technology. The broad\nareas of fish production affected by technology gap would include, alternate\nspecies to shrimp for coastal aquaculture, mariculture technology in respect of\ncrab, mussels, oysters, lobster, ornamental fish etc, and Intensive\naquaculture.<\/li><li><strong>Safety concerns:<\/strong> big importers like the European Union, South Africa\nand the US have stepped up testing measures for marine product consignments\nshipped from India. Shipments are now more frequently being tested for\nantibiotic residue, especially for internationally banned antibiotics such as\nNitrofuran, and contaminated shipments are rejected and shipped back at\nsignificant costs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Measures to improve the fisheries sector in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blue Revolution:<\/strong> Realizing the immense scope for development of fisheries and\naquaculture, the Government of India has restructured the Central Plan Scheme\nunder an umbrella of Blue Revolution. The restructured Central Sector Scheme on\nBlue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries (CSS)\napproved by the Government provides for a focused development and management of\nthe fisheries.<\/li><li><strong>Development fund:<\/strong> Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has also approved the\nsetting up of a dedicated Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development\nFund (FIDF) worth Rs.7,522crore to fill the large infrastructure gaps in\nfisheries sector in the country through developing infrastructure projects such\nas fishing harbours\/ fish landing centres, fish seed farms, fish feed\nmills\/plants, setting up of disease diagnostic and aquatic quarantine\nfacilities, creation of cold chain infrastructure facilities such as ice\nplants, cold storage, fish transport facilities, fish processing units, fish\nmarkets, etc.<\/li><li><strong>Fisheries in rain fed areas:<\/strong> Fisheries in rainfed\nareas have immense potential. Small reservoirs, tanks, water harvesting ponds\ncreated as a part of watershed development or MGNREGS and wetlands in Bihar,\nUttar Pradesh and West Bengal etc. that dot the landscapes of rainfed areas\nhave potential for fisheries development. An estimated 1.2 million ha of water\nspread area exists with fishery potential across the country. So the government should frame the guidelines to tap\nthis potential.<\/li><li><strong>Processing and storage:<\/strong> under pradhan mantra kisan SAMPADA yojana scheme, government creating a\nchain cold storage and logistics, Mega food parks and storage vehicles. So the\nfood processing ministry should focus on creating integrated cold storage to\ndevelop fisheries sector in India.<\/li><li><strong>Quality:<\/strong> there\nare only 84 processing plants, 147 processing units for processing of fisheries\nsector with Europe Union certified. It is very minimal number, so the\ngovernment should increase processing plants to improve quality of sea food. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Way forward:<\/strong> Fisheries\nis a sunrise sector with diverse resources and potentials. The requirement for\nfish and fish products are increasing steadily and expected to touch 16 million\ntonnes by 2025 of which atleast 12 million tonnes would be required to be met from\ninland sector and aquaculture is expected to provide over 10 million tonnes.\nWith action plans indicated with matching investments in the sector, it is\nexpected that the sector would increasingly contribute to the food and\nnutritional security and sustain the livelihoods of the people employed\ndirectly and indirectly in addition to earning foreign exchange. It is\nnecessary to put in appropriate and enabling policy framework capacity building\nat different levels is duly addressed and extension mechanism strengthened. As\ncapture fisheries is still an important component of Indian fisheries, due\nimportance needs to be given to habitat restoration and biodiversity\nconservation in different eco systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/opinion\/working-towards-a-new-blue-revolution\/article28522609.ece\">https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/opinion\/working-towards-a-new-blue-revolution\/article28522609.ece<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Blue revolution in India and its significance. 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