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Raipur, November 21, 2024: Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has received the Best Inland District Award at the national level in the field of fisheries.
On the occasion of World Fisheries Day, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Panchayati Raj Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, Minister of State Professor SP Singh Baghel and George Kurien honored Narayan Singh Nag, Director of Fisheries Department of Chhattisgarh, and Assistant Director Fisheries Kanker SS Kanwar by presenting a trophy and a citation in New Delhi today.
Chhattisgarh has earlier received the award of the Best Inland State of the country in the field of fisheries.
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has expressed happiness over Kanker getting the Best Inland District Award of the country.
He has congratulated and wished all the fishermen and officials of the Fisheries Department of the state including Kanker for this proud achievement.
The Chief Minister has said that despite being a landlocked state, Chhattisgarh is leading in the country in the field of fisheries.
Chhattisgarh is a self-sufficient state in the country in fish seed production. This is the result of the hard work of the fish farmers of the state, the Chief Minister said.
It is worth mentioning that Chhattisgarh has 2.032 lakh hectares of water area for fish farming, out of which 96 per cent is being used for fish farming in some form or the other.
Every year 546 crore fish seeds and 7.30 lakh tons of fish are being produced in the state.
Fish seeds are also exported from here to the neighboring states. The state ranks 6th in the country in fish seed production and 8th in the country in fish production.
Fish farmers of Chhattisgarh state are being provided loan facility from the bank through Kisan Credit Card.
Short term loans are also being given to fish farmers at interest ranging from one per cent to three per cent as per eligibility.
