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JAMMU: One-day awareness cum training programme on Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) was on Sunday organised by NCDC, Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for Cooperative Research and Development (LINAC) Regional Training Center, Chandigarh here at Kisan Kendera, Talab Tillo.
Regional Director NCDC Lt Col Ashish Mohan Agarwal informed that Pradhanmantri Matsya Sampada Yojna (PMMSY) is a flagship scheme of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairy, Government of India, which has been launched under the Atmnirbhar Bharat Package.
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has assisted more than one lakh Cooperatives of the country with a quantum of Rs. 1.82 lakh crore till date and thousands of Cooperative personnel have been trained through its training institute and regional centers.
The Director Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu, K. K. Sharma, in his key note address said that Fish production is the part of integrated farming and JK UT has huge potential for development of fishery sector, therefore all the stakeholders should take more and more benefits under the PMMSY scheme. Joint Director Fisheries, Jammu, Dr. Manzoor Wani talked about status of fisheries in J&K and sensitized the participants regarding various schemes of Fisheries department for the welfare of Fish Farmers.
Assistant Director NCDC, Vivek K. Tripathi reflected in detail about the aims and objectives and funding structure under the PMMSY.
Those present on the occasion included Joint Director Agriculture (Extension), Rajan Sharma, CAO Jammu, Arvind Baru, other officers of NCDC and Agriculture department besides more than 300 farmers from J&K.