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| Shafat inaugurates fisheries awareness camp at Pulwama | | | PULWAMA: An awareness camp of fish unit holders was organized at Gango Pulwama by the Fisheries department.
All the Trout and Carp fish unit holders of the district participated in the camp besides many progressive farmers were also present.
District Development Commissioner, Pulwama, Mr. Shafat Noor inaugurated the awareness camp and was the chief guest on the occasion.
It was informed during the camp that 465 Fishermen were registered by the department, while 114 fishermen were covered under Low Cost Houses Scheme and an amount of Rs. 2.28 lakh were provided to the beneficiaries under the said scheme during previous financial year.
For construction of low cost houses, the District Development Commissioner distributed cheques to the tune of Rs. 13 lakh among 8 unit fish holders under centrally sponsored scheme Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). It was disclosed that the 48 Fish Units both Trout and Carp are running in the district cent percent subsidy and 92 quintal fish product was recorded in 2012-13.
District Development Commissioner, Pulwama stresses upon fish unit holders to take advantage of the schemes provided by the Fisheries Development department and motivate the unemployed educated youth to establish their own income generating units, enabling them to earn their own livelihood. |
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