Set up fish units in all Haryana districts, says minister JP Dalal

Chandigarh, September 16

Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Fisheries Minister JP Dalal held a review meeting of the Fisheries Department here today.

During the meeting, he stated that in the field of inland fish culture, the state was first in India as it had been producing around 9,600 kg per hectare annually. A target has been given to all district officials of the Fisheries Department to set up fishery units by March 31, 2022, he added.

He also sought the report of the number of fish farms set up in the past three years as well as the amount of subsidy provided to farmers. —TNS