Eco-Friendly Aquaculture Must For Rural Development: Venkaiah

Hyderabad, Aug.30 (Maxim News): Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said environment friendly aquaculture can serve as a vehicle for rural development, food and nutritional security for the rural masses, considering the substantial contribution of aquaculture makes towards socio-economic development in terms of income and employment.

Inaugurating the 5th Aqua Aquaria India 2019, country’s International Aquaculture Show, organized by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) here today, the Vice President endorsed the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Fit India and stressed the need of a national movement. Intake of food rich in proteins, such as fish, is crucial for good health, he added.

Referring to the slogan given by former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan‘, Venkaiah Naidu said, “We must salute the soldiers for guarding our borders; we must salute the farmers for producing food for us and we must salute the scientists for making India scientifically advanced.

Stating that the government was keen on doubling farmers’ income by 2022, the Vice President stressed the need of ensuring that the economic benefits from fisheries reach the fishermen and fish farmers. He also cautioned against reckless exploitation of limited resources, especially endangered marine species.

He congratulated the MPEDA for organizing the three-day exposition and expressed hope that such events would help giving a renewed impetus to the sector by infusing new ideas and advanced technology. He also inaugurated the MPEDA-RGCA Exhibition and Business to Business Exhibition and went around the same.

AP Animal Husbandry & Fisheries minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, his Telangana counterpart Talasani Srinivasa Yadav, MPEDA Chairman K.S. Srinivas and others were present.(Maxim News)