TNPSC Thervupettagam

Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FAIDF)

October 30 , 2018 2245 days 1019 0
  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the creation of FAIDF to double farmers’ income by 2022.
  • The main aim is to boost fish production to achieve the target of producing
    • 15 million tonnes of fish production by 2020 and
    • 20 million tonnes by 2022-23

from current production of 11.4 million tonnes.

  • The aim to achieve this target was set under the Blue revolution.
  • The nodal agencies for the fund will be National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), National Cooperatives Development Corporation (NCDC) and scheduled banks.
  • The fund is being raised by Nodal Loaning Entities (NLE).

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