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World Fisheries day - November 21
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- It helps in highlighting the critical importance to human lives, of water and the lives it sustains, both in and out of water.
- Theme of this year is Social Responsibility in the fisheries value chain.
- For the first time in India, the Department of Fisheries operating under the Ministry of Fisheries is celebrating World Fisheries Day.
- India is the second-largest producer and 4th largest exporter of fish in the world.
- The fisheries and aquaculture production contribute around 1% to India’s GDP and over 5% to the agricultural GDP.
- The Government of India had launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana at Rs 20,050 crores.
- The programme aims to achieve 22 million tonnes of fish production by 2024-25.
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