Project worth Rs 107 crore sanctioned

The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for Bihar envisages an investment of Rs 1390 crore with Central Share of Rs 535 crore and the additional fish production target is pegged at 3 lakh tons.

During the current financial year (2020-21), Government of India has sanctioned the proposal of Government of Bihar at a total project cost of Rs 107 crore. PM Narendra Modi will announce the establishment of Fish Brood Bank at Sitamarhi and of Aquatic Disease Referral Laboratory at Kishanganj, for which assistance has been provided under PMMSY.

Modi will inaugurate one-unit fish feed mill at Madhepura and two units of ‘Fish on Wheels’ assisted at Patna under Blue Revolution. The Comprehensive Fish Production Technology Centre at Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University at Pusa will be unveiled by the PM as well. 

IVF lab for cattle

The PM will inaugurate Semen Station with state of the art facilities, which has been established under Rashtriya Gokul Mission in Purnea, Bihar with an investment of Rs 84.27 crores on 75 acres of land made available by the State Government of Bihar.  Also slated for unveiling is an In vitro fertilization (IVF) lab established at Animal Sciences University, Patna under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. The PM will also launch use of sex sorted semen in artificial insemination under Rashtriya Gokul Mission by Baroni Milk Union in Begusarai district of Bihar.