India set to attract investments worth Rs 80 lakh crore in coming years: SonowalIndia's maritime sector is poised for significant growth, with projected investments of Rs 80 lakh crore and the creation of 1.5 crore jobs...
17 Sep, 2025, 12.19 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi criticises PM Modi for not visiting Manipur amid crisisThe situation in Manipur is disturbing, with violent clashes between Meitei and Kuki communities. Manipur has been under the President's ru...
29 Mar, 2025, 09.20 PM IST
Kerala CM makes statement on Vizhinjam in Assembly; says rehabilitation top prioryThe Left government has assured this in all development projects and the approach is the same in the case of Vizhinjam port as well, he sai...
07 Dec, 2022, 02.17 PM IST
WTO agreement: Blocking subsidy to Indian fishermen to affect millions of fishers, their familiesIndia is not a major fishery subsidy provider unlike countries like China, the European Union (EU) and the US which provide an annual fishe...
13 Jun, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
No plan to shift MPEDA headquarters from Kochi: Piyush GoyalUnion Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said there was no plan to shift the headquarters of the Marine Products Expor...
06 Jun, 2022, 04.06 PM IST
Indian marine fish landings fall 9% in 2018 year-on-yearThe annual survey report prepared by CMFRI said total marine fish landings in the country was 3.49 million tonnes in 2018 compared with 3.8...
12 Jul, 2019, 07.13 PM IST
MPEDA starts mobile kiosk for ready-to-eat fish productsThe mobile kiosk has been developed to empower women by providing them a means for their livelihood improvement.
06 Oct, 2018, 07.09 PM IST
India's marine fish catches record 6.6 % rise in 2016Of all the coastal states, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra and Daman & Diu witnessed increase in the marine fish landi...
19 May, 2017, 08.11 PM IST
Shipping ministry allocates Rs 110 crore towards coastal community developmentThe amount would be utilized for moderniSing fishing harbours, providing safety training of 20,000 workers engaged in ship recycling activi...
30 Nov, 2016, 07.26 PM IST
Jayalalithaa urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get 10 Tamil Nadu fishermen released from Kuwait"It is reported that their passports are under the custody of the sponsors who are neither allowing them to work nor return to India," Jaya...
19 Mar, 2016, 04.17 PM IST
- Development, environment protection goes hand in hand: Javadekar on Kerala fishery's feat
With a short-neck clam fishery in Kerala becoming the first in the country to earn a global certification, Union minister Prakash Javadekar...
07 Nov, 2014, 11.18 PM IST
Development, environmeant protection go hand in hand: Prakash Javadekar on Kerala fishery's featAt a press conference here, he also congratulated the Clam Governing Council of Ashtamudi Lake for becoming the first Marine Stewardship Co...
07 Nov, 2014, 08.07 PM IST
Clams may turn out to be Kerala's new marine goldIndia exports about 784 tn of clams annually, of which 500 tn come from this small estuary in Kerala. The rest is harvested from Vembanad e...
06 Nov, 2014, 11.37 AM IST
- Odisha inks agreement with MPEDA to set up a lab
With expansion of export trade, at present quality control has been a major concern for the food items all over the world, said Fisheries S...
05 Nov, 2014, 09.05 PM IST
India gets its first Marine Stewardship Council certified fisheryThe Ashtamudi short neck clam fishery is the third fishery in Asia after Vietnam and Maldives to have received this recognition.
05 Nov, 2014, 07.48 PM IST
- Marine exports to double by 2012: Govt
India is aiming at doubling marine exports including that of tuna fish to four billion dollar by 2012, Minister of State for Commerce and I...
19 Mar, 2008, 02.37 PM IST
- M S Swaminathan moots creation of SAZs
Farm scientist M S Swaminathan has suggested creation of special agricultural zones.
17 Mar, 2007, 12.00 PM IST