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05 April 2013.

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*Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Reprieve for tsunami affected fishermen: LG
approves waiver of loans of fishermen *
http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/04/02/reprieve-for-tsunami-affected-fishermen-lg-approves-waiver-of-loans-of-fishermen/

With the loan scheme to the tsunami affected fishermen get waived, about
370 tsunami affected fishermen from different places of the Islands get
benefitted. Expenditure sanction was accorded by the Lt Governor to
reimburse loan of Rs 2.10 crores to 12 banks, which had extended the loan
to the tsunami affected fishermen...

*Assam: Fisheries to be developed by cluster system: CM *
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar3113/state06

Guwahati, March 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that the
fisheries of the State would be developed through cluster system. The Chief
Minister was inaugurating the Pujali Fish Project at the Pujali Beel in the
Hajo area...
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Himachal Pradesh: Fish farming is emerging as booming industry in Himachal
Pradesh*
http://www.himvani.com/news/2013/04/02/fish-farming-emerging-booming-industry-himachal-pradesh/21954

Fish farming is emerging as booming industrial activity in this hill state
as it has immense potential to rear fishes in various water bodies and
people are coming forward in large number to adopt this vocation. This was
stated by Fishery Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri while replying to query
of Asha Kumari in the assembly today...

*Madhya Pradesh: Provision for Short term working capital loan to fishermen
at 0 percent interest rate in State Budget of Madhya Pradesh: 2013-14 *
http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/state-budget-of-madhya-pradesh-201314-presented-in-state-assembly-1363957424-1

Raghavji, the Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 22 March 2013 presented
the State Budget of 2013-14 in State Assembly. Total plan outlay of
91946.86 crore rupees for the year 2013-14. The presented budget for the
financial year 2013-14 is a 5214.83 crore rupees revenue surplus budget.
The proposed fiscal deficit for the financial year 2013-14 was estimated to
be 12218.53 crore rupees and revenue receipts was estimated to be of
79603.47 crore rupees...

*Gujarat: Tata Power's Mundra UMPP creates sustainable livelihood for
fishermen in Gujarat *
http://finchannel.com/news_flash/Oil_%26_Auto/125814_Tata_Power%27s_Mundra_UMPP_creates_sustainable_livelihood_for_fishermen_in_Gujarat/

The Financial -- In line with its philosophy of improving the quality of
life of the communities living around its area of operation, Coastal
Gujarat Power, a 100 percent subsidiary of Tata Power operating the 4,000MW
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project, installed solar boat lights for the
fishermen community from Modhva in Mundra's Mandvi block...
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Maharashtra: Rahul to hear grievances of Jaitapur protesters *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rahul-to-hear-grievances-of-jaitapur-protesters/article4564952.ece

The delegation will invite the Congress leader for a visit to Jaitapur. The
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has decided to intervene in the
ongoing trouble at the proposed site of Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP)
in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district...

*Karnataka: Fisheries policy still in cold storage in Karnataka *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/fisheries-policy-still-in-cold-storage-in-karnataka/article4561479.ece

BJP fails to keep its 2008 election promise, lack of commitment irks
fishing community. Although the five-year rule of the Bharatiya Janata
Party saw a man from coastal Karnataka becoming the chief minister, albeit
for a brief period, one of the key poll promises of the party specific to
the region has remained unfulfilled...

*Kerala: Continuing woes of Palayam market vendors *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/continuing-woes-of-palayam-market-vendors/article4566877.ece

They do not believe in city Corporation’s promises of better facilities.
The vendors at Connemara Market, Palayam, remain unconvinced by the city
Corporation’s plans to build a sheltered platform beside the market. The
vendors, most of them selling vegetable and fish, are settled in the back
of the market...

*Tamil Nadu: TN government orders closure of Sterlite copper smelter*
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sterlites-copper-smelter-unit-in-tn-shut-down/article4564051.ece

Power supply cut; Vaiko says shutdown victory for local people, Mired in
controversy in recent days, Sterlite Industries Limited’s copper smelter in
Tuticorin was shut down on Saturday. Operations in the plant came to a
standstill in the wake of an order from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control
Board...
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Tamil Nadu: 19 Rameswaram fishermen remanded again till April 11 *
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-29/madurai/38125143_1_mannar-court-anuradhapuram-rameswaram-fishermen

Rameswaram: The woes of Rameswaram fishermen seem to prolong as the remand
of 19 of their counterparts, who were detained in Sri Lankan prison was
extended till April 11. The Mannar court in the island nation, which heard
their case on Thursday extended their remand ordering them to be produced
before the court again on April 11...

*Nepal: Plenty of fish for poverty alleviation*
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=52539

A Nepali project competing for the Clinton Global Initiative Award 2013.
Kathmandu, April 3: “What keeps me motivated and working hard is the huge
differences I see, right after I cross borders from Nepal,” says  Kanchan
Amatya, 19, a youth activist and an aspiring social entrepreneur who was
recently invited by former President Bill Clinton to compete for the
Clinton Global Initiative Award 2013 for her initiative “Sustainable Fish
Farming”...

*Bangladesh: Memorandum of Understanding signed on labour rights *
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=25&id=59697&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=

The Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA), Bangladesh
Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) and American Centre for International
Labour Solidarity (ACILS) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to
agree on compliance issues and labour rights within the country’s shrimp
and fish processing sector...

*Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Navy relaxes regulations on fishing *
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13A/Mar25_1364158170KA.php

Sri Lanka Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has announced that
the permission of Sri Lanka Navy is no longer needed for the fishermen to
engage in fishing activities in the country's seas. Sri Lanka Navy issued a
special identity card to the fishermen during the war time as a measure of
national security...

*Myanmar: Fishery Ministry streamlines export process *
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/3038-fishery-ministry-streamlines-export-process

Myanmar’s Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has streamlined procedures
for exporting marine products in order to boost exports, it said.
Pre-shipment inspections are no longer required. Instead, monthly
inspections and quarterly chemical tests at factories will be held, the
ministry said..



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