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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Reprieve for tsunami affected fishermen: LG
approves waiver of loans of fishermen </b><br>
<a href="http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/04/02/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/</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Assam: Fisheries to be developed by cluster system: CM </b><br>
<a href="http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar3113/state06">http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar3113/state06</a><br></span>
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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...<br></span>
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Himachal Pradesh: Fish farming is emerging as booming industry in Himachal
Pradesh</b><br>
<a href="http://www.himvani.com/news/2013/04/02/fish-farming-emerging-booming-industry-himachal-pradesh/21954">http://www.himvani.com/news/2013/04/02/fish-farming-emerging-booming-industry-himachal-pradesh/21954</a><br></span>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Madhya Pradesh: Provision for Short term working capital loan to fishermen
at 0 percent interest rate in State Budget of Madhya Pradesh: 2013-14 </b><br>
<a href="http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/state-budget-of-madhya-pradesh-201314-presented-in-state-assembly-1363957424-1">http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/state-budget-of-madhya-pradesh-201314-presented-in-state-assembly-1363957424-1</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Gujarat: Tata Power's Mundra UMPP creates sustainable livelihood for
fishermen in Gujarat </b><br>
<a href="http://finchannel.com/news_flash/Oil_%26_Auto/125814_Tata_Power%27s_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/</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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Maharashtra: Rahul to hear grievances of Jaitapur protesters </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rahul-to-hear-grievances-of-jaitapur-protesters/article4564952.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rahul-to-hear-grievances-of-jaitapur-protesters/article4564952.ece</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Karnataka: Fisheries policy still in cold storage in Karnataka </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/fisheries-policy-still-in-cold-storage-in-karnataka/article4561479.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/fisheries-policy-still-in-cold-storage-in-karnataka/article4561479.ece</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Kerala: Continuing woes of Palayam market vendors </b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/continuing-woes-of-palayam-market-vendors/article4566877.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/continuing-woes-of-palayam-market-vendors/article4566877.ece</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Tamil Nadu: TN government orders closure of Sterlite copper smelter</b><br>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sterlites-copper-smelter-unit-in-tn-shut-down/article4564051.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sterlites-copper-smelter-unit-in-tn-shut-down/article4564051.ece</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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Tamil Nadu: 19 Rameswaram fishermen remanded again till April 11 </b><br>
<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-29/madurai/38125143_1_mannar-court-anuradhapuram-rameswaram-fishermen">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-29/madurai/38125143_1_mannar-court-anuradhapuram-rameswaram-fishermen</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Nepal: Plenty of fish for poverty alleviation</b><br>
<a href="http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=52539">http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=52539</a><br></span>
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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”...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Bangladesh: Memorandum of Understanding signed on labour rights </b><br>
<a href="http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=25&id=59697&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=">http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=25&id=59697&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target=</a><br>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Navy relaxes regulations on fishing </b><br>
<a href="http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13A/Mar25_1364158170KA.php">http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13A/Mar25_1364158170KA.php</a><br></span>
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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...<br></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Myanmar: Fishery Ministry streamlines export process </b><br>
<a href="http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/3038-fishery-ministry-streamlines-export-process">http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/3038-fishery-ministry-streamlines-export-process</a><br></span>
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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..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"></span></p>
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