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Running water fish culture is generally undertaken in earthen ponds size of 100 m3 (10m x 10m x 1m) water in high altitude of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri. The fishes suitable for running water culture are trout, mahseer, common carp, silver carp and grass carp. It is an intensive culture system ...

Availability of quality seed of freshwater prawn has been a limiting factor for intensification of prawn farming and also for coverage of additional area under aquaculture. To meet the requirements of farmers in seed-deficit and new areas of aquaculture, it is proposed to support in setting up of large as ...

Many hatcheries were established under public sector for seed production and most of the Government hatcheries became defunct due to many reasons, including non-availability of funds for regular maintenance towards renovation/ development. Therefore, to improve the amenities in these hatcheries for production of seed, NFDB has come up with novel ...

The Scientific and intensive aquaculture of trout has to be initiated for development of low volume culture systems in raceways. Therefore to encourage trout farming in low volume culture systems like raceways to enhance production of trout in hill regions, West Bengal Govt. has come up with new scheme under ...

To support entrepreneurs/ farmers in setting up of hatcheries in states for the individual species with regional importance and for production of hatchery bred seed, West Bengal Government is providing subsidy for establishment of freshwater fish seed hatcheries. Eligibility: Clear title of the land in the name of the applicant ...

In intensive aquaculture, the inputs constitute almost 60 percent of the total expenditure. To enable the farmer to adopt scientific farming practices and optimize the per hectare yield, it is essential to provide partial support for input costs during the first-year of operation. In this view West Bengal Govt. is ...

The production levels of fish and prawn could be enhanced by certain interventions like rising of bunds, deepening internal canals, screened sluice gates and by water regulation at least during the culture period of six to eight months. Both prawns/fishes can be cultured with regulated inputs. For the purpose of ...

The West Bengal state has large potential for development of freshwater aquaculture in the form of land resources and availability of large number of other cultivable fish species. Due to various reasons, this potential has remained untapped. It is proposed to bring in an additional area of 50,000 ha under ...

Electronics and IT Department, West Bengal Govt. has devised its Information Technology policy in order to create and build a vibrant and sturdy edifice of IT/ITeS Eco-system on the basis of Innovation and Knowledge Capital, to utilize huge talent pool of Young India and to contribute to the overall economy ...

Welfare schemes for Labours are introduced by the Labour Department which aims at improving the physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing of the employees which in turn increase the morale and efficiency of the workers to work. The welfare amenities extended to the workers play an important role in improving the standard ...