West Bengal Govt. has come up with a new scheme to provide subsidy on term loan to fish farmers for establishing trout seed hatchery. There are different types incubator units designed with different sizes depending on the brood stock available and production of quantity seed. Eligibility: Clear title of the ...
Read More »West Bengal: Scheme For Running Water Fish Culture
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Establishment Of Freshwater Prawn Seed Hatchery
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Renovation/Up-gradation Of Existing Fish Seed Hatcheries In Government Sector
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Subsidy For Establishing Trout Culture In Raceways
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Subsidy For Establishment Of Fish Seed Hatcheries
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Onetime Input Cost For Fish/Prawn Culture
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Subsidy For Renovation Of Existing Fish Ponds And Tanks
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal: Construction Of New Ponds and Tanks Under NFDB
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 ...
Read More »West Bengal IT Policy
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 ...
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