Commerce and Fisheries Ministries hold deliberations to accelerate growth of seafood sector

 
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh today held a high-level meeting to deliberate on a roadmap for accelerating the growth of India’s seafood sector and strengthening the country’s global export competitiveness. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that the meeting stressed the need for aligning the export promotion activities with the objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana and allied schemes. The two Ministries reaffirmed their commitment towards enhancing the growth of seafood exports through a coordinated strategy focused on value addition, infrastructure development, product diversification, quality assurance, market expansion, deep-sea fishing and greater stakeholder participation.