Lucknow: Review meeting of Uttar Pradesh Fisheries Department: Emphasis on lease simplification

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 Lucknow: A departmental review meeting was held today in the Assembly Hall of the Vidhan Bhavan under the chairmanship of Sanjay Nishad, Cabinet Minister of Fisheries, Uttar Pradesh, to achieve the goal of achieving a one trillion dollar economy. Fish farmers should be trained to promote tilapia production - Mukesh Meshram The lease allocation process should be made online and simplified. Fish farmers should be provided with benefits such as electricity, solar pumps, etc. Other alternatives should be explored to replace the polythene used to supply fish seed for river ranching in the state - Sanjay Nishad Pearl farming and cage culture should be promoted in the state - Avnish Awasthi Reviewing the lease process in the meeting, the Fisheries Minister suggested to the Revenue Department that the lease allocation process should be made online, and extensive publicity should be provided, with deadlines for each stage. Lease allocation should be simplified. He stated that fisheries hav...