Through PTI
CHANDIGARH: Turning hostile stipulations into a chance, girls in Haryana at the moment are attempting their hand at shrimp manufacturing with the assistance of govt schemes that advertise change or unconventional farming.
Sirsa district’s Veerpal Kaur is one such instance, who began white shrimp farming in 2016-17 on 2.5 acres of farm, however now with all of the circle of relatives getting concerned within the challenge, they’ve unfold it to 50 acres.
“Usually, saline water is thought of as a curse for agriculture, however for shrimp manufacturing, it’s proving to be a boon,” she advised PTI over the telephone. Her husband Gurpreet Singh mentioned the circle of relatives has taken land on hire.
“Seventeen acres of our farm is in Mithri village, Sirsa, ten acres are in village Chormar and 22 acres in Ahmedpur Darewala in Dabwali block of Sirsa district,” he mentioned.
In Sirsa district by myself, this shrimp farming is completed by means of a number of farmers on just about 5,000 acres now, and plenty of girls have taken to this industry, he added.
In keeping with a contemporary govt remark, Kaur nowadays no longer best has lead the way for different girls like her to make a choice this industry however has additionally set an instance of ways the saline water, which is thought of as a curse for agriculture, can turn out to be a boon.
“Like Veerpal Kaur, a beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, six different girls of the similar village have additionally began the industry of white shrimp manufacturing,” as in keeping with the remark.
Kaur mentioned the federal government improve additionally is helping as below the PMMSY, a 60 in keeping with cent subsidy is given to the ladies belonging to scheduled caste whilst 40 in keeping with cent is given to the overall class.
Her husband identified that customers from Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal and a few different states come to Sirsa to shop for white shrimp.
“Later, maximum of it’s exported to nations like the United States, Canada, Russia and different countries,” Singh mentioned.
The velocity of white shrimp is made up our minds as in keeping with the call for within the world marketplace, he added.
“Whilst remaining 12 months, the call for was once just right and in keeping with kg shrimp fetched us about Rs 450, however this 12 months the cost varies between Rs 350 to Rs 360 in keeping with kg,” he famous.
Haryana, as soon as identified for its contribution to the fairway revolution, is now running on a venture mode to rapidly transfer against the blue revolution, in line with the remark.
“The state has began making blue revolution a good fortune tale by means of selling it on the grassroots stage with the formation of a cluster demonstration farm of shrimp farming and establishing workshops for innovative shrimp farmers of the Sirsa district,” it added.
Below the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), white shrimp farming was once began in Haryana in 2014-15, and after its good fortune, this farming was once carried out in Karnal, Sonipat, Faridabad, Gurugram, Mewat, Palwal, Rohtak, Jind, Bhiwani, Hisar, Sirsa, Rewari, Jhajjar, Fatehabad and Charkhi Dadri districts.
Throughout 2021-22, a file manufacturing of two,900 metric tonnes of shrimp was once performed on 1,250 acres.
In 2014, one lakh metric tonnes of several types of fish had been produced in Haryana in a complete farming house of 43,000 acres, and this 12 months the objective has been higher to 54,000 acres.
But even so, the state govt has additionally set a goal of accelerating manufacturing to two.10 lakh metric tonnes.
CHANDIGARH: Turning hostile stipulations into a chance, girls in Haryana at the moment are attempting their hand at shrimp manufacturing with the assistance of govt schemes that advertise change or unconventional farming.
Sirsa district’s Veerpal Kaur is one such instance, who began white shrimp farming in 2016-17 on 2.5 acres of farm, however now with all of the circle of relatives getting concerned within the challenge, they’ve unfold it to 50 acres.
“Usually, saline water is thought of as a curse for agriculture, however for shrimp manufacturing, it’s proving to be a boon,” she advised PTI over the telephone. Her husband Gurpreet Singh mentioned the circle of relatives has taken land on hire.
“Seventeen acres of our farm is in Mithri village, Sirsa, ten acres are in village Chormar and 22 acres in Ahmedpur Darewala in Dabwali block of Sirsa district,” he mentioned.
In Sirsa district by myself, this shrimp farming is completed by means of a number of farmers on just about 5,000 acres now, and plenty of girls have taken to this industry, he added.
In keeping with a contemporary govt remark, Kaur nowadays no longer best has lead the way for different girls like her to make a choice this industry however has additionally set an instance of ways the saline water, which is thought of as a curse for agriculture, can turn out to be a boon.
“Like Veerpal Kaur, a beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, six different girls of the similar village have additionally began the industry of white shrimp manufacturing,” as in keeping with the remark.
Kaur mentioned the federal government improve additionally is helping as below the PMMSY, a 60 in keeping with cent subsidy is given to the ladies belonging to scheduled caste whilst 40 in keeping with cent is given to the overall class.
Her husband identified that customers from Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal and a few different states come to Sirsa to shop for white shrimp.
“Later, maximum of it’s exported to nations like the United States, Canada, Russia and different countries,” Singh mentioned.
The velocity of white shrimp is made up our minds as in keeping with the call for within the world marketplace, he added.
“Whilst remaining 12 months, the call for was once just right and in keeping with kg shrimp fetched us about Rs 450, however this 12 months the cost varies between Rs 350 to Rs 360 in keeping with kg,” he famous.
Haryana, as soon as identified for its contribution to the fairway revolution, is now running on a venture mode to rapidly transfer against the blue revolution, in line with the remark.
“The state has began making blue revolution a good fortune tale by means of selling it on the grassroots stage with the formation of a cluster demonstration farm of shrimp farming and establishing workshops for innovative shrimp farmers of the Sirsa district,” it added.
Below the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), white shrimp farming was once began in Haryana in 2014-15, and after its good fortune, this farming was once carried out in Karnal, Sonipat, Faridabad, Gurugram, Mewat, Palwal, Rohtak, Jind, Bhiwani, Hisar, Sirsa, Rewari, Jhajjar, Fatehabad and Charkhi Dadri districts.
Throughout 2021-22, a file manufacturing of two,900 metric tonnes of shrimp was once performed on 1,250 acres.
In 2014, one lakh metric tonnes of several types of fish had been produced in Haryana in a complete farming house of 43,000 acres, and this 12 months the objective has been higher to 54,000 acres.
But even so, the state govt has additionally set a goal of accelerating manufacturing to two.10 lakh metric tonnes.
