India’s National Fishery Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad and Ministry of Fisheries, Dairy and Animal Husbandry jointly organized a high voltage function on the occasion of World Fisheries Day 2019 on Thursday at NASC Complex, PUSA, New Delhi where several cooperatives were given awards for their excellent performance.
In all ,19 awards were given out of which six awardees were from the cooperative sector. The award consists of a citation, a shawl and a cheque of Rs 10 thousand.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Dairy and Animal Husbandry Giriraj Singh along with the other two union ministers including Sanjeev Balyan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi gave away the awards.
The Best Inland Fishermen Society Award was received by Andhra Pradesh based Suryachandra Fishermen Cooperative Society whereas Best Fisherwomen Society/Women SHG Awards were bagged by Andhra Pradesh based Anjaneya Fisherwomen Cooperative Society.
Similarly, Best Marine Fishermen Society award was bestowed on Kerala based Nattika Engandiyur Cooperative Society and Kerala based Matysafed received two awards in different categories including Best Retail Fish Market.
Bihar based Coffed one of the member societies of the apex body of fishery cooperatives Fishcopfed received award in the category of the Best Aqua-One Center which was collected by Rishikesh Khashyap on behalf of the society.
The Best Fisherwomen Society/Women SHG award was presented to the Telangana based Tukkaramgate Fisherwomen Cooperative Society.