Pariksha SaathiFisheries Investors & Exporters Conclave in Bhopal on 23 October; inland fisheries gave nearly three-fourths of India's fish in 2024-25
The Union Department of Fisheries and the Madhya Pradesh government are holding the Fisheries Investors & Exporters Conclave 2026 in Bhopal on 23 October 2026 to link inland fisheries with investment, processing, cold chains and export markets. The Madhya Pradesh Fisheries Investment and Export Guidelines, 2026 will be released there; the Centre has notified Madhya Pradesh as a Reservoir Fisheries Cluster, and the State has nearly 4.50 lakh hectares of water area. Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh will hand over the administrative approval for the integrated development of reservoirs and Amrit Sarovars in the State. India's fish production reached 197.75 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, of which 151.60 lakh tonnes, nearly three-fourths, came from inland fisheries; seafood exports were valued at ₹73,890 crore in 2025-26.
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Learning context
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), launched digitally by the Prime Minister on 10 September 2020, is the flagship scheme for the fisheries sector, with an estimated investment of ₹20,050 crore over 5 years, FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25, as part of the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package - the highest ever in the sector. It aimed to add 70 lakh tonnes of fish production and raise fisheries export earnings to ₹1,00,000 crore by 2024-25, and to cut post-harvest losses from 20-25% to about 10%.
Check yourself: what was PMMSY's estimated investment, and over which years?
₹20,050 crore, over 5 years from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25.
Revision task: from this release, note the conclave's date and city, the guidelines to be released, Madhya Pradesh's water area, and the 2024-25 production and 2025-26 export figures; from the note, PMMSY's launch date, investment and targets.
Test yourself
According to the Ministry of Fisheries, roughly what share of India's fish production of 197.75 lakh tonnes in 2024-25 came from inland fisheries?
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Answer: Nearly three-fourths
Inland fisheries produced 151.60 lakh tonnes of the 197.75 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, nearly three-fourths of the total.
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