Minister for Fisheries, Dairy and Animal Husbandry Giriraj Singh has said that the Centre has given special emphasis on the fisheries sector.

Briefing media in New Delhi today, Mr Singh said that the Blue revolution brought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved towards as a economic revolution. He said, in Blue revolution Government is focussing on employment, production and export.

The Minister said, from 1947 to 2014, no government gave emphasis to the Sector and during the years the central allocation was only 3 thousand 6 hundred 82 crore rupees. He added that the current government is giving special focus to the fisheries sector.

Mr Singh informed that from 2010 to 2014 the growth in the fisheries sector was 4 to 5 per cent, but now it has been doubled and annual growth reached 10.8 per cent. He said, India is the 2nd largest exporter of Fisheries in the world.

He informed that average annual growth rate of fish production is 7.53 per cent. On the occasion, Mr Singh along with Ministers of State Sanjeev Balyan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi released a booklet on Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).