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The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitaraman is planning to hold a high-level meeting soon to discuss ways and means to raise fish exports from Andhra Pradesh from ₹12,000 crore to ₹20,000 crore in the next five years.
The meeting would be held for two days in one of the coastal cities to discuss other demands of the fishing community, State BJP President and Visakhapatnam member of Parliament K Haribabu said here on Monday. He was interacting with fishermen at a meeting conducted by Dolphin Boat Operators’ Welfare Association.
Association President Ch Satyanarayana Murthy and others sought a separate ministry for fisheries, shifting the National Fisheries Development Board headquarters in Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam, granting agriculture status to fisheries and increase in diesel subsidy.
Haribabu said of the total export of ₹30,000 crore, undivided AP, had a lion’s share during the last fiscal.
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