Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai: ₹255 crore projects, first aqua insurance, digital Marine Fisheries Census
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh launched fisheries projects worth ₹255 crore and awarded the first-ever aqua insurance at the Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai on 28 April 2025.
Summary
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) inaugurated and laid foundation stones for fisheries projects worth ₹255 crore at the Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on 28 April 2025. He awarded the first-ever aqua insurance to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana and distributed tablets with the VyAS-NAV app for the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC 2025). VyAS-NAV was developed by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), the nodal agency for the census in nine coastal states; MFC 2025 will cover 1.2 million fisher households through geo-referenced, app-based data collection. PMMSY guidelines on Turtle Excluder Devices and an SOP for the Vessel Communication and Support System were also released.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 28 April 2025, Mumbai
- Projects
- ₹255 crore
- First aqua insurance
- Under PM Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana
- Census app
- VyAS-NAV, by ICAR-CMFRI
- MFC 2025 coverage
- 1.2 million fisher households
- Also released
- PMMSY Turtle Excluder Device guidelines; Vessel Communication SOP
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Consider the following about the 5th Marine Fisheries Census (MFC 2025): 1. Its data-collection app VyAS-NAV was developed by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. 2. It will cover 1.2 million fisher households. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. VyAS-NAV was developed by ICAR-CMFRI, and MFC 2025 will cover 1.2 million fisher households.
Fisheries projects worth how much were inaugurated or had foundation stones laid at the Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai?
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Correct answer: D — ₹255 crore
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh launched projects worth ₹255 crore at the meet.
The first-ever aqua insurance awarded at the Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 was given under which scheme?
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Correct answer: B — Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana
The first aqua insurance was awarded to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana.