₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park sanctioned for Anantnag; model guidelines for cold-water fisheries released
Union Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh announced a ₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park for Anantnag, J&K, and released Model Guidelines for the Development of Cold-Water Fisheries at a national conference in Srinagar on 14 March 2026.
Summary
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh announced the sanction of a ₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, on 14 March 2026. He also released the 'Model Guidelines for the Development of Cold-Water Fisheries' at the first-of-its-kind National Conference on Cold Water Fisheries, organised by the Department of Fisheries at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), Srinagar. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah attended. The aqua park is meant to strengthen aquaculture infrastructure, boost cold-water fisheries such as trout farming, raise fish production and create jobs; awards were given to fisheries cooperatives, progressive trout farmers, KCC beneficiaries and start-ups.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 14 March 2026, SKICC Srinagar
- Sanction
- ₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park, Anantnag
- Released
- Model Guidelines for the Development of Cold-Water Fisheries
- Event
- First National Conference on Cold Water Fisheries (Department of Fisheries)
- Present
- LG Manoj Sinha, CM Omar Abdullah, MoS S.P. Singh Baghel
Practice MCQs 2 questions
In which district of Jammu and Kashmir was a ₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park sanctioned on 14 March 2026?
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Correct answer: A — Anantnag
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh announced the ₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park for Anantnag district.
Which guidelines were released at the first National Conference on Cold Water Fisheries in Srinagar on 14 March 2026?
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Correct answer: B — Model Guidelines for the Development of Cold-Water Fisheries
The 'Model Guidelines for the Development of Cold-Water Fisheries' were released at SKICC, Srinagar.