“India is the world’s second largest fish producer. It’s now additionally the world’s second largest producer of aquaculture.” |Photograph courtesy of PTI
Price range 2026-27 emphasizes taking on built-in improvement efforts for fisheries in 500 reservoirs and Amrit Sarovar (ponds developed underneath Amrit Sarovar Mission) to enhance earnings of fish farmers. This consists of strengthening market entry via help for fish farming producer associations and cooperatives.
India is the second largest producer of fish on the earth. Presently, it ranks second on the earth by way of aquaculture manufacturing. The nation noticed a 106% enhance in home fish manufacturing from 2013 to 2014, reaching a report of 19.775 million tonnes in 2024-2025. Curiously, 75% of our fish manufacturing comes from inland fisheries, together with freshwater, brackish and saline water sources. Unfold over an space of over 31.5 million hectares, the reservoir is a significant supply of freshwater fishing and aquaculture. Fish manufacturing from these waters is roughly 1.8 million tons.
