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He is the minister visiting the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2 and 3 November 2026 to review fisheries development, launch the Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming, inaugurate projects worth Rs 375 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana and meet fish farmers.

Among the fisheries production and processing clusters notified under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, the organic fisheries clusters are in these two states, which is also why a Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming is being launched during the ministerial visit to Sikkim.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, this many fisheries production and processing clusters have been notified across the country, and among them are organic fisheries clusters in Sikkim and Meghalaya.

Projects of this value are to be inaugurated under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during the visit of the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying to the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2 and 3 November 2026.

Watershed structures seen on the visit were developed on this approach, among them Continuous Contour Trenches, earthen nala bunds, cement nala bunds, Kolhapuri-type weirs and storage ponds, and the Secretary reviewed how far they had reduced rainwater runoff, recharged groundwater and improved water availability for agriculture.

At the review meeting held at Yashada in Pune, the Secretary of the Department of Land Resources stressed the need to speed up works in the 76 talukas that the scheme covers among the state's 304 drought-affected talukas, with El Nino conditions in view.

The Secretary of the Department of Land Resources asked that villages under the Khed Project in Pune district be transformed into water-secure and self-reliant communities along those lines.

The Watershed Development Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana sits with that department, which is why its Secretary, Shri Dilip Kumar, inspected the works in the villages of Varude, Gulani and Wafgaon in Pune district and chaired the state review meeting.

The Union Minister described the Cabinet's approval of it as a landmark decision and a next-generation governance initiative aligned with the vision of a developed India, and the Secretary said the decision provides a strong foundation for decentralised, evidence-based planning.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj told the workshop that the Sixteenth Finance Commission has recommended total grants of this amount for duly constituted Panchayati Raj Institutions and rural local bodies in all 28 states for the award period 2026-31, and that the size of the sum places…

The agreement allows electric vehicle charging and battery swapping stations to be set up on Panchayat land across states and Union Territories, including suitable sites along State and National Highways, serving two-wheelers, three-wheelers, four-wheelers and medium and heavy vehicles.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said at the workshop that the People's Plan Campaign has been run by the Ministry since 2018 under this theme, and that it has grown into a framework for preparing Gram, Block and District Panchayat Development Plans, localising the Sustainable Development Goals…

While announcing the event he recalled the association of more than five decades between India and CGIAR and said the Indian priority would be South-South cooperation and the sharing of farm innovations with the Global South, especially African countries.

The first CGIAR Science Week took place there in April 2025, and CGIAR used the occasion to launch its present research portfolio.

CGIAR and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research announced on 30 October 2026 that the capital will host the CGIAR Science and Partnership Week from 12 to 17 April 2027, with more than 5,000 delegates expected.

The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana has, over the last five years, cleared projects worth more than Rs 4,155 crore for women in fisheries, of which the central share comes to Rs 1,572 crore, and these have reached more than 1.28 lakh women beneficiaries.

These producer organisations let small fishers and fish farmers get past the handicaps of scale, capital and market access by pooling their output and their resources, and by taking part together in processing, branding and marketing.

The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying stated that public investment in the sector has been stepped up sharply since 2015, and that this sum has been committed through five instruments taken together: the Blue Revolution Scheme, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund, the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada…

At the 93rd General Council meeting the Chairman gave special weight to the North-Eastern Region and set 2030 as the year by which it should meet its own demand for milk, eggs, fish and meat.

The accounts laid before the 93rd General Council meeting put the Corporation's net profit for FY 2025-26 at Rs 1,475 crore, alongside a loan recovery rate of 99.84 per cent and net non-performing assets of zero.