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Hungarian fish Amur to soon grace your plates, courtesy Bengal Govt

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State Fisheries Development Corporation (SFDC) will introduce a new variety of fish before the Pujas – amur. The fish rom Hungary looks very close to Rohu and tastes better than Catla, according to officials of SFDC. Amur will cost Rs 100 per kilogram (kg), much cheaper than Rohu and Catla.

The SFDC has imported two thousand Amur. If people like the taste of the fish, then steps will be taken to grow the variety in hatcheries of Bengal on a large scale. As of now, Amur has been planned to be cultivated at the Nalban hatchery of SFDC.

The managing director of SFDC said the Amur fingerling grows upto 2 kg within 6 months while Rohu and Catla fingerlings take nearly two years to reach a weight of 2 kg, leading to frequent shortage of supply. This causes over dependence on the supply of fishes from Andhra Pradesh.

 

রাজ্য সরকারের সৌজন্যে হাঙ্গেরীর মাছ এবার বাঙালির পাতে

পুজোর আগেই মৎস্য দপ্তর বাঙালীর পাতে তুলে দেবে সুদূর হাঙ্গেরীর মাছ আমুর। দপ্তরের আধিকারিকদের মতে, এই আমুর মাছটি দেখতে রুই মাছের মত এবং স্বাদে কাতলাকে হার মানায়। এই মাছের আনুমানিক দাম হবে কিলো প্রতি ১০০টাকা, যা রুই বা কাতলার তুলনায় অনেক কম।

ইতিমধ্যেই মৎস্য দপ্তর ২০০০ মাছ আমদানি করেছে। যদি সাধারন মানুষ এই মাছকে গ্রহণ করে, তাহলে হ্যাচারিতে এই মাছ বিপুল মাত্রায় উৎপাদনের জন্য পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া হবে। এখনও পর্যন্ত ঠিক করা হয়েছে, নলবন হ্যাচারিতে এই মাছের উৎপাদন করা হবে।

আধিকারিকরা জানিয়েছেন, এই আমুর মাছের চারা মাত্র ছয় মাসে ২ কিলো পর্যন্ত ওজনের হতে পারে, যেখানে রুই ও কাতলা মাছের চারা ওই পরিমাণ বাড়তে আনুমানিক দুই বছর সময় নেয়। এর ফলে, মাঝে মাঝে রুই ও কাতলা প্রয়োজনের তুলনায় অনেক কম আসে।

এর ফলে অন্ধ্রপ্রদেশের ওপর নির্ভরতা কমবে রাজ্যের।

 

Source: Millennium Post

 

‘Credit linkage with WB banks of women SHGs doubled in ‘15-16’- WB Panchayat Minister

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Credit linkage of Women Self-Help Groups (SHG) with banks in West Bengal has been doubled in the 2015-16, state Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Subrata Mukherjee said.

“For the first time ever, the credit target fixed has been achieved during 2015-16. This year, as against a credit linkage target of Rs 1,930 crore all banks collectively extended credit to SHGs to the extent of Rs 2,012 crore, as available in NRLM portal, a public domain. The credit linkage has almost been doubled reaching Rs 2,012 crore (as compared to 2014-15),” he said.

The Minister was speaking at the conference on SHG credit linkage organised by the state rural livelihood mission Anandadhara. In the 2013-14, credit linkage was only Rs 926 crore, which was marginally increased to Rs 1026 crore in 2014-15, he said.

This year growth rate in the state is the highest (96.10) and it has surpassed Andhra Pradesh (72.08) in percentage terms. Though the growth rate of Bihar (114.64) appears to be higher than West Bengal in absolute terms, credit deployment in West Bengal is four times higher, he said.

“With this achievement this year, West Bengal has been elevated to the fifth largest state slot in the country in terms of total credit linkage during the year breaking into a group which erstwhile comprised of only southern states,” the Minister said. All three regional rural banks operating in the state have performed excellently and contributed 62 per cent of the total credit extended to the Women SHGs, he said.

“We request all public sector banks to be little more generous while sanctioning loans to SHGs, since credit is the most important component for poverty eradication,” the Minister said. The West Bengal State Rural Livelihoods Mission (WBSRLM), launched in the state in 2012, is mandated to nurture and support poor rural women organised into SHGs to come out of poverty, through capacity building and providing support for their livelihoods including financial inclusion through linkage with banking system.

Saugata Roy speaks during discussion on Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2015 | Transcript

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Full transcript:

Sir,

I and you, we were all Members of this House when this Bill was introduced. As far as our party is concerned, in this House I myself had opposed the division of Andhra Pradesh. Our party was opposed to division of Andhra Pradesh. We felt that division of Andhra Pradesh will open a Pandora’s Box. We were out of UPA by that time.

Sir, I am raising all these points because Venkaiah Naidu raised certain political points. Sir, we had opposed division that time. We do not think that the country should have more states. Whatever states are there, they should develop. That relates to separate package for Andhra Pradesh. They have got something out of the Revenue Deficit Grant but that is not enough. They are building a new capital on the banks of the Krishna River through the land pulling system.

Whether that is a fair system or not, I have my doubts. But they are acquiring lands from the poor farmers on the fertile Krishna River delta but that is their business. So, the Centre should give money for the new capital, also the Polavaram Project which has been declared a national project. There is a lot of problem in the Hyderabad Secretariat over division, in the High Court also, the division is not created. So, Andhra Pradesh Government is in difficulty. They are operating out of small offices, so the sooner they have a separate capital, separate offices, that would be easier.

Lastly, this is called the Legislative Council. They are increasing the number from 50 to 58. I may inform you, again, that in West Bengal we abolished the Legislative Council in 1969. I thought that after the State got divided, it would act according to democratic principles and abolish the Council just as we did in West Bengal. But, they have decided to continue with the Council and logically they should get 58 members. So we cannot object.

I am saying Sir, this is one country. It is not that I am from West Bengal and I cannot speak on Andhra and Telengana or Tamil Nadu. I was in Hyderabad recently, all I want to say that there should peaceful existence between the two States. India is an one country. The country is one, and with this I hope that the Andra Pradesh and Telengana will live together as brothers.