Facilitating Export of Value Added Marine Food Products

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....acilitating Export of Value Added Marine Food Products <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 9-7-2014<br><BR>The Government has taken various measures to promote the production and facilitate exports of value added marine food products and fishery products in the country including coastal Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. These are: * Technology Upgradation Scheme for Marine Products (TUSMP....

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....), * Financial assistance for acquisition of machinery for tuna cannery / processing of value added tuna product, * Financial assistance for Chilled Tuna for export, * Interest subsidy assistance for seafood units to facilitate upgradation, * Development Assistance for export of Ornamental/Aquarium Fishes/Live Aquarium Plants, and * Sea Freight Assistance scheme etc. Several forms of Fi....

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....nancial assistance have been extended by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) to different States / Union Territories for improving the infrastructure facilities for marine products. These are as under: * Scheme for Technology Upgradation for Marine Products, * Large cold storages for storing fish and fishery products, * Financial Assistance for setting up of modern Ice p....

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....lants / renovation of the existing Ice plants, * Distribution of insulated fish boxes at subsided costs etc. The details of funds provided under different Schemes to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala during the last three years to increase and improve the infrastructure facilities is as under: In Rs. lakh 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Kerala Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Andhra Prades....

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....h Tamil Nadu Kerala Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Technology Upgradation for Marine Products 185 152.08 439.9 0 214.14 81.7 100 356.02 149.5 Large cold storage for storing fish and fishery products 43.6 84.45 91.25 0 115.04 0 96.99 51.34 21.72 Financial Assistance for setting up of modern Ice plants / renovation of the existing Ice plants 0 0 13.86 0 0 0 0 0 8.35 Dis....

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....tribution of insulated fish boxes at subsided costs 8.05 0.95 3.81 4.11 1.19 0 3.11 2.89 0 The information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha today.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....