Centre to promote seaweed culture
The Hindu
Steps taken to identify places to set up units
Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Information & Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan has stated that seaweed culture is being promoted across the country in a big way and steps were being taken to identify places for establishing such units.
Speaking after visiting the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) here on Sunday, the Union Minister said that seaweed culture and cage aquaculture were new age techniques that were being promoted under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for the empowerment of fishermen, particularly women.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.