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make them a democratic grass-root level engine
of fi sheries development and ensure equity of
benefi ts particularly to their poor fi sher
members.
The policy may strive to initiate the following
measures to ensure greater degree of accountability and equity:
(a) Creating wider awareness about the rights
and responsibilities of members and democratisation of election processes.
(b) All societies may have joint account preferably in the nationalised banks.
(c) All members may have photo ID cards, and
the list may be made available for public
scrutiny.
(d) Incentives and awards may be given to the
best performing societies based on overall
production as well as socio-economic
parameters.
(e) Power of Registration of the Societies and
settlement of their disputes may be given to
the Department of Animal and Fish
Resources as in other states, like Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
(f) All transactions be done only through
cheque/DD and no cash.
(g) Extension of lease period may be based on
performance.
(h) Regular independent surveys may be conducted to assess the socio-economic status of
members about the impact of cooperative
societies.
(i) Also, technical and promotional cells in apex
fi sheries federations may be promoted to
bring professionalism among the fi shers’
cooperatives and make them main vehicles
of promoting livelihood development
through scientifi c aquaculture.
(j) Secretaries of co-op societies may have
cleared at least ‘A’ (+2) level courses.
(k) However, preference may be given to fi sheries graduates/persons having knowledge in
fi sheries.
(l) Further, preference to act as offi ce bearers
may be given to fishers whose children
are school-going or educated, in order to
encourage education among fi sher
communities.
30.12 Effective Linkages and
Coordination
Development of fi sheries and aquaculture are
dependent on water and land resources. They
have multiple uses and demands. These require
effective linkages and coordination with many
departments like Water Resources, Agriculture,
Cooperatives, Environment and Forests, Revenue,
Command Area Development Authority and
Energy. Also, interdepartmental coordination is
essential for effective implementation of many
schemes as well as for utilisation of funds. Weak
and ineffective interdepartmental coordination,
particularly at the district and block levels, are
some of the crucial missing links throttling the
harnessing of full potential.
The policy may seek to institutionalise the
linkages and coordination with relevant departments at different levels. Revival of Fisheries
Cooperative Societies and making them effective
at the grass-root level may be carried out by
active coordination with the Department of
Cooperation. Encroachment of government seed
farms as well as other government land (ponds/
tanks, waterbodies, etc.) for housing, agriculture
and so on is to be identifi ed and recovered with
the coordination of the concerned District
Magistrate (DM). Also, effective linkages and
coordination with Departments of Water Resources,
Revenue, Command Area Development Authority,
etc., at district and state levels could help map
and update the database of water resources
including their ownership, speedy implementation of renovation and other civil works in the
waterbodies . Further, proper linkages and coordination with departments of Water Resources
and Agriculture at district level through the DM
(who also acts as Chairman of FFDA) would
become essential in order to ensure optimum
availability of water for aquaculture due to
competing demand for water resources particularly for irrigation. Conservation of native
fauna and effective control of pollution in open
waterbodies would be taken care of by coordination with the Department of Environment and
Forests.
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make them a democratic grass-root level engine
of fi sheries development and ensure equity of
benefi ts particularly to their poor fi sher
members.
The policy may strive to initiate the following
measures to ensure greater degree of accountability and equity:
(a) Creating wider awareness about the rights
and responsibilities of members and democratisation of election processes.
(b) All societies may have joint account preferably in the nationalised banks.
(c) All members may have photo ID cards, and
the list may be made available for public
scrutiny.
(d) Incentives and awards may be given to the
best performing societies based on overall
production as well as socio-economic
parameters.
(e) Power of Registration of the Societies and
settlement of their disputes may be given to
the Department of Animal and Fish
Resources as in other states, like Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
(f) All transactions be done only through
cheque/DD and no cash.
(g) Extension of lease period may be based on
performance.
(h) Regular independent surveys may be conducted to assess the socio-economic status of
members about the impact of cooperative
societies.
(i) Also, technical and promotional cells in apex
fi sheries federations may be promoted to
bring professionalism among the fi shers’
cooperatives and make them main vehicles
of promoting livelihood development
through scientifi c aquaculture.
(j) Secretaries of co-op societies may have
cleared at least ‘A’ (+2) level courses.
(k) However, preference may be given to fi sheries graduates/persons having knowledge in
fi sheries.
(l) Further, preference to act as offi ce bearers
may be given to fishers whose children
are school-going or educated, in order to
encourage education among fi sher
communities.
30.12 Effective Linkages and
Coordination
Development of fi sheries and aquaculture are
dependent on water and land resources. They
have multiple uses and demands. These require
effective linkages and coordination with many
departments like Water Resources, Agriculture,
Cooperatives, Environment and Forests, Revenue,
Command Area Development Authority and
Energy. Also, interdepartmental coordination is
essential for effective implementation of many
schemes as well as for utilisation of funds. Weak
and ineffective interdepartmental coordination,
particularly at the district and block levels, are
some of the crucial missing links throttling the
harnessing of full potential.
The policy may seek to institutionalise the
linkages and coordination with relevant departments at different levels. Revival of Fisheries
Cooperative Societies and making them effective
at the grass-root level may be carried out by
active coordination with the Department of
Cooperation. Encroachment of government seed
farms as well as other government land (ponds/
tanks, waterbodies, etc.) for housing, agriculture
and so on is to be identifi ed and recovered with
the coordination of the concerned District
Magistrate (DM). Also, effective linkages and
coordination with Departments of Water Resources,
Revenue, Command Area Development Authority,
etc., at district and state levels could help map
and update the database of water resources
including their ownership, speedy implementation of renovation and other civil works in the
waterbodies . Further, proper linkages and coordination with departments of Water Resources
and Agriculture at district level through the DM
(who also acts as Chairman of FFDA) would
become essential in order to ensure optimum
availability of water for aquaculture due to
competing demand for water resources particularly for irrigation. Conservation of native
fauna and effective control of pollution in open
waterbodies would be taken care of by coordination with the Department of Environment and
Forests.
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