Kochi, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday used the golden jubilee celebrations of the Kerala Dheevara Sabha in Kochi to praise the fisher community and highlight the Centre’s initiatives aimed at strengthening the fisheries sector, in what is widely seen as an outreach to a politically-influential coastal population in the state.PM Modi is in Kochi for a few hours today and this was his first programme of the day.Addressing a large gathering at the event marking the orga…
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Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) About 4.76 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) have been issued and Rs 3,214.32 crore disbursed under fisheries lending schemes (as of June 2025), and over Rs 13,000 crore loans have been approved for the fisheries sector under various schemes, the government said on Monday.Under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund, 178 proposals for financing worth over Rs 6,369 crore loans were approved as of July 2025, an official statement said.The KCC for Fisheries,…