Skill Upgradation & Employment Generation under Fish Farming – RTADCF, Udaipur
Due to the awareness developed in the tribal population by an understanding of the PESA act, there was an increase.
Problem
- Unavailability of employment for tribal fishermen residing nearby local water bodies
- Socioeconomic conditions of the tribal population living near water bodies were not good
- There were various central and state government schemes introduced but not implemented efficiently
- People are unaware of the PESA provisions and tribal rights
- People who were non-tribals or private contractors tapped the water bodies and didn’t want to leave them
- This resulted in Individual fishermen not getting advantages of the government schemes as they could not get the sole allotment
Solution
- An amendment was made to the Rajasthan Fisheries Rule 1958
- This provided priority to the local tribal co-operatives in getting allotment of water bodies nearby their residences
- Initiatives such as identification of water bodies, survey of water bodies and study of their technical feasibility were undertaken
- Identification of needy interested unemployed tribal population
- Formation of tribal fishing co-operatives and getting its registration
- Providing fishing equipment to authorised beneficiaries and providing technical support and services by RTADCF at all the levels of activity
Outcomes
- The number of beneficiaries has gone up to 43 tribal co-operatives covering 5,889 beneficiaries
- Around 9,100+ tribal families are covered directly or indirectly and are benefited financially under this programme
- 484 tribal fishermen were trained in the latest fishing techniques for skill upgradation
- Average 20-40 water bodies got stocked with fish seed every year, tribal fishermen were given a total of 2,935 fishing Boats and 59,389 kgs fish seed free of cost
Project Details
Category: Agriculture
Sub-category: Fish Farming
Project: Skill Upgradation & Employment Generation under Fish Farming
Organisation: RTADCF, Udaipur
Start Date: 23-Mar-2015
Problem
There was a lack of employment for tribal fishermen living near the local water bodies. Because of this, the socio-economic conditions of the tribal population residing near the local water bodies were not good. There were various central and state government schemes that were introduced but not implemented. Non-Tribal people or private contractors tapped the water bodies and didn’t want to leave them, resulting in tribal cooperatives not being able to get allotments for fishing near their residential areas.
Solution
Due to the awareness developed in the tribal population by an understanding of the PESA act, there was an increase in the number of beneficiaries of the old societies which has gone up to 43 tribal cooperatives covering 5,889 beneficiaries. Therefore, around 9,100+ tribal families are covered directly or indirectly and are benefited financially under this program. There were various improvements observed such as mobilisation of tribals and forming SHGs /Co-operatives. A total of 484 Tribal fishermen were trained in latest fishing techniques for skill up-gradation, Average of 20-40 water bodies got stocked with fish seed every year, Tribal fishermen were provided with a total of 2,935 fishing boats and during the last five years, tribals were trained and exposed to latest fish farming techniques, Around 8,113 tribal families directly and around 45,705 tribal were directly or indirectly benefited income avenues were generated for them.
Outcomes
Due to the awareness developed in the tribal population by an understanding of the PESA act, there was an increase in the number of beneficiaries of the old societies which has gone up to 43 tribal cooperatives covering 5,889 beneficiaries. Therefore, around 9,100+ tribal families are covered directly or indirectly and are benefited financially under this program. There were various improvements observed such as mobilisation of tribals and forming SHGs /Co-operatives. A total of 484 Tribal fishermen were trained in latest fishing techniques for skill up-gradation, Average of 20-40 water bodies got stocked with fish seed every year, Tribal fishermen were provided with a total of 2,935 fishing boats and during the last five years, tribals were trained and exposed to latest fish farming techniques, Around 8,113 tribal families directly and around 45,705 tribal were directly or indirectly benefited income avenues were generated for them.
