Govt To provide subsidy On Bio-floc Fish Farming

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to increase shrimp/ fish productivity, a new scheme Bio-floc Technology has been launched by the Department of Fisheries & ARD.

The unit cost of Bio-floc is Rs.1.50 lakhs for 2 tanks; Rs 3.00 lakhs for 4 tanks and Rs.4.00 lakhs for 6 tanks. Subsidy of 40% to General category and 60% to SC, ST and women beneficiaries will be provided for installing 1080 Bio-floc tanks, with budget provision of Rs.310.00 lakhs.