led by National Federation of Fishers Cooperatives limited (Fishcopfed) chairman T Prasad Rao Dora and in the presence of Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy, Fishcopfed Board national level directors met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday.
Dora brought to the notice of the Chief Minister about the activities of the Fishcopfed and about its success in Odisha.
The State Government has included 11.50 lakh fishermen in the accident-related insurance scheme which has put Odisha in number one slot in the country so far as insurance cover of the fishers is concerned, Dora informed.
He also said with the continuous effort of the Fishcopfed, the insurance money has increased to Rs2 lakh from Rs1 lakh. Fishcoped Vice-President of Maharashtra Ram Das Sandhe congratulated the Chief Minister for continuous support of the Odisha Government to the Fishcopfed.
Fishcopfed Managing Director Bimal Kumar Mishra informed that the Central Government has been proposed to organise training at Koushalyaganga so that it can develop the skill of the fishers across the nation and help them get chances of livelihood.
Chief Minister Patnaik assured continuous support to the Fishcopfed by the State Government.
Fishcopfed New Delhi Director Ajay Kumar Tiwari and representatives from Maharastra, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Tripura, Manipur, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh were present.