Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh will convene a meeting of Fisheries Ministers of Western coastal States to work out a consensus over an uniform monsoon fishing ban in these States for the next season. Addressing presspersons here on Sunday morning, Mr. Singh who is on a two-day visit to the State, said that some States have complained that the present ban imposed is not uniform and causes problems for the fishermen of neighbouring States.
The States like Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa have a monsoon fishing ban as per a directive of the Supreme Court, but it was not uniform. The Minister announced that a cashew research centre and spices research centre will be established in Goa to increase cashew and spices production in the State.
Mr. Singh arrived in Goa on Saturday on a two- day visit. Evading a question on the deadline of December 2014 given to the Centre by All India Hindu convention held here recently to impose a complete ban on “Govansha”(cattle) slaughter across the country, Mr. Singh said that his Ministry had worked out a comprehensive plan for protection and conservation of “Govansha”. He further said that this was part of the “Gokul Mission” being implemented by his Ministry.
He also spoke of his Ministry's ambition to usher in "Blue Revolution" along with "White Revolution". When asked his views on genetically modified crops field trials and research, Mr. Singh declined to comment saying whatever has to be said on the issue of trials of transgenic crops Union Ministry of environment had already stated in detail.
