India’s Fisheries Department will explore a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for MSMEs in the seafood sector, aiming to improve global competitiveness and accelerate exports. The plan, discussed in a high-level meeting between commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and fisheries minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, targets a major shift toward value-added seafood and a larger export base. Export-oriented infrastructure and sustainability measures are part of the roadmap, alongside strengthening sanitary and phytosanitary compliance from production to packing.
Mumbai’s Koli women are upgrading their age-old fish trade into a branded seafood enterprise. Through Daryavardi Producer Company Limited, they’re adopting packaging, logistics, and marketing while processing community identity into a corporatized model. The WhatsApp-driven, order-based approach is expanding reach beyond local buyers, aiming to improve incomes and reclaim social standing without losing cultural roots.
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