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Fishing activity is set to resume from June 27 in Andhra Pradesh, as the State Government has accepted to hike the diesel subsidy for fishing boats.
In the normal course of events, fishing should have resumed from June 15 in the State after the expiry of the annual conservation period, but fishing boat operators refused to undertake the fishing activity, demanding a hike in diesel subsidy by the State Government in view of the steeply increased diesel prices.
After the meeting of leaders from various associations across the State at Vijayawada, State Finance Minister Y. Ramakrishnudu and Fisheries Minister Ch. Adinarayana Reddy agreed on Monday to effect increase in diesel subsidy in proportion to revised diesel prices.
Diesel subsidy was last revised over a decade ago when price per litre was Rs 38. Till now fishermen are being given a subsidy of Rs 6.03 a litre.
Following a directive by the Ministers, Principal Secretary Gopal Krishna Dwivedy and Fisheries Commissioner Rama Shankar Naik pointed out that the budgetary allocation of Rs 57 crore should be enhanced to Rs 82 crore for proportionate increase in diesel subsidy.
“Both the Ministers immediately agreed and told us that the issue will be taken up at the next Cabinet meeting,” AP Mechanised Boat Operators’ Association president P.Ch. Appa Rao and Dolphin Boat Operators’ Welfare Association president Ch. Satyanarayana Murthy said.
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