New Delhi: Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), the Indian government has launched the ‘Report Fish Disease’ app.
This innovative app, which was launched on June 28, 2023, by Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, GoI Shri Parshottam Rupala, allows fish farmers to report disease cases in aquatic animals on their farms to the field-level officers and fish health experts.
By doing so, they receive scientific advice for quickly addressing the disease problem on their farms. More importantly, the app serves as a central platform for connecting fish farmers, field-level officers, and fish health experts.
This development is a significant step towards fulfilling our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It is also envisaged that the ‘Report Fish Disease’ app will reach all fish farming communities located in the most remote places of the country, allowing them to share their problems.
This will help to reduce the economic loss that has been caused by disease outbreaks in the past, thereby increasing the income of fish farmers.
