Affairs:River Ranching Program was launched on October 8, 2021, by Minister for , Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Parshottam Rupala.
The Program is a part of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme.
It is done to augment and enhance fish production and productivity by expanding, intensifying, diversifying and utilizing land & water productively.
National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad had been designated as the vital agency by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries.
The program was also launched in Orissa, Uttarakhand, Tripura and Chhattisgarh.
In Uttar Pradesh, the programme was launched at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar.
Three lakhs fingerlings were ranched at 3 sites in UP, namely, Brijghat, Tigri, Meerut, Garhmukteshwar and Bijnor.
In Uttar Pradesh, about 500 people participated in the national level launching of the River Ranching program.