Girinadu Matsya Kranti launched in Yadgir as part of Matsya Sanjeevini

Yadgir Zilla Panchayat has launched Girinadu Matsya Kranti under Matsya Sanjeevini along with the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) to add to efforts to empower rural women through fisheries.

This flagship initiative is being taken up by the State under the Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS) to harness inland fisheries for livelihood diversification and women’s economic empowerment through sustainable fisheries.

The scheme seeks to mobilise and empower women self-help groups (SHGs) and Gram Panchayat Federations (GPLFs) to take an active role in fish farming and marketing utilising locally available resources through gram panchayat tanks.

Matsya Sanjeevini aims to strengthen the capacity of rural women to manage fisheries as profitable micro-enterprises, thereby improving their social and economic status.

This community-based approach not only enhances the income of SHG members but also contributes to local economic growth while ensuring nutritional security through affordable, protein-rich fish production.

As many as 1,45,000 different varieties of fish, including katla, rohu, mrigal, common carp and silver, among others, have been released in four identified tanks in Baligera, Kannikal, Passpol and Balichakra villages in the district.

Yet another four tanks in Ullesugur, Konkal, Shivapur and Kalbelagundi villages have been identified for implementing the scheme in the coming days.

“The prime objectives of the scheme are to create additional livelihood opportunities for women SHGs and federations, increase employment and rural household incomes through inland agriculture and improve economic capacity, social status and quality of life among rural women,” Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat Lavish Ordia told The Hindu.

Women should make use of the scheme to improve their economic growth, Mr. Ordia said and added that Matsya Sanjeevini has emerged as a movement across the State and efforts are being made to implement it in the district, transforming lives as “one tank, one effort, one dream at a time”.