Fish Industry in West Bengal in Troubled Waters
Fish Industry in West Bengal in Troubled Waters Hit hard Fish lovers in West Bengal may soon be threatened with a scarcity in the supply of fish or rise in price or both. The fishermen and the trawler owners are very angry. Without giving a thought to the consequences of a continuous arbitrary rise in the price of diesel, petrol, kerosene and cooking gas by the central government has led to severe disbalance in the finance and employment sector in the indigenous shipping industry in West Bengal. Add to this, the absence of subsidy for petrol the trawler owners, the fishermen and the allied ...
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