West Bengal Samudra Sathi Scheme, 2024
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Department of Fisheries Aquaculture Aquatic Resources & Fishing Harbours,
31, GN Block, IT Building, 7th & 8th Floor,
Sector- V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091
No. 724-Fish/C-I/9R-01/2024 Dated: 06.03.2024
NOTIFICATION
In the Annual Financial Statement, 2024, Government of West Bengal has announced a new scheme named ‘Samudra Sathi, 2024’ which will come to force from 1st April 2024 for providing livelihood-support of Rs. 5000.00 only each per month to all marine fishermen above 21 years of age who are affected adversely due to the ban imposed on venturing into sea for fishing during the period from 15th April to 14th June.
I. ELIGIBILITY FOR AVAILING OF BENEFIT:
a. Registered marine fisherman above the age of 21 (twenty one) shall be eligible under the scheme.
b. Not more than one fisherman horn one family (applicant, parents, spouses and dependent children) will be eligible for this benefit.
II. SUBMISSION AND RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:
i. Applications for benefit under this scheme should be submitted in Form-1 for getting benefit of two months at a time.
ii. Applications should be made online through portal, available in the website of Fisheries Department. Requisite documents and photographs are to be uploaded in portal along with the application form.
iii. Fishery Extension Officel of the concerned Block will receive the applications. Receipt of the application, generated through the online portal, will be downloadable by the applicant.
iv. In case any applicant prefers to submit off-line applications, the same will be posted online by the officer concerned for further processing and receipt shall be handed over to the applicant.
v. Applications received under this scheme will be physically enquired into for ascertaining genuinity of the claim The enquiry must be completed within ten working days ot receipt of the application and the enquiry report will be submitted to ADF (Marine), DH for the districts of N. 24 Pgs.. S. 24 Pgs. and Howrah and to ADF (Marine), Contai for the district of Purba Medinipur.
vi. Assistant Director ot Fisheries (Marine), Diamond Harbour/Contai, as the case may be, on being satisfied by the report of the enquiring officer, will recommend the case online to the Sub-Divisional Officer concerned who will act as approving authority for this scheme.
vii. On receipt of approval from the Sub-Divisional Officer, ADF (Marine), DH/ Contai will sanction the benefit and issue sanction order for the respective Districts [i.e. A DC (Marine) DH for the districts of N. 24 Pgs., S. 24 Pgs. and Howrah and ADF (Marine) Contai for Purba Medinipur] within thirty (30) working days from receipt of completed application.
viii. The sanctioned list shall be displayed on the official website of the Department.
ix. All applications are to submitted during the period from 15th February to 14th April each year.
x. No field enquiry will be needed for renewal. Renewal-applications will be submitted in Form-2. However, at least 5% random checking may be done by the concerned FEOs.
III. FUND MANAGEMENT:
i. fund for ‘Samudra Sathi Scheme, 2024’ will be released by the Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources and Fishing Harbours directly to ADF (Marine), Diamond harbour/ Contai with intimation to the Director of Fisheries, ADF (Marine), Diamond Harbour/ Contai will act as DDO.
ii. ADF (Marine), Diamond Harbour/ Contai and DDO will arrange to raise bill in proper form with concerned treasury and shall release the fund to the applicants through DBT.
IV. The Director of Fisheries will arrange for wide publicity of the scheme among the marine fishermen through print and electronic media.
V. The Director of Fisheries will arrange for uploading of the advertisement (for publicity of this scheme) along with the prescribed application formats and annexures in the portal of the department.
VI. This Notification is issued with concurrence of Finance Department vide U.O. No. Group A-1/2023-2024/0194 dated 29.02.2024 read with U.O. No. 5460 dated 29.02.2024 of Group N.
By order of the Governor,
ROSHNI SEN, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
No. 724-Fish dated 06.03.2024, Source
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