Packirisamy Jawahar has been appointed as the Chairman of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA). He succeeds DV Swamy.
Packirisamy Jawahar has been appointed as the Chairman of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA). He succeeds DV Swamy.
According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I), the European Union (EU) has emerged as the third-largest seafood export market for India in FY26, after the USA and China. India’s seafood exports to the EU stood at $1.593 billion, contributing 18.94% of the total seafood export value and showing robust growth in both value and quantity.
The Odisha government has signed an MoU with the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), an agency under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, to implement a specialized Marine Spatial Plan (MSP).
The MSP aims to maintain a balance between the coastal economy and the marine environment of the state. It is to be noted that Odisha is the first state in India to initiate the second phase of the national sustainable ocean planning initiative.