Summary
If a pond gets sick fish or a flood, the money helps them start again 🌧️.
Farmers can get up to a certain amount of money for each piece of land they farm 🏞️.
Women and farmers from special communities can get a little extra help 🎉.
Key Points
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India makes most of its fish in farms called aquaculture.
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The plan helps pay part of the insurance cost, up to 40%.
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The help can be as much as 25,000 rupees per hectare for pond farms.
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The money is sent straight to the farmer’s bank account.
New Words to Learn
9 wordsaquaculture
Farming fish and other water animals in ponds or tanks.
insurance
A promise to give money if something bad happens to the farm.
premium
The amount of money you pay for insurance.
incentive
Extra money given to help pay for something.
crop cycle
The time it takes to raise fish from start to harvest.
hectare
A big area of land about the size of 2 football fields.
cage culture
Raising fish in cages placed in lakes or the sea.
Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems
A fancy fish farm that cleans and reuses the water.
biofloc
A way to keep fish healthy by using tiny natural particles in the water.
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