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The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly has passed a Bill to amend the State Aquaculture Development Authority (APSADA) Act, 2020, aimed astatine streamlining aquaculture operations, simplifying licencing procedures, and updating the outdated terminology.
Tabling the Bill successful the House connected Wednesday, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Kinjarapu Atchannaidu said that these measures were designed to simplify regulatory processes, promote compliance among farmers and operators, and fortify the governance of the aquaculture assemblage successful Andhra Pradesh.
The projected changes travel successful effect to feedback gathered from stakeholders, operational challenges nether the existing Act, and the request to heighten sustainability and economical ratio successful the sector.
The amendments question to marque the Act much user-friendly, addressing concerns raised during a bid of stakeholder consultations. One cardinal connection is to facilitate the endorsement of aged registrations by aquaculture farmers who failed to implicit the process wrong the stipulated period.
These endorsements would beryllium allowed upon outgo of the licence fee, on with a 50% precocious fee, benefiting astir 20% of the aquaculture farmers.
Another important alteration is the revision of the validity of the licence. Currently, licences for aquaculture concern operations and related activities are issued for a lifetime.
The projected amendments would trim the validity to 1 twelvemonth for aquaculture concern operations and 5 years for aquaculture activities, aligning with the provisions of the Central Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005, and ensuring fiscal sustainability for APSADA.
