Question : OFFER TO FISHERMEN TO WORK IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES



(a) whether the large number of unemployed fishermen in the country have received offers to work in the fishing sector in foreign countries;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of persons granted permission to work in the said sector abroad during the last three years and the reasons therefore:and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to provide employment to unemployed fishermen in the country along with the success achieved therein?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE(SHRI TASLIMUDDIN)

(a)to(c): The information in this regard is being obtained from State Governments and other organizations and the same will be laid on the Table of the House.