Policy Watch : e-SANTA - Market place for aqua farmers

This week's episode of Policy Watch focuses on ‘e-SANTA. The government has inaugurated e-SANTA, an electronic marketplace providing a platform to connect aqua farmers and buyers. It will enable the farmers to get a better price and the exporters to directly purchase quality products from the farmers enhancing traceability, a key factor in international trade. The term e-SANTA was coined for the web portal, meaning Electronic Solution for Augmenting farmers' Trade-in Aquaculture. Aquaculture ‒ the farming of fish, shrimp, algae, or shellfish ‒ is the backbone of the fishery industry’s economic success in India

Guests:
Dr. M. Karthikeyan, Director, MPEDA
Dr.Subhash Chandra Pandey, Former Special Secretary, MOCI, GoI

Anchor: Kriti Mishra