According to Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Parshottam Rupala, the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana will be revised to allow fishermen to buy trawlers and boats of their choice.
The normally peaceful protests, on since two months, became violent this week when police tried to push them away, leading to clashes which resulted in the killing of a policeman on Tuesday.
The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 264 Indian fishermen and seized 36 trawlers this year. Illegal fishing in the Sri Lankan waters by Indian fishermen has been a recurrent problem despite many high-level talks held between the...
