Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Aqua One Centre - ICT Enabled Support Service
Aqua One Centre - ICT Enabled Support Service
Aqua One Centre - ICT Enabled Support Service
1, July 2018
NFDB proposes to promote, support and pursue dissemination ICT enabled advisory services related to inputs, better
activities through a network of “Aqua One Centers (AOCs)” to
management practices and technologies, pond and fish health
be established as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) at different
management, training and other related activities through
strategic locations across the country by involving reputed
AOC established ICT service platform designed exclusively
Service Providers having proven track record in fisheries
development and technical competence. The AOCs are expected for the purpose
to play a key role as an interface between NFDB, Seed The AOC System might also facilitate identification and
Producers and Fish Farmers. mitigation of issues/ hurdles/ problems faced midway by
The AOC will provide Information & Communication hatcheries, seed growers and fish farmers at ground level and
Technology (ICT)-enabled Aquaculture Support Service to the could also throw up new challenges to be addressed while
Fish Farmers, disseminate newer technologies and innovations promoting adoption of improved fish varieties, technologies,
and facilitate their wider adoption for the sector’s growth; this processes, approaches, etc.
would complement the existing Fisheries Extension System in Documentation and data management.
the Country.
Farmers enrolment ii) For North East/Hilly States 80% of unit cost with a
Pond monitoring ceiling of Rs. 16.00 lakh/unit as subsidy
Inputs management
Data management Components of AOC Unit
Setup and manage Water Quality, Fish Health Laboratory
Services Sl. No. Components / Items
Advisory services with reference to life cycle of species 1 Laboratory Equipment for Water & Soil Testing and
cultured, water quality, health and disease diagnosis Fish Health Management
Providing services on demand basis, for Govt. Projects, on
2 Accessories, Furniture, Interior Design, etc.
Production, Productivity, Diesease Surveillance, etc.
3 ICT Tools and its management
Benefits and Outcome of Project
4 Two-Wheeler and Field Kits
Enrolment of the beneficiary hatcheries, seed growers and 5 Manpower (Field Coordinator/ Sales Coordinator/
fish farmers Lab Clinician/ Expert Service)
Pond management and monitoring that include water quality 6 Recurring Expenses (Maintenance costs, Travel
analysis, growth and health monitoring through AOC costs etc.)
established water quality & fish health laboratory
Proposed Locations Services Offered
Maximum of 25 AOCs will be financially supported and shall be Services Support and Periodicity Limit
set up in at least two States. However, the number of AOCs per Service 1: One-time, per farmer per ha basis
State is restricted to 15 only in order to ensure spread of services Registration of Farmers
across the country.
Service 2: For Seed Grower:
Location of an AOC unit preferably is to be in a fish seed production Water Quality Testing for Weekly Once, up to 3 months or
and farming hub having road connectivity, approachability, better 10 parameters including: until seed is sold out, whichever is
conveyance, etc. to facilitate visit of farmers to AOC unit for Alkalinity, Ammonia, Total earlier.
interaction and periodic visit of AOC staff to the field. A total of Hardness, Water & Soil pH, For Growout Farmer:
96 Aqua One Centers are proposed to be funded by NFDB in the Dissolved Oxygen, Salinity, Fortnightly Once, up to 5
year 2018-19 in the following 14 States: Temperature, Secchi Disk months.
Transparency, Plankton
Sl. No. State No. of AOC Units Monthly Once for next 5 months
Analysis
or until fish is sold out, whichever
1 Andhra Pradesh 35 Service 3: is earlier.
2 Assam 10 Disease Diagnosis: Gross
3 Bihar 3 Examination & Advisory
Report
4 Goa 1
Service 4: For Seed Grower: Weekly Once,
5 Jharkhand 6
Biomass Sampling and up to 3 months or until seed is sold
6 Karnataka 4 Growth Monitoring out, whichever is earlier.
7 Manipur 1 For Growout Farmer:
8 Nagaland 1 Fortnightly Once, up to 10 months
or until fish is sold out, whichever is
9 Odisha 13
earlier.
10 Puducherry 1
Service 5: Maximum of 5 Services are supported
11 Sikkim 1 Specific Advisory Service under the project for both Seed
12 Telangana 12 Grower and Growout Farmer.
13 Tripura 1 Service 6:
14 West Bengal 7 Organizing One-day Farmers Rs. 50,000/- per AOC per year
Total 96 Meet/ Field Day/ Workshop/
Promotional Activity
AOC Service Providers
Information and Inputs for Sustainable Aquaculture (IIFSA),
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Stampit Business Solutions LLP & Sanray Laboratories Pvt.
Ltd., Hyderabad
Brihaspathi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
Frontalrain Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
National Federation of Fishermen Cooperatives Ltd,
FISHCOPFED, New Delhi
The Service Provider will be responsible to provide interface
between NFDB and selected hatcheries/ seed growers/ fish farmers
in sourcing, procurement, transport and stocking of brood fish or For further information mail to: info.nfdb@gov.in
seed material for further rearing/ stocking in grow out ponds.