Alluri Indra Kumar ensured that prawn farmers were not impacted during the lockdown

Coronavirus India latest updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the nationwide lockdown will be in effect from midnight to save every Indian. The 21-day lockdown period is to prevent the further spread of COVID-19

According to a report by Globefish, a division of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN, India and Chile are expected to be the standout performers in 2017.

The initial public offer (IPO) of Apex Frozen Foods that deals in aquaculture products was subscribed more than six times on the final day of the bidding.

The IPO of up to 87,00,000 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each is being offered through a book-building route at a price band of Rs 171-175 per share. At the upper end, the shares can fetch up to Rs 152.25 crore while at the lower limit, the company will raise at least Rs 148.77 crore.

As far as the fish sector is concerned, the worst period is over. If you look at the rate of export growth, we are confident of touching $ 5.6 billion this year. We have set a $ 10 billion target for 2020, says A. Jayathilak, Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).