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COFFED Co-operative Fisheries Federation, Bihar

Achievements

Milestones in Our Journey to Empower the Fisherman Community

Empowering Lives

We work towards a better life for fisherman community, we believe in changing lives. One of the shining examples towards this is woman empowerment, yes we did helped a fisher woman stand on her feet and do look into the eyes of the world and say yes, I have got trained at Kakinada, I can take care of my family by fish cultivation, yes COFFED has helped me stand on my feet.

"We don't see achievements as a way to boast ourselves, for us achievements reminds us we have attended only few things and we have a long way to go."

Key Milestones Since 1951

  • Formation of new fishermen self supporting society.
  • Starting up fisheries co-operative movement.
  • Obtained agriculture status for fisheries, enabling privileges like relief schemes, insurance, and loans.
  • Adoption of Inland Fisheries society as a Subsidiary organization of COFFED.
  • Launching of Janshree Bima Yojna (covering 64,000+ fishermen).
  • Providing fishermen credit cards to numerous co-operative societies.
  • Providing insurance coverage of ₹1,0,000 to members.
  • Establishing COFFED Gurukul for free education of poor fisherman kids.
  • Implementation of Bihar Jalkar Parbandhan Adhinium 2006.
  • Official notification of Fisherman Day on July 10th.
  • Training of more than 800 fishermen at Kakinada.
  • Distribution of subsidized medicine and feed supplements.
  • Comprehensive survey of ponds and tanks in the state.
  • Seven-year settlement period for Ponds and Jalkars.
  • Appointed 240 Bimamitra for insurance implementation.
  • Regular publication of annual reports for transparency.
  • Affiliation of 225+ fisheries co-operatives with COFFED.
  • Experimental supply of live fish at Patna.
  • Initiation of technical cell for modern fish farming approaches.
  • Compilation of all records and communiqués under RTI.
  • Affiliation with NAF and FISHCOPFED, New Delhi.
  • Obtained micro-insurance agency status from LIC & OIC.

Long Term Demands & Goals

  • Establishment of Technical and Promotional Cell in COFFED under NCDC scheme.
  • Appointment of COFFED representatives in every Fish Farmer Development Agency.
  • Raising the insurance amount from one lakh to five lakh rupees.
  • Honoring fishermen with state awards (Matasya Kishan Shri, Bhushan, Ratna) on July 10th.
  • Establishing a dedicated building similar to Haj Bhawan in Patna.

"Our achievements of today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday. You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you."

— Blaise Pascal