National digital traceability framework for fisheries and aquaculture (2025)
Department of Fisheries releases a national digital traceability framework to track the fisheries and aquaculture value chain
- The Department of Fisheries has released the National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2025 to build a national digital traceability system.
- The framework proposes the National Level Governance Committee for strategic oversight of implementation.
- The framework proposes an Adoption Committee to help fisheries and aquaculture stakeholders adopt an IT-based national traceability system.
What happened
The Department of Fisheries, Government of India, has released the National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2025. The framework seeks to create a national digital traceability system across the fisheries and aquaculture value chain.
The stated purpose is to improve compliance with domestic and international requirements, strengthen food safety and quality assurance, improve transparency, raise consumer confidence, and support market access for seafood exports.
UPSC can frame the National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2025 as a governance reform in the fisheries value chain. A Mains answer can discuss how digital traceability improves food safety, regulatory compliance, consumer trust, and export competitiveness, while also examining implementation capacity, stakeholder adoption, interoperability, and costs for small producers and processors.
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