Make Odisha Number One in Fish Production: Naveen

Bhubaneswar: As many as 115 newly recruited Assistant Fisheries Officers joined the State Fisheries & Animal Resources Development department. An orientation programme was held for the new recruits at the state convention centre in Lok Seva Bhawan. Speaking to the newly recruited officers on virtual platform, Chief Minister Navven Patnaik said that Assistant Fisheries Officers should act as facilitators and encourage people to take up fisheries and help improve their income. Saying that Odisha is currently at 4th position in the country in fish production, he called upon them to work in a mission mode to help the state catapult from number 4 to number 1 position in fish production. Speaking extensively on the 5T initiative, he said that the mandate of 5T provides for transformational changes in the state following the elements of Teamwork, Technology, transparency and time. It allows you to work smart by using technology to reach out to people faster, and provide better solutions in a transparent manner. We should not be satisfied with incremental changes; we have go for transformational changes if we want to bring our state to the pivotal position, he added. He expected the new officers will work with all the sincerity by following the principles of 5T and make endeavor to transform in the lives of fish farmers.

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