guwahati assam has bagged four top honours in fisheries sector from ministry of fisheries animal husbandry and dairying including the best state title among the hilly states and north eastern region for top performance in fisheries sector in last three years from 201718odisha has been named the best state in marine state category and uttar pradesh in the inland state category also assam apex cooperative fish marketing and processing federation ltd fishfed has bagged best quasi government organization award nagaon district the best district award and amal medhi of nalbari district has bagged the best fish farmer award in hilly states and north eastern states of india categorystate fisheries department commissioner and secretary rakesh kumar will be receiving the award on behalf of the state government on november 21 at the function at ap shinde symposium hall nasc complex pusa in new delhi which will be attended union minister of fisheries animal husbandry and dairying giriraj singh minister of state pratap chandra sarangi union secretary fisheries dr sanjeev kumar balyan and other dignitaries from central government the award carries rs 10 lakh prize money a certificate a shawl and a mementothe selection was through very competitive matrix ranking procedures encompassing 25 different criterion and assam scored the highest points in terms of performance the performance was evaluated for three years from 201718 to 201920 kumar told toi during the three years the state has recorded high degree of utilization of funds received from centre under different schemes world bank and state government and submission of utilization certificates the state has also scored high points in meeting targets in fish production and fish seed production in the last three years the states fish production has increased from 327 lakh tonnes in 201718 to 337 lakh tonnes in 201920 similarly sales of fish within and outside the state have also increased during the threeyear periodstate fishery and forest minister parimal suklabaidyas pro sailendra pandey said assams nagaon district has also bagged the best district award under the category of hilly states and north eastern states of india amal medhi of nalbari district has won the best fish farmer award under the category of hilly states and north eastern statespandey added also assam apex cooperative fish marketing and processing federation ltd fishfed has been named the best quasi government organization under the category of hilly states and north eastern states of indianagaon district fisheries development officer ramendra ch barman will receive the award on behalf of the nagaon district administration at the same function which carries a cash award of rs 3 lakh while the award for best fish farmer award carries a cash award of rs 1 lakh the best quasi government organization carries a cash award of rs 5 lakh