NFDB Projects Bulletin No.
1, July 2018
Aqua One Center
An ICT Enabled Aquaculture Support Service
NFDB proposes to promote, support and pursue dissemination
activities through a network of “Aqua One Centers (AOCs)” to
be established as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) at different
strategic locations across the country by involving reputed
Service Providers having proven track record in fisheries
development and technical competence. The AOCs are expected
to play a key role as an interface between NFDB, Seed
Producers and Fish Farmers.
The AOC will provide Information & Communication
Technology (ICT)-enabled Aquaculture Support Service to the
Fish Farmers, disseminate newer technologies and innovations
and facilitate their wider adoption for the sector’s growth; this
would complement the existing Fisheries Extension System in
the Country.
Aim and Objectives
ICT Enabled Aquaculture Support Service
 Farmers enrolment
 Pond monitoring
 Inputs management
 Data management
 Setup and manage Water Quality, Fish Health Laboratory
Services
 Advisory services with reference to life cycle of species
cultured, water quality, health and disease diagnosis
 Providing services on demand basis, for Govt. Projects, on
Production, Productivity, Diesease Surveillance, etc.
Benefits and Outcome of Project
 Enrolment of the beneficiary hatcheries, seed growers and
fish farmers
 Pond management and monitoring that include water quality
analysis, growth and health monitoring through AOC
established water quality & fish health laboratory
 ICT enabled advisory services related to inputs, better
management practices and technologies, pond and fish health
management, training and other related activities through
AOC established ICT service platform designed exclusively
for the purpose
 The AOC System might also facilitate identification and
mitigation of issues/ hurdles/ problems faced midway by
hatcheries, seed growers and fish farmers at ground level and
could also throw up new challenges to be addressed while
promoting adoption of improved fish varieties, technologies,
processes, approaches, etc.
 Documentation and data management.
Pattern of Financial Assistance
Unit cost of establishing ‘Aqua One Center’ is Rs. 20.00 Lakh,
including consumables and manpower support for one year
a) For a beneficiary of general category 40% of the unit cost with
a ceiling of Rs. 8.00 lakh/unit as subsidy
b) For a beneficiary of SC/ST/Women category 60% of the unit
cost with a ceiling of Rs. 12.00 lakh/unit as subsidy
c) For Govt. Fisheries Institutes:
i) In General States 50% of unit cost with a ceiling of Rs.
10.00 lakh/unit as subsidy
ii) For North East/Hilly States 80% of unit cost with a
ceiling of Rs. 16.00 lakh/unit as subsidy
Components of AOC Unit
Sl. No. Components / Items
1 Laboratory Equipment for Water & Soil Testing and
Fish Health Management
2 Accessories, Furniture, Interior Design, etc.
3 ICT Tools and its management
4 Two-Wheeler and Field Kits
5 Manpower (Field Coordinator/ Sales Coordinator/
Lab Clinician/ Expert Service)
6 Recurring Expenses (Maintenance costs, Travel
costs etc.)
 Proposed Locations Services Offered
Maximum of 25 AOCs will be financially supported and shall be Services Support and Periodicity Limit
set up in at least two States. However, the number of AOCs per Service 1: One-time, per farmer per ha basis
State is restricted to 15 only in order to ensure spread of services Registration of Farmers
across the country.
Service 2: For Seed Grower:
Location of an AOC unit preferably is to be in a fish seed production Water Quality Testing for Weekly Once, up to 3 months or
and farming hub having road connectivity, approachability, better 10 parameters including: until seed is sold out, whichever is
conveyance, etc. to facilitate visit of farmers to AOC unit for Alkalinity, Ammonia, Total earlier.
interaction and periodic visit of AOC staff to the field. A total of Hardness, Water & Soil pH, For Growout Farmer:
96 Aqua One Centers are proposed to be funded by NFDB in the Dissolved Oxygen, Salinity, Fortnightly Once, up to 5
year 2018-19 in the following 14 States: Temperature, Secchi Disk months.
Transparency, Plankton
Sl. No. State No. of AOC Units Monthly Once for next 5 months
Analysis
or until fish is sold out, whichever
1 Andhra Pradesh 35 Service 3: is earlier.
2 Assam 10 Disease Diagnosis: Gross
3 Bihar 3 Examination & Advisory
Report
4 Goa 1
Service 4: For Seed Grower: Weekly Once,
5 Jharkhand 6
Biomass Sampling and up to 3 months or until seed is sold
6 Karnataka 4 Growth Monitoring out, whichever is earlier.
7 Manipur 1 For Growout Farmer:
8 Nagaland 1 Fortnightly Once, up to 10 months
or until fish is sold out, whichever is
9 Odisha 13
earlier.
10 Puducherry 1
Service 5: Maximum of 5 Services are supported
11 Sikkim 1 Specific Advisory Service under the project for both Seed
12 Telangana 12 Grower and Growout Farmer.
13 Tripura 1 Service 6:
14 West Bengal 7 Organizing One-day Farmers Rs. 50,000/- per AOC per year
Total 96 Meet/ Field Day/ Workshop/
Promotional Activity
AOC Service Providers
 Information and Inputs for Sustainable Aquaculture (IIFSA),
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
 Stampit Business Solutions LLP & Sanray Laboratories Pvt.
Ltd., Hyderabad
 Brihaspathi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
 Frontalrain Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
 National Federation of Fishermen Cooperatives Ltd,
FISHCOPFED, New Delhi
The Service Provider will be responsible to provide interface
between NFDB and selected hatcheries/ seed growers/ fish farmers
in sourcing, procurement, transport and stocking of brood fish or For further information mail to: info.nfdb@gov.in
seed material for further rearing/ stocking in grow out ponds.

राष्ट्रीय मात्स्यिकी विकास बोर्ड

National Fisheries Development Board
(Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India)
Fish Building, Pillar No. 235, P.V. Narsimha Rao Expressway, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
National Police Academy (SVP NPA) Post, Hyderabad - 500 052
Ph: 040-24000201; Fax: 040-24015568, 24015552