Agriculture Ministry has proposed a scheme, called Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries with an outlay of 3000 crore rupees. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said this while inaugurating the World Fisheries Day. Mr Singh said the Ministry has proposed to formulate the umbrella scheme considering the importance and growth potential of the sector. The Minister said Fisheries is an important sector as it supports livelihood of almost 1.5 million peoples in our country. This scheme will cover inland fisheries, aquaculture, marine fisheries including deep-sea fishing, marine-culture and all activities undertaken by the National Fisheries Development Board.