In an inspiring story of women empowerment, entrepreneurship and self-reliance, 53-year-old Usha Rani, originally from Anwal village in Rohtak district and presently residing at Sainik Vihar in Pitampura, Delhi, has emerged as a successful fish entrepreneur.<\/p>\n
Without any formal professional background in fisheries, Usha turned her childhood interest in fish farming into a successful livelihood enterprise and set an example for aspiring women entrepreneurs and progressive farmers.<\/p>\n
Her journey reflects how women can successfully adopt non-traditional livelihood opportunities and become economically independent through innovation, resilience and government support.<\/p>\n
Usha, educated up to Class 10, was primarily a homemaker before entering the fisheries sector. Her interest in fish farming dates back several decades, with her initial exposure beginning in 1984, through a Panchayati pond. However, the real turning point in her entrepreneurial journey came in 2021.<\/p>\n
In 2021, she established a fish farming unit on her 4-acre land located on Anwal Road in Kalanaur tehsil, Rohtak, focusing on Pangasius and Indian Major Carp (IMC) species, with an initial stocking of approximately 85,000 fish seed.<\/p>\n
Her commitment and scientific approach yielded impressive results within the very first year itself. She achieved a production of approximately 75 metric tonnes of fish and generated an income of nearly Rs 11 lakh, establishing fish farming as a sustainable and profitable enterprise.<\/p>\n
Her success received a major boost under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), under which she received a subsidy support of approximately Rs 9 lakh, enabling her to strengthen infrastructure and expand operations.<\/p>\n
Today, Usha has expanded her fish farming enterprise from 4 acres to 11 acres and her annual income has increased to approximately Rs 12 lakh, making her an inspiring example of rural entrepreneurship and women-led economic empowerment.<\/p>\n
Usha expressed gratitude to the fisheries department for continuous technical guidance and institutional support throughout her journey.<\/p>\n
She now aims to motivate and train other individuals, especially women and rural entrepreneurs, to explore aquaculture as a viable and profitable livelihood opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an inspiring story of women empowerment, entrepreneurship and self-reliance, 53-year-old Usha Rani, originally from Anwal village in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":969929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3094],"tags":[270662,270663,270664,270665,270666,87567,51,3134,270667,270668,16,15,270669],"class_list":["post-969928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-economicindependence","tag-indianfisheries","tag-ruralindia","tag-sustainablelivelihood","tag-usharani","tag-aquaculture","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-fishfarming","tag-pmmsy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-womenempowerment"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116598598704305275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/969929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}