The Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, George Kurian, on Friday launched the Marine Fisheries Census (MFC) 2025 Household Enumeration and the VYAS–BHARAT and VYAS–SUTRA mobile applications at Kochi, marking a complete digital overhaul of the national fisheries enumeration process.

The MFC 2025, described as a historic digital leap, replaces the traditional paper-based census with a fully digital, geo-referenced data collection system. The exercise will cover around 1.2 million fisher households across 5,000 marine fishing villages and habitations in 13 coastal States and Union Territories, including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.

The census will be conducted over 45 days, from November 3 to December 18. The process is being powered by a

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