ICAR-CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Advancing inland fisheries research, sustainable aquatic resources and livelihood opportunities.
ICAR-CIFRI Observes PM-KISAN Utsav Diwas and KhetBachaoAbhiyan, Reaching Farmers and Fishers with the Message of Sustainable Agriculture
ICAR-CIFRI Observes PM-KISAN Utsav Diwas and KhetBachaoAbhiyan, Reaching Farmers and Fishers with the Message of Sustainable Agriculture 30th October 2026,Barrackpore
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ICAR-CIFRI Takes the Message of Integrity to the Community through Human Chain and Walkathon
ICAR-CIFRI Takes the Message of Integrity to the Community through Human Chain and Walkathon 27 October 2026, Barrackpore
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ICAR-CIFRI Takes KhetBachaoAbhiyan to Tripura, Calls for Promoting Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation
ICAR-CIFRI Takes KhetBachaoAbhiyan to Tripura, Calls for Promoting Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation,24 October 2026,Tripura
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ICAR-CIFRI Observes Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 with the Theme “Probity for Prosperity”
ICAR-CIFRI Observes Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 with the Theme “Probity for Prosperity” 26 October 2026, Barrackpore
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India has vast and varied types of inland fisheries resources in the form of rivers, estuaries, reservoirs, floodplain wetlands, lakes, coastal lagoons and backwaters, which play important roles in fish production in the country, ensuring food and nutritional security, employment generation and livelihoods to millions of people.
Recognizing the role of inland fisheries, Government of India established a Central Inland Fisheries Research Station at Calcutta on 17 March 1947, under the then Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The Institute strives for knowledge-based management of inland open waters for sustainable fisheries, conservation of aquatic biodiversity, integrity of ecological services and to derive social benefits from these waters.
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Welcome to ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute. CIFRI is committed to excellence in research, technology development and sustainable management of inland fisheries.
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