Port Blair, Aug 7: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice Chairman, Islands Development Agency attended the Seventh Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog Chaired by Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ji today at New Delhi.

On the Agenda item of Crop Diversification, recommended institution of effective measures to curtail further depletion of Agricultural Land in A&N Islands. Also, consequent to setting up of MPEDA & EIA Offices in Port Blair requested to give impetus to direct Export of Fisheries & Marine Products.