Blue Economy: AnOceanof LivelihoodOpportunitiesinIndia

Blue economy for India means a number of economic opportunities related to ocean and marine ecosystems, playing an important role in generating and sustaining livelihoods. Blue Economy can help in focusing on livelihood generation, achieving energy security, building ecological resilience, and improving health and living standards of coastal communities. Blue economy would reinforce and strengthen the efforts of the Indian government as it strives to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG) of hunger and poverty eradication along with sustainable use of marine resources by 2030. The fishery sector is a major contributor of blue economy. This paper is focus on the contribution of blue economy in generating and sustaining livelihoods in the Indian economy. This sector provides livelihood especially with marginalized and vulnerable communities.