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In West Bengal, Purulia District is one of the poorly backward drought prone, topographically severely undulating lands with inadequate irrigation and insufficient of all agricultural inputs. The present status of tribal people is very poor as a consequence they are migrating to neighboring district and state for their source of income. Pisciculture is one of the main pillars of the local economy of the district and people mainly derive their livelihood by exploiting the fishery resources in the water bodies of the district. The district is bestowed with large number of water bodies which are utilized for Pisciculture activities. Fisheries represent a vital sector in the thrust programme of West Bengal Government for rural development through production of fish and other ancillary activities thereby generating rural employment and improvement of socio-economic status of the fishers who are the prime contributors of fisheries production. In general tribal peoples are mostly under BPL level. For this technological and financial help and proper training and monitoring are being required to change the livelihood condition. For improving the production scenario and simultaneous development of the fishers of those districts, the government introduces the Tribal Sub Plan to boost up the process. Accordingly training programmes, supply of feed, seed etc. at subsidised rate and the intervention of technical people are being implemented. As a result definitely a remarkable change in their income generation and affinity to the culture was made. Still Government's efforts in implementing a proper planning and management oriented marketing strategies are required for the sustainable development of the culture towards the upliftment of the employment and livelihood generation of the tribal fisher folks of this districts.