Lok Sabha Question No. 2119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Sustainable livelihood to fishermen
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2119

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD TO FISHERMEN

## 2119.   SHRI V. ELUMALAI :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और कृ िक कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes implemented by the Government for poor fishermen who do not have own fishing boats;
- (b)  the  other  schemes  implemented  by  the  Government  to  provide sustainable  livelihood  to  poor fishermen of the country; and
- (c) the details of the financial assistance provided by the Government to the fishermen under the schemes during the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## ANSWER (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a): The    Department  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Dairying  and  Fisheries  (DADF),  Ministry  of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is implementing the Central Plan Scheme on 'Blue Revolution: Integrated  Development  and  Management  of  Fisheries'  with  'National  Scheme  of  Welfare  of Fishermen' as one of the components.  The National Scheme of Welfare of  Fishermen provides financial  assistance  to  fishers  during  the  lean  fishing  season/fishing  ban  period  especially  for fishermen  who  do  not  have  their  own  fishing  boats.    In  addition,  financial  assistance  is  also provided  for  construction  of  houses  for  fishers  and  creation  of  other  basic  amenities  such  as drinking water facility & community halls.  Besides, insurance coverage for fishers is also provided under the scheme.
- (b) : The scheme also aims for an integrated development and management of  the fisheries sector covering inland fisheries, aquaculture, marine fisheries, mariculture, cage/pen culture and creation of  fisheries  infrastructure  through  central  financial  assistance  towards  sustainable  livelihood  to fishermen. The scheme has various broad components namely, (i) Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture, (ii) Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post Harvest Operations, (iii)  National  Fisheries  Development  Board  (NFDB)  and  its  activities  (iv)  National  Scheme  of Welfare of Fishermen, , (v) Strengthening of Database and Geographical Information System of the Fisheries  Sector  and  (vi)  Monitoring,  Control  and  Surveillance  (MCS)  and  other  need  based interventions.
- (c): The  central  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  State  Governments/UTs  for  onward transfer to the eligible fishermen as per the provisions of the scheme. State-wise details of financial assistance  provided  by  the  DADF  under  the  three  components  of  the  scheme  namely  National Scheme  of  Welfare  of  Fishermen,  Development  of  Marine  Fisheries,  Infrastructure  and  Post Harvest  Operations  and  National  Fisheries  Development  Board  which  have  direct  bearing  on livelihood activities of fishermen during the last three years and the current year are furnished at Annexure.

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## Annexure

Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2119  put in by Shri V. Elumalai, MP(LS)-State-wise details of funds released by DADF under  various schemes to fishermen during the last three years and current financial year

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of the State/   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year             |
|---------|----------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|         | Organisation         | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17 (as on 25.11.2016) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh*      | 504.70           | 1.00             | 487.50           | 0.00                       |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00             | 0.00             | 52.00            | 0.00                       |
| 3       | Assam                | 27.00            | 0.00             | 0.00             | 81.20                      |
| 4       | Bihar                | 0.00             | 153.15           | 90.00            | 0.00                       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh         | 148.00           | 137.58           | 228.24           | 100.00                     |
| 6       | Daman &Diu           | 0.00             | 7.50             | 21.77            | 0.00                       |
| 7       | Goa                  | 32.86            | 249.65           | 45.82            | 118.94                     |
| 8       | Gujarat              | 57.38            | 110.58           | 164.38           | 111.35                     |
| 9       | Haryana              | 0.00             | 5.71             | 12.50            | 0.00                       |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh     | 16.36            | 25.34            | 77.73            | 40.74                      |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir       | 51.50            | 0.00             | 49.88            | 0.00                       |
| 12      | Jharkhand            | 178.60           | 181.79           | 375.00           | 125.10                     |
| 13      | Karnataka            | 196.46           | 277.88           | 448.45           | 115.00                     |
| 14      | Kerala               | 997.80           | 348.95           | 1266.71          | 150.00                     |
| 15      | Lakshadweep          | 0.56             | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00                       |
| 16      | Maharashtra          | 1.50             | 0.00             | 38.72            | 197.72                     |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh       | 204.44           | 156.49           | 195.35           | 71.42                      |
| 18      | Manipur              | 40.50            | 70.15            | 0.00             | 0.00                       |
| 19      | Mizoram              | 263.25           | 101.72           | 121.00           | 120.50                     |
| 20      | Nagaland             | 489.00           | 485.00           | 187.46           | 0.00                       |
| 21      | Orissa               | 622.33           | 259.40           | 226.23           | 118.60                     |
| 22      | Pondicherry          | 335.43           | 100.00           | 332.29           | 100.10                     |
| 23      | Rajasthan            | 15.12            | 18.40            | 14.21            | 0.00                       |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu           | 458.60           | 1996.13          | 847.07           | 40.30                      |
| 25      | Telangana            | 0.00             | 283.47           | 9.69             | 0.00                       |
| 26      | Tripura              | 60.43            | 43.13            | 139.54           | 0.00                       |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh        | 356.95           | 120.60           | 122.63           | 181.55                     |
| 28      | Uttarakhand          | 0.00             | 31.35            | 0.00             | 0.00                       |
| 29      | West Bengal          | 0.00             | 180.88           | 161.69           | 0.00                       |
| 30      | A&N Islands          | 0.00             | 21.40            | 249.00           | 27.50                      |
| 31      | FISHCOPFED**         | 600.00           | 786.57           | 694.75           | 0.00                       |
|         | TOTAL                | 5658.77          | 6153.81          | 6659.61          | 1700.02                    |