Lok Sabha Question No. 3863 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Target of Blue Revolution
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Veena Devi, Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3863 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## Target of Blue Revolution

## 3863. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI: SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India is ranked second in fish production and it is taking several policy initiatives to achieve first ranking in this regard;
- (b) if so, the decisions taken by the Government to achieve the said target;
- (c) the amount allocated in the present budget to achieve the target of blue revolution along with the details of its allocation, State-wise including Maharashtra and the amount provided to each fishermen under the said scheme; and
- (d) the basic facilities being provided to encourage small and medium farmers for pisciculture?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

(a)  to  (d):    India,  one  of  the  major  fish  producing  nations  in  the  world  stands  2 nd in    aquaculture production in the world. The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing various schemes/programmes for development of fisheries sector with a view towards enhancement of fish  production.  The  details  of  the  schemes  and  facilities  provided  to  small  and  medium  farmers  for pisciculture are as below:

- (i) The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  on  Blue  Revolution:  Integrated  Development  and Management of Fisheries at a total central outlay of Rs. 3000 crore has been implemented since 2015-16  for  development  of  fisheries  in  the  country.  The  CSS inter-alia, provides  financial assistance  for  development  of  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sector  including  fish  production  and post harvest related activities like  fish brood banks, hatcheries, construction of ponds, rearing ponds,  installation  of  cages  in  reservoirs  and  open  sea  cages  fish  culture,  fish  feed  mills, development  of  post-harvest  infrastructure  like  ice  plants,  cold  storages,  ice  plants-cum-cold storages and development of fish landing centre in reservoirs and fishing harbours,.
- (ii) Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Fund (FIDF) has been implemented with a fund size of Rs.  7522.48  crore  for  providing  access  to  concessional  finance  for  development  of  fisheries infrastructure in the country. Under the FIDF, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying  provides  interest  subvention  up  to  3%  per  annum  for  providing  the  concessional finance by the Nodal Loaning Entities for development of infrastrucutre in the fisheries sector.
- (iii) The Government of India during 2018-19 has extended the facility of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to fish farmers to help them to meet their working capital needs.

Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management  of  Fisheries,  a  total  amount  of  Rs.550.00  crore  has  been  allocated  during  2019-20  for development  of  fisheries  in  the  country  including  Maharashtra.  State-wise  details  of  central  funds released during 2019-20 for development of fisheries is furnished at Annexure-I.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3863 due for answer on 17 th March, 2020 put in by Shrimati Veena Devi and Shri Rajan Vichare regarding  Target  of  Blue  Revolution  -  State-wise  details  of  central  funds  released  during 2019-20 for development of fisheries.

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S. N | State/UT/Institutes   |   2019-20 (Till date) |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh        |                756.2  |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh     |                 24.77 |
|      3 | Assam                 |                 76.32 |
|      4 | Bihar                 |               1557.15 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh          |               3177.81 |
|      6 | Gujarat               |               1000    |
|      7 | Haryana               |                696.47 |
|      8 | Himachal Pradesh      |                629.14 |
|      9 | Jammu &Kashmir        |                438.63 |
|     10 | Karnataka             |               2240.02 |
|     11 | Kerala                |               9357.15 |
|     12 | Madhya Pradesh        |               1859.47 |
|     13 | Maharashtra           |               1000    |
|     14 | Manipur               |                 50.68 |
|     15 | Meghalaya             |               2598.95 |
|     16 | Mizoram               |                696.31 |
|     17 | Nagaland              |               2396.17 |
|     18 | Odisha                |                543.68 |
|     19 | Pondicherry           |                461.37 |
|     20 | Punjab                |               2063.76 |
|     21 | Rajasthan             |                171.6  |
|     22 | Sikkim                |               1019.65 |
|     23 | Tamil Nadu            |               1801    |
|     24 | Telangana             |                154    |
|     25 | Tripura               |                788.91 |
|     26 | Uttar Pradesh         |               3816.63 |
|     27 | Uttarakhand           |                683.67 |