Lok Sabha Question No. 400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Development of Fisheries
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.400 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## Development of Fisheries

## 400. SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT :

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

(a) whether the Government is contemplating on augmenting the production of fisheries and provide sufficient infrastructure facilities for development of fisheries in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the quantum of funds earmarked for this purpose;
- (d) the details of the funds released to each State so far;
- (e) the details of the funds provided to the State of  Maharashtra for this purpose; and
- (f) the infrastructure developed so far since its inception for the purpose?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d)   : Yes, sir. The Department of Fisheries (DoF), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying since the fiscal year 2015-16 has been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries with a total central outlay of Rs. 3000 crore for development of fisheries sector in the country. The CSS with its multi-dimensional activities inter-alia aims  towards  enhancing  the  fish  production,  productivity  as  well  as  creation  of infrastructure  for  fisheries  sector.  State-wise  details  of  the  Central  funds  released  under  the  CSS  for development of fisheries including the fisheries infrastructure are furnished at Annexure -I.

Besides, in order to address the infrastructure requirements for fisheries sector, the Department of Fisheries (DoF), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during 2018-19 also created a  dedicated  fund  namely  Fisheries  and  Aquaculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (FIDF)  with  a total funds size of Rs. 7522.48 crore. Under the FIDF concessional finance is provided to the Eligible Entities  (EEs),  including  State  Governments/Union  Territories  and  State  entities  for  development  of identified fisheries infrastructure facilities through Nodal Loaning Entities (NLEs) namely (i) National Bank  for  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD),  (ii)  National  Cooperatives  Development Corporation (NCDC) and (iii) All scheduled Banks.  The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the FIDF provides interest subvention up to 3% per annum for providing the concessional finance by the NLEs at the interest rate not lower than 5% per annum.

(e) and (f):    Under the CSS on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries, central  financial  assistance  of  Rs. 1000.00 lakh  has  been  released  to  the  Government  of  Maharashtra during  period  from  2015-16  to  the  current  financial  year(2019-20)  for  development  of  fisheries including the fisheries infrastructure   in the State. The fisheries infrastructure facilities covered under above said Central funds released  to the Government of Maharashtra include construction of fishing harbours,   ice plants,  cold storage, retail/mobile fish markets, supply of refrigerated/insulated trucks, auto  rickshaw/  motor  cycle  with  Ice  boxes,  construction  feed  mills,  cages/pens  culture  in  reservoirs establishment of hatcheries etc.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 400 for answer  on  4 th February,  2020  regarding  development  of  fisheries-  State-wise  details  of  the Central  funds  release  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme(CSS)  on  Blue  Revolution  : Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (Till date) |    Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|----------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar |    275    |     54    |    179.89 |    129.09 |                  0    |   637.98 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    |    777.15 |   1897    |   2162.88 |   1302.31 |                756.2  |  6895.54 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh |     81.3  |      0    |    222.9  |    374.68 |                  0    |   678.88 |
|        4 | Assam             |    971.14 |   1641.45 |    799.66 |    524.14 |                  0    |  3936.39 |
|        5 | Bihar             |     93.84 |   1948.04 |      2.25 |   4078.69 |                  0    |  6122.82 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      |    446.51 |   1346.69 |   1091.92 |   1045.69 |               3177.81 |  7108.62 |
|        7 | Daman &Diu        |     21.77 |      0    |    226.69 |      0    |                  0    |   248.46 |
|        8 | Delhi             |      0    |      0    |    136.29 |      0    |                  0    |   136.29 |
|        9 | Goa               |     70.82 |   1000    |    265.24 |     63.82 |                  0    |  1399.88 |
|       10 | Gujarat           |    491.43 |    386.5  |   1527.43 |   1420.8  |               1000    |  4826.16 |
|       11 | Haryana           |    194.95 |   1122.05 |    779.36 |    605.9  |                696.47 |  3398.73 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh  |    181.57 |   1082.32 |    572.26 |   1046.13 |                629.14 |  3511.42 |
|       13 | Jammu &Kashmir    |    213.23 |   1111.18 |    404.69 |    439.54 |                  0    |  2168.64 |
|       14 | Jharkhand         |    589.12 |   2300.2  |     75    |    925.4  |                  0    |  3889.72 |
|       15 | Karnataka         |   2352.58 |   2870.54 |   3324.31 |   5847.28 |               2240.02 | 16634.7  |
|       16 | Kerala            |   6713.78 |   1298.1  |    812.34 |   5093.01 |               9357.15 | 23274.4  |
|       17 | Lakshadweep       |     42.25 |      0    |     53.57 |     39.9  |                  0    |   135.72 |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh    |    346.09 |   1400    |    672.02 |    711.39 |               1859.47 |  4988.97 |
|       19 | Maharashtra       |   1263.62 |   2051.53 |   2256.81 |   2861.17 |               1000    |  9433.13 |
|       20 | Manipur           |    590.22 |      0    |    456.15 |    382.13 |                  0    |  1428.5  |
|       21 | Meghalaya         |     36.1  |   1003.17 |    139.6  |   2598.95 |               2598.95 |  6376.77 |
|       22 | Mizoram           |   1016.49 |   1376.77 |    261.39 |    403.75 |                696.31 |  3754.71 |
|       23 | Nagaland          |    867.92 |    965.84 |    219.4  |    194.67 |               2396.17 |  4644    |
|       24 | Odisha            |   1256.93 |   2593.59 |   1077.68 |   1022.13 |                543.68 |  6494.01 |
|       25 | Pondicherry       |    859.95 |    999.95 |    150    |   1448    |                140    |  3597.9  |
|       26 | Punjab            |     42.59 |    999    |    465.36 |    581.34 |               2063.76 |  4152.05 |
|       27 | Rajasthan         |     34.21 |    262.1  |     83.28 |     70.2  |                171.6  |   621.39 |
|       28 | Sikkim            |     26.94 |    379.16 |      0    |    416.52 |               1079.65 |  1902.27 |
|       29 | Tamil Nadu        |   5700.73 |   2492.5  |  11342.8  |   7155.91 |               1801    | 28492.9  |
|       30 | Telangana         |    165.94 |   1465    |    479.78 |   1574.8  |                  0    |  3685.52 |
|       31 | Tripura           |    361.96 |    867.88 |    341.92 |   2004.18 |                788.91 |  4364.85 |
|       32 | Uttar Pradesh     |    672.63 |   1760.85 |    238.14 |   3050.06 |               3816.63 |  9538.31 |
|       33 | Uttarakhand       |     48.85 |    954.95 |    746.16 |    471.08 |                683.67 |  2904.71 |
|       34 | West Bengal       |    925.84 |    774.38 |    649.32 |    185.4  |                  0    |  2534.94 |

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