Lok Sabha Question No. 438 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Marine and Aquaculture Products
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

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

LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION No. *438 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## Marine and Aquaculture Products

## *438.  SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  production  and  export  of  marine  and  aquaculture  products  in  the country during the last five years and the current year, year and State-wise;
- (b) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  has  approved  Fisheries  and  Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FAIDF);
- (c) if so, the aims and objectives of the Fund;
- (d) the extent to which the Fund has helped/will help in creating critical infrastructure, technology infusion, marketing, etc. in major marine and aquaculture producing States like Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e) the estimated number of employment opportunities which would be created through utilisation of this Fund, State-wise along with the extent to which FAIDF would help in Blue Revolution?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH )

- (a) to  (e)  :        A Statement is placed on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*438 put in by Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni, Member of Parliament for answer on 23 rd July, 2019 regarding Marine and Aquaculture Products

(a) : State-wise details of the fish production and export of marine and aquaculture products in  the  country  during  the  last  five  years  are  furnished  at  Annexure-I  and  Annexure-II respectively.

(b) to (e) : Yes, Sir.  In order to address the infrastructure requirement for fisheries sector, the Government  of  India  during  2018-19  a  created  dedicated  fund  namely  Fisheries  and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) with a total funds size of Rs 7522.48 crore  with  the  objectives  of    creation  and  modernization  of  inland  and  marine  fisheries infrastructure,  infrastructure  support  for  improving  domestic  marketing  facilities  and  to bridge the resource gap and facilitate completion of ongoing infrastructure projects.

The FIDF provides concessional finance to the Eligible Entities (EEs), including State Governments/Union  Territories  and  State  entities  for  development  of  identified  fisheries infrastructure facilities. The concessional finance is provided by the 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. Under the FIDF, the Government of India provides interest subvention up to 3% per annum for  providing  concessional  finance  by  the  NLEs  at  an  interest  rate  not  lower  than  5%  per annum.

The infrastructure facilities envisaged under FIDF for the benefit of fisheries sector in all  the  States/Union  Territories  including  Andhra  Pradesh  are:    establishment  of  fishing harbours and fish landing centres,  ice plants, cold storages,  fish transport and cold chain network  infrastructure,  modern  fish  markets,  setting  up  of  brood  banks  and  hatcheries, development of aquaculture and mariculture,  modernization of state fish seed farms,  state of art  fisheries  training  centres,  fish  processing  units,  fish  feed  mills/plants,  establishment  of cage culture in reservoirs, introduction of deep sea fishing vessels, establishment of disease diagnostic  laboratories,  and  aquatic  quarantine  facilities  etc.  FIDF  aims  to  achieve  a sustainable growth of 8-9 per cent, in a move to augment the country's fish production and generate both direct and indirect employment opportunities to over 9 lakh persons in fishing and allied activities.

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## Annexure-I

Statement referred  to in reply to the parts (a) of the Lok Sabha starred Question No. 438 for answer on 23 rd July 2019 regarding Marine and Aquaculture Products: Statewise details of the fish production during the last five years.

(Quantity in  000'tonnes)

| S.N.   | State/Uts         | 2014-15       | 2015-16       | 2016-17       | 2017-18 (P)   | 2018-19 (E)   |
|--------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | Total 1978.58 | Total 2352.26 | Total 2766.19 | Total 3449.56 | Total 3992.36 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 4.00          | 4.05          | 4.11          | 4.25          | 4.67          |
| 3      | Assam             | 282.70        | 294.20        | 306.60        | 327.26        | 331.53        |
| 4      | Bihar             | 479.80        | 506.89        | 509.08        | 587.85        | 602.13        |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 314.16        | 342.30        | 376.80        | 457.17        | 469.76        |
| 6      | Goa               | 117.98        | 111.91        | 117.89        | 124.01        | 120.29        |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 809.93        | 809.56        | 815.56        | 834.53        | 724.67        |
| 8      | Haryana           | 111.20        | 121.00        | 144.21        | 190.00        | 217.53        |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 10.74         | 11.80         | 12.51         | 12.77         | 13.40         |
| 10     | J&K               | 20.30         | 20.08         | 20.39         | 20.70         | 22.44         |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 106.43        | 116.00        | 145.16        | 190.00        | 208.00        |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 623.24        | 580.57        | 557.49        | 602.52        | 587.41        |
| 13     | Kerala            | 726.01        | 727.51        | 592.85        | 562.62        | 714.46        |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 109.12        | 115.02        | 138.69        | 143.42        | 173.19        |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 608.07        | 579.69        | 662.91        | 606.01        | 583.38        |
| 16     | Manipur           | 30.50         | 32.04         | 32.00         | 33.00         | 32.15         |
| 17     | Meghalaya         | 6.04          | 11.34         | 12.33         | 11.96         | 0.01          |
| 18     | Mizoram           | 6.39          | 6.83          | 7.63          | 7.64          | 7.23          |
| 19     | Nagaland          | 7.84          | 8.22          | 8.61          | 8.99          | 9.78          |
| 20     | Odisha            | 469.55        | 521.28        | 608.10        | 684.96        | 733.43        |
| 21     | Punjab            | 114.77        | 120.09        | 132.72        | 136.64        | 135.83        |
| 22     | Rajasthan         | 45.42         | 42.46         | 50.20         | 54.04         | 55.85         |
| 23     | Sikkim            | 0.44          | 0.40          | 0.38          | 0.38          | 0.39          |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        | 697.61        | 709.16        | 669.31        | 712.04        | 730.67        |
| 25     | Telangana         | 268.36        | 236.75        | 198.92        | 270.04        | 328.41        |
| 26     | Tripura           | 65.16         | 69.06         | 72.45         | 76.80         | 84.53         |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       | 3.94          | 4.14          | 4.30          | 4.58          | 4.95          |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     | 494.27        | 504.81        | 617.69        | 628.75        | 662.00        |
| 29     | West Bengal       | 1617.32       | 1671.42       | 1701.82       | 1742.09       | 1770.31       |
| 30     | A&N Islands       | 37.18         | 37.33         | 38.81         | 39.50         | 41.19         |
| 31     | Chandigarh        | 0.12          | 0.13          | 0.13          | 0.14          | 0.16          |
| 32     | Dadra &NHaveli    | 0.06          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 33     | Daman &Diu        | 31.82         | 23.03         | 24.02         | 24.68         | 5.38          |
| 34     | Delhi             | 0.68          | 0.71          | 0.95          | 0.80          | 0.79          |
| 35     | Lakshadweep       | 13.19         | 15.94         | 29.80         | 20.77         | 21.91         |
| 36     | Puducherry        | 47.40         | 53.81         | 50.25         | 49.92         | 31.38         |
|        | Total             | 10260.28      | 10761.76      | 11430.84      | 12620.39      | 13421.56      |

Note; P: Provisional, E: Estimated

Statement referred  to in reply to the parts (a) of the Lok Sabha starred Question No. 438 for answer on 23 rd July 2019 regarding Marine and Aquaculture Products - Statewise details of the export of marine and aquaculture fish products during the last five years.

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| STATE                                                                   |                                                                         | 2013-14                                                                 | 2014-15                                                                 | 2015-16                                                                 | 2016-17                                                                 | 2017-18                                                                 | 2018-19*                                                                |
| GUJARAT                                                                 | Q:                                                                      | 251920                                                                  | 245434                                                                  | 208624                                                                  | 237442                                                                  | 312568                                                                  | 305113                                                                  |
| GUJARAT                                                                 | V:                                                                      | 3658.56                                                                 | 3645.23                                                                 | 3567.24                                                                 | 4417.40                                                                 | 5071.05                                                                 | 5199.93                                                                 |
| GUJARAT                                                                 | $:                                                                      | 604.51                                                                  | 597.84                                                                  | 546.31                                                                  | 659.70                                                                  | 791.38                                                                  | 744.28                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                             | Q:                                                                      | 147411                                                                  | 151684                                                                  | 127629                                                                  | 151753                                                                  | 180820                                                                  | 155288                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                             | V:                                                                      | 3986.11                                                                 | 4273.29                                                                 | 3672.99                                                                 | 4311.65                                                                 | 4906.82                                                                 | 5964.78                                                                 |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                             | $:                                                                      | 661.23                                                                  | 703.33                                                                  | 565.25                                                                  | 650.12                                                                  | 772.68                                                                  | 874.04                                                                  |
| GOA                                                                     | Q:                                                                      | 34288                                                                   | 44684                                                                   | 31681                                                                   | 43199                                                                   | 50571                                                                   | 36501                                                                   |
| GOA                                                                     | V:                                                                      | 445.92                                                                  | 569.54                                                                  | 490.48                                                                  | 641.41                                                                  | 711.91                                                                  | 606.16                                                                  |
| GOA                                                                     | $:                                                                      | 72.13                                                                   | 93.38                                                                   | 75.09                                                                   | 96.79                                                                   | 111.73                                                                  | 86.32                                                                   |
| KARNATAKA                                                               | Q:                                                                      | 98619                                                                   | 116323                                                                  | 84032                                                                   | 126607                                                                  | 144296                                                                  | 141799                                                                  |
| KARNATAKA                                                               | V:                                                                      | 1122.39                                                                 | 1374.97                                                                 | 1050.38                                                                 | 1589.05                                                                 | 1796.68                                                                 | 1887.53                                                                 |
| KARNATAKA                                                               | $:                                                                      | 184.09                                                                  | 225.11                                                                  | 160.99                                                                  | 279.20                                                                  | 282.05                                                                  | 269.43                                                                  |
| KERALA                                                                  | Q:                                                                      | 165698                                                                  | 166754                                                                  | 149138                                                                  | 159141                                                                  | 178646                                                                  | 167130                                                                  |
| KERALA                                                                  | V:                                                                      | 4706.36                                                                 | 5166.08                                                                 | 4644.42                                                                 | 5008.54                                                                 | 5919.03                                                                 | 5180.70                                                                 |
| KERALA                                                                  | $:                                                                      | 784.79                                                                  | 851.27                                                                  | 714.60                                                                  | 755.46                                                                  | 929.62                                                                  | 748.57                                                                  |
| TAMIL NADU                                                              | Q:                                                                      | 94843                                                                   | 93477                                                                   | 85063                                                                   | 88257                                                                   | 114370                                                                  | 120742                                                                  |
| TAMIL NADU                                                              | V:                                                                      | 4874.28                                                                 | 5038.18                                                                 | 4184.06                                                                 | 4341.78                                                                 | 5408.82                                                                 | 5546.75                                                                 |
| TAMIL NADU                                                              | $:                                                                      | 815.60                                                                  | 830.64                                                                  | 646.49                                                                  | 654.71                                                                  | 850.09                                                                  | 805.24                                                                  |
| ANDRA PRADESH                                                           | Q:                                                                      | 121975                                                                  | 147081                                                                  | 168323                                                                  | 223636                                                                  | 290521                                                                  | 305319                                                                  |
| ANDRA PRADESH                                                           | V:                                                                      | 8360.49                                                                 | 9671.32                                                                 | 9369.76                                                                 | 13066.17                                                                | 16381.37                                                                | 16372.38                                                                |
| ANDRA PRADESH                                                           | $:                                                                      | 1381.17                                                                 | 1597.79                                                                 | 1446.67                                                                 | 1970.36                                                                 | 2572.75                                                                 | 2372.32                                                                 |
| WEST BENGAL                                                             | Q:                                                                      | 68752                                                                   | 85551                                                                   | 91397                                                                   | 104786                                                                  | 105318                                                                  | 107453                                                                  |
| WEST BENGAL                                                             | V:                                                                      | 3058.67                                                                 | 3696.67                                                                 | 3441.17                                                                 | 4459.26                                                                 | 4909.71                                                                 | 4799.10                                                                 |
| WEST BENGAL                                                             | $:                                                                      | 504.11                                                                  | 610.74                                                                  | 532.50                                                                  | 705.96                                                                  | 771.02                                                                  | 694.65                                                                  |

As  there is no ports in Odisha handling reefer cargo, the export from the State of Odisha is happening through the ports of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

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