Lok Sabha Question No. 2521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Funds to Traditional and Small Fishermen for Fisheries Infrastructure
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  JULY, 2019

## Funds to Traditional and Small Fishermen for Fisheries Infrastructure

## †2521.     SHRI P.P CHAUDHARY :

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

- (a)   whether the Government is considering allocating any amount to the traditional and small fishermen to ensure such storage and marketing facilities as ice-box, cold storage, ice-plant and infrastructure facilities;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the outline of the Government in this regard;
- (d)  the total land converted into ponds by fishermen/peasants for fishing purposes during the last five years;
- (e)   the details thereof, State and year-wise; and
- (f) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

(a) to (f) : The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management  of  Fisheries inter-alia provides  financial  assistance  for  strengthening  of  Post Harvest  Infrastructure  facilities  fisheries  such  as  (i)  Ice  plants,    Cold  storages,  Ice  plants-cumcold storages, (ii)  Renovation/modernization of existing Ice plants, Cold storages and Ice plantscum-cold  storages,  (iii)  Development  of  retail  fish  markets  and  allied  infrastructure  and  (iv) setting  up  of  mobile/retail  fish  outlets.  The  CSS  also  provides  financial  assistance  for  fish transport infrastructure such as Refrigerated Trucks/Containers, Insulated Trucks, Auto Rickshaw with ice box, Motorcycle with ice box, Bicycle with ice box and procurement of insulated fish & ice  holding  boxes.  Besides,  in  order  to  address  the  infrastructural  requirements  for  fisheries sector, a dedicated fund namely Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Fund (FIDF) has been launched  during  2018-19  with  a  fund  size  of  Rs  7522.48  crore.  Under  the  FIDF  concessional finance is also provided for development of cold storage, ice-plants, fish transport and cold chain infrastructures.

State-wise details of area taken up for fish culture during last five years from 2014-15 to 2018-19 are furnished at Annexure -I

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## Annexure-I

Statement referred  to in reply to the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2521 for answer on  9 nd July  2019  regarding  Funds  to  Traditional  and  Small  Fishermen  for  Fisheries Infrastructure : State -wise details of area taken up for fish culture during last five years under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     | Area Covered for fish culture (in Ha)   | Area Covered for fish culture (in Ha)   | Area Covered for fish culture (in Ha)   | Area Covered for fish culture (in Ha)   | Area Covered for fish culture (in Ha)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State     | 2014-15                                 | 2015-16                                 | 2016-17                                 | 2017-18                                 | 2018-19                                 |
| 1         | A &NIslands       | 0 .00                                   | 0.00                                    | 25.00                                   | 0.9                                     | 4.10                                    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 57.19                                   | 54.61                                   | 0.00                                    | 145.00                                  | 0.00                                    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0                                       | 50.00                                   |
| 4         | Assam             | 124.29                                  | 304.82                                  | 391.65                                  | 0 .00                                   | 0.00                                    |
| 5         | Bihar             | 10.00                                   | 9.63                                    | 150.06                                  | 0.00                                    | 1623.60                                 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 669.00                                  | 0 .00                                   | 200.00                                  | 288.82                                  | 300.00                                  |
| 7         | Delhi             | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 10                                      | 0.00                                    |
| 8         | Goa               | 0 .00                                   | 0 .00                                   | 33.4                                    | 3                                       | 0.00                                    |
| 9         | Gujarat           | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 16.00                                   | 32.32                                   | 0.00                                    |
| 10        | Haryana           | 1786.00                                 | 258.46                                  | 150.00                                  | 71 .00                                  | 450.00                                  |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.00                                    | 22.00                                   | 40.00                                   | 0.57                                    | 20.00                                   |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0.00                                    | 0 .00                                   | 10.00                                   | 10                                      | 0.00                                    |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 68.00                                   | 150.03                                  | 105.00                                  |
| 14        | Kerala            | 0.00                                    | 977.00                                  | 15.00                                   | 80 .00                                  | 80.00                                   |
| 15        | Lakshadweep       | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0                                       | 0.00                                    |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1315.00                                 | 227.00                                  | 122.00                                  | 28                                      | 100.00                                  |
| 17        | Maharashtra       | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 65.00                                   | 0.00                                    | 19.21                                   |
| 18        | Manipur           | 843.00                                  | 450.00                                  | 33.04                                   | 77                                      | 100.00                                  |
| 19        | Meghalaya         | 0 .00                                   | 0 .00                                   | 70.50                                   | 178.04                                  | 1100.00                                 |
| 20        | Mizoram           | 2700.00                                 | 1275.00                                 | 35.00                                   | 178.04                                  | 50.00                                   |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 304.00                                  | 628.00                                  | 50.00                                   | 178.04                                  | 0.00                                    |
| 22        | Odisha            | 1567.00                                 | 2447.00                                 | 395.00                                  | 100.00                                  | 178.00                                  |
| 25        | Puducherry        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 11.00                                   | 178.04                                  | 0.00                                    |
| 24        | Punjab            | 10.44                                   | 0.00                                    | 1.12                                    | 50 .00                                  | 1000.00                                 |
| 25        | Rajsthan          | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 8.00                                    | 178.04                                  | 0.00                                    |
| 26        | Sikkim            | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0                                       | 0.00                                    |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 170.00                                  | 60                                      | 0.00                                    |
| 28        | Telangana         | 13.48                                   | 0.00                                    | 20.00                                   | 100                                     | 500.00                                  |
| 29        | Tripura           | 0.00                                    | 543.00                                  | 0 .00                                   | 208.52                                  | 50.00                                   |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3739.00                                 | 3691.00                                 | 22.00                                   | 25                                      | 375.00                                  |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       | 0.00                                    | 60.00                                   | 10.00                                   | 0                                       | 10.00                                   |
| 33        | West Bengal       | 552.00                                  | 931.00                                  | 157.00                                  | 0                                       | 0.00                                    |
|           | Total             | 13690.40                                | 11878.52                                | 2235.73                                 | 1440.16                                 | 6114.91                                 |

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