Lok Sabha Question No. 3735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Fisheries and Dairy Clusters for Export
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Supriya Sadanand Sule

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3735

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th DECEMBER, 2019

## FISHERIES AND DAIRY CLUSTERS FOR EXPORT

3735.  SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether, being world's leading producer of fisheries and dairy products, India has huge potential for its exports and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has identified districts possessing respective potential for fisheries and dairy products  and  developing  them  as  clusters  for  its  exports,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the achievements made in this regard;
- (c) whether  other  developing  and  developed  countries  have  evinced  interest  in  investing  in  India's agriculture sector, especially fisheries and dairy products;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the extent to which it will be helpful to fetch good price for fisheries and dairy products;
- (e) the details of the status of the implementation of Agricultural Export Policy, 2018;
- (f) whether the Government has assessed the impact of the policy on the States and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the details of the other measures taken by the Government to increase the income of farmers and the success achieved in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

( ) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) Yes Sir. In the year 2018 -19, India exported marine products worth US$ 6.8 billion (1.39 million tons) and  the  total  fish  production  in  the  country  was  approximately  13.34  Million  Tons  with  an increase of about 6% over the previous year's production (12.59 Million Tons in 2017-18) and 1.1%

in export quantity (1.37 million tons). Hence, there is a potential for the export of fishery products from India.

With regard to the dairy sector, India ranked first in milk production with 176.35 Million Metric Tons in FY 2017-18. During 2018-19, India's export of milk and milk products was Rs. 2423 Crore which is about 1% of World export. Hence, there is a potential for growth in Indian dairy products export also.

(b). The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) promotes cluster farming of aquaculture in all the maritime states and has formed 918 aquaculture farming societies involving 19,854 farmers. The district wise details of such societies is attached as Annexure-I. Through these societies, MPEDA provides technical and financial assistance to promote sustainable aquaculture and increase the aquaculture production. The farmers of these societies are encouraged to follow Better Management Practices (BMPs) for ensuring disease free production.

With regard to the promotion of dairy products exports, Mathura District in Uttar Pradesh and Banaskantha District in Gujarat have been identified as clusters for dairy products.

(c)  &  (d) Some countries have shown interest in investing in the Agriculture sector of India. The foreign investment in the Agriculture services sector in last 3 years i.e. from April 2016 till June, 2019 has been about US$ 283.5 million. Out of this, investment in fisheries sector is US$ 3.8 million and in the dairy sector is US$1.94 million (as per the data available with DPIIT) .

(e) & (f) The steps taken to implement the Agriculture Export Policy are annexed at Annexure - II . Since the Policy was announced in December 2018 and it is in the initial stage of implementation, no impact assessment of policy on the states has been done so far.

(g) With  regard  to  the  Fisheries  Sector,  the  Government  through  Marine  Products  Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has undertaken certain proactive measures whose details have been  mentioned  at Annexure-III. With  regard  to  the Dairy  Sector,  the  Department  of  Animal Husbandry & Dairying has been implementing the following Dairy Development Schemes which aim at benefitting the farmers through creation of dairy processing and marketing infrastructure across the country:

- i. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- ii. National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I)
- iii. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS)
- iv. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund Scheme (DIDF)

These  schemes  support  State  Governments  and  State  Dairy  Federations/  Milk  Unions  to enhance their capacity in terms of dairying in respective States.

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Annexure - I

| State                         | District                        | No. Of Societies Registered with NaCSA   | Total No. Of Farmers   |
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | East Godavari                   | 149                                      | 3058                   |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | West Godavari                   | 130                                      | 2758                   |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Krishna                         | 181                                      | 4124                   |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Gunturu                         | 93                                       | 2075                   |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Prakasam Prakasam               | 26 26                                    | 577 577                |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Nellore                         | 85                                       | 1822                   |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Srikakualam                     | 26                                       | 445                    |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Vizag                           | 4                                        | 80                     |
| Sub Total                     |                                 | 694                                      | 14939                  |
| Odisha                        | Balasore                        | 46                                       | 995                    |
|                               | Bhadrak                         | 19                                       | 394                    |
|                               | Ganjam                          | 4                                        | 92                     |
|                               | Jagatsinghpur                   | 3                                        | 64                     |
|                               | Puri                            | 6                                        | 163                    |
|                               | Kendrapara                      | 1                                        | 23                     |
| Sub Total                     |                                 | 79                                       | 1731                   |
| Tamil Nadu                    | Cudallore                       | 4                                        | 87                     |
|                               | Kanchipuram                     | 1                                        | 20                     |
|                               | Nagipattinam                    | 35                                       | 859                    |
|                               | Thiruvuru                       | 6                                        | 142                    |
|                               | Villipuram                      | 4                                        | 80                     |
|                               | Thanjavur                       | 3                                        | 70                     |
| Sub Total                     |                                 | 53                                       | 1258                   |
|                               | Dakshin Kannada Dakshin Kannada | 1 1                                      | 10 10                  |
| Karnataka                     | Udipi                           | 10                                       | 195                    |
|                               | Uttara Kannada                  | 10                                       | 178                    |
|                               |                                 | 21                                       | 383                    |
|                               | East Medinipur                  | 58                                       | 1270                   |
| West Bengal                   | South 24 Paraganas              | 9                                        | 197                    |
|                               | North 24 Paraganas              | 1                                        | 25 1492                |
|                               |                                 | 68                                       | 41                     |
| Kerala                        | Ernakulam                       | 2                                        |                        |
| Goa                           | South Goa                       | 1                                        | 10                     |
| Total Total                   |                                 | 918 918                                  | 19854 19854            |

## Annexure-II

- i. An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has been formed to monitor the implementation of AEP.
- ii. The mandate of the existing CoS on Review of prices of essential Commodities has been expanded to identify the agricultural commodities essential for food security, only which will be subject to export restrictions if the need arises.
- iii. Workshops on promoting awareness of Agri Export Policy have been organized.
- iv. The  Agricultural  and  Processed  Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority (APEDA)  has  prepared  State-specific  Action  Plans  and  shared  them  with  the respective states for vetting and  finalization.  A number  of States, including Maharashtra, have vetted and finalized their respective plans. The matter is being pursued with the remaining states/UTs.
- v. 27 States and 2 UTs have designated nodal agencies to promote agriculture exports.
- vi. APEDA and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) have signed an MoU for greater involvement of cooperatives in agriculture exports.
- vii. BSM between State authorities, Cooperatives, exporters are being held along with NCDC in all the States & UTs in a phase wise manner during October to December, 2019.
- viii. A Farmer Connect Portal has been set up by APEDA on its website for providing a platform for FPOs, Cooperatives to interact with exporters.
- ix. Under the AEP, a number of clusters have been identified for export -oriented products of  specific  products.  APEDA  is  organizing  Buyer-Seller  Meets  (BSMs)  between exporters and Farmer-Producer Organizations (FPOs) at cluster level in every state.
- x. A new Central Sector Scheme - Implementation of Agriculture Export Policy  - has been approved with an outlay of Rs. 206.80 crores for 2019-20.

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## Annexure-III

MPEDA provides financial  assistance  to  encourage  aqua  farmers  to  adopt  Better Manufacturing Practices in Aquaculture. The farmers are eligible for assistance @50% of capital cost or a maximum of 5   lakh. For SC/ST beneficiaries the quantum of assistance will be 75% of capital cost or maximum of 7.5 lakh. The assistance includes installation of biosecurity infrastructures.

MPEDA is also providing capacity building & skill development assistance to Aqua farmers  by  rendering  Training,  Awareness  Campaigns,  Farmers  meet,  Workshops  etc. MPEDA also encourages cluster farming by formation of Aqua farmers Welfare Societies through its Society called the National Center for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA).

The unit  offices  of  MPEDA  established  across  maritime  States  in  the  country  are providing aquaculture development services to the aqua farmers in the country. Demonstration farm projects are run by these unit offices involving farmers. 11 ELISA Labs established near farming areas for providing service to the farmers for testing their produce for detection of antibiotics.

Rajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture (RGCA), the Research and Development wing of MPEDA has established 11 projects for diversifying export oriented aquaculture. These projects are facilitating aquaculture by sale of seeds and providing technical assistance.

The above initiatives of MPEDA are aimed at increasing the production of aquaculture and export of marine products.

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