Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Persons engaged in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JUNE, 2019

## Persons engaged in Fisheries and Aquaculture

## 457. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people engaged in fisheries, aquaculture and its allied activities, Statewise;
- (b) the details of production, export and domestic consumption of aqua products in the last five years and the current year, year-wise and State-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  trying  to  consolidate  India's  second  position  in  the production of aqua products and planning to become the highest producer of aqua products in the world through various policy interventions?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

- (a) As  per  the  17 th Livestock  Census,  2003,    the  state  wise  details  of  total  number  of  people engaged in fisheries, aquaculture and its allied activities are furnished at Annexure -I.
- (b) The details of production and export, State-wise & year-wise, during last five years are given at Annexure-II  &  III.  Further,  the  domestic  consumption  of  aqua  products  as  per  details  of  the information received from  Ministry  of Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  is  at Annexure-IV.
- (c) The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has been implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme  (CSS)  on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development  and  Management  of  Fisheries  for  integrated  and  holistic  development  and management  of  fisheries  in  the  country,  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.3000  crore.    To  address  the Infrastructure  requirements  in  Fisheries  sector,  Department  of  Fisheries  is  implementing Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund with corpus fund of Rs.7522 crore. These schemes are primarily aimed at enhancement of fish production in the country.

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## Annexure I

State-wise total number of people engaged in fisheries, aquaculture and its allied activities are as under:-

|            |                     | Full Time   | Full Time   | Full Time   | Part Time   | Part Time   | Part Time   | Others   | Others   | Others   |
|------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|
| S.N. State | Name                | Male        | Female      | Total       | Male        | Female      | Total       | Male     | Female   | Total    |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh      | 91038       | 26422       | 117460      | 124967      | 25768       | 150735      | 155208   | 149685   | 304893   |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1099        | 843         | 1942        | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 3          | Assam               | 66120       | 39568       | 105688      | 42746       | 23676       | 66422       | 48814    | 12282    | 61096    |
| 4          | Bihar               | 25503       | 11576       | 37079       | 43347       | 14942       | 58289       | 32234    | 14468    | 46702    |
| 5          | Chhatisgarh         | 4828        | 2805        | 7633        | 32905       | 13719       | 46624       | 18201    | 12206    | 30407    |
| 6          | Goa                 | 1844        | 355         | 2199        | 1116        | 566         | 1682        | 923      | 1477     | 2400     |
| 7          | Gujarat             | 77653       | 6024        | 83677       | 26601       | 10383       | 36984       | 18479    | 33219    | 51698    |
| 8          | Haryana             | 2527        | 174         | 2701        | 1002        | 433         | 1435        | 108306   | 415      | 108721   |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh    | 421         | 207         | 628         | 547         | 27          | 574         | 554      | 4        | 558      |
| 10         | Jammu &Kashmir      | 2876        | 467         | 3343        | 1244        | 717         | 1961        | 3480     | 1732     | 5212     |
| 11         | Jharkhand           | 4329        | 914         | 5243        | 17100       | 4341        | 21441       | 18362    | 3913     | 22275    |
| 12         | Karnataka           | 13640       | 770         | 14410       | 8669        | 1207        | 9876        | 40948    | 13805    | 54753    |
| 13         | Kerala              | 110953      | 3803        | 114756      | 26515       | 6213        | 32728       | 36599    | 39027    | 75626    |
| 14         | Madhya Pradesh      | 4699        | 751         | 5450        | 13743       | 4125        | 17868       | 8245     | 2776     | 11021    |
| 15         | Maharashtra         | 14587       | 5019        | 19606       | 38280       | 11397       | 49677       | 40029    | 9101     | 49130    |
| 16         | Manipur             | 2516        | 451         | 2967        | 2003        | 2090        | 4093        | 2225     | 2957     | 5182     |
| 17         | Meghalaya           | 2           | 0           | 2           | 346         | 148         | 494         | 0        | 2        | 2        |
| 18         | Mizoram             | 116         | 29          | 145         | 1150        | 201         | 1351        | 1163     | 440      | 1603     |
| 19         | Nagaland            | 43          | 0           | 43          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 20         | Odisha              | 27331       | 7973        | 35304       | 26322       | 12499       | 38821       | 40784    | 20547    | 61331    |
| 21         | Punjab              | 1528        | 28          | 1556        | 898         | 386         | 1284        | 3001     | 718      | 3719     |
| 22         | Rajasthan           | 654         | 21          | 675         | 881         | 93          | 974         | 1060     | 124      | 1184     |
| 23         | Sikkim              | 536         | 609         | 1145        | 87          | 207         | 294         | 182      | 0        | 182      |
| 24         | Tamilnadu           | 63232       | 6111        | 69343       | 35280       | 7790        | 43070       | 50140    | 33071    | 83211    |
| 25         | Tripura             | 2934        | 541         | 3475        | 145         | 5424        | 5569        | 6160     | 2488     | 8648     |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh       | 11316       | 3148        | 14464       | 12718       | 3100        | 15818       | 10571    | 6794     | 17365    |
| 27         | Uttaranchal         | 43          | 9           | 52          | 109         | 73          | 182         | 103      | 23       | 126      |
| 28         | West Bengal         | 267944      | 0           | 267944      | 446517      | 0           | 446517      | 364618   | 0        | 364618   |
| 29         | Andaman& Nicobar    | 2630        | 0           | 2630        | 7191        | 0           | 7191        | 746      | 429      | 1175     |
| 30         | Chandigarh          | 168         | 18          | 186         | 97          | 44          | 141         | 344      | 7        | 351      |
| 31         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 32         | Daman &Diu          | 4104        | 22          | 4126        | 895         | 481         | 1376        | 291      | 1341     | 1632     |
| 33         | Delhi               | 253         | 0           | 253         | 262         | 8           | 270         | 184      | 0        | 184      |
| 34         | Lakshadweep         | 4231        | 19          | 4250        | 2807        | 1003        | 3810        | 1448     | 0        | 1448     |
| 35         | Puducherry          | 4352        | 339         | 4691        | 2187        | 399         | 2586        | 3613     | 4416     | 8029     |
|            | Total               | 814951      | 118173      | 933124      | 919776      | 152303      | 1072079     | 1017015  | 367467   | 1384482  |

Source: 17th Live Stock Census 2003

## Annexure II

In 000'tones

| S.N.   | State/Uts                 | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (P)   | 2016-17 (P)   | 2016-17 (P)   | 2017-18 (P)   | 2017-18 (P)   | 2017-18 (P)   | 2018-19 (E)   | 2018-19 (E)   | 2018-19 (E)   |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| S.N.   | State/Uts                 | Inland    | Marine     | Total     | Inland    | Marine    | Total     | Inland        | Marine        | Total         | Inland        | Marine        | Total         | Inland        | Marine        | Total         |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh            | 1503.18   | 475.40     | 1978.58   | 1831.99   | 520.27    | 2352.26   | 2185.95       | 580.24        | 2766.19       | 2844.61       | 604.95        | 3449.56       | 3391.94       | 600.42        | 3992.36       |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh         | 4.00      | 0.00       | 4.00      | 4.05      | 0.00      | 4.05      | 4.11          | 0.00          | 4.11          | 4.25          | 0.00          | 4.25          | 4.67          | 0.00          | 4.67          |
| 3      | Assam                     | 282.70    | 0.00       | 282.70    | 294.20    | 0.00      | 294.20    | 306.60        | 0.00          | 306.60        | 327.26        | 0.00          | 327.26        | 331.53        | 0.00          | 331.53        |
| 4      | Bihar                     | 479.80    | 0.00       | 479.80    | 506.89    | 0.00      | 506.89    | 509.08        | 0.00          | 509.08        | 587.85        | 0.00          | 587.85        | 602.13        | 0.00          | 602.13        |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh              | 314.16    | 0.00       | 314.16    | 342.30    | 0.00      | 342.30    | 376.80        | 0.00          | 376.80        | 457.17        | 0.00          | 457.17        | 469.76        | 0.00          | 469.76        |
| 6      | Goa                       | 3.28      | 114.70     | 117.98    | 4.84      | 107.07    | 111.91    | 4.34          | 113.56        | 117.89        | 5.54          | 118.47        | 124.01        | 4.83          | 115.46        | 120.29        |
| 7      | Gujarat                   | 111.48    | 698.45     | 809.93    | 112.23    | 697.33    | 809.56    | 116.73        | 698.83        | 815.56        | 133.79        | 700.74        | 834.53        | 79.17         | 645.50        | 724.67        |
| 8      | Haryana                   | 111.20    | 0.00       | 111.20    | 121.00    | 0.00      | 121.00    | 144.21        | 0.00          | 144.21        | 190.00        | 0.00          | 190.00        | 217.53        | 0.00          | 217.53        |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh          | 10.74     | 0.00       | 10.74     | 11.80     | 0.00      | 11.80     | 12.51         | 0.00          | 12.51         | 12.77         | 0.00          | 12.77         | 13.40         | 0.00          | 13.40         |
| 10     | J&K                       | 20.30     | 0.00       | 20.30     | 20.08     | 0.00      | 20.08     | 20.39         | 0.00          | 20.39         | 20.70         | 0.00          | 20.70         | 22.44         | 0.00          | 22.44         |
| 11     | Jharkhand                 | 106.43    | 0.00       | 106.43    | 116.00    | 0.00      | 116.00    | 145.16        | 0.00          | 145.16        | 190.00        | 0.00          | 190.00        | 208.00        | 0.00          | 208.00        |
| 12     | Karnataka                 | 223.42    | 399.82     | 623.24    | 168.83    | 411.74    | 580.57    | 158.56        | 398.93        | 557.49        | 188.17        | 414.35        | 602.52        | 197.92        | 389.49        | 587.41        |
| 13     | Kerala                    | 201.55    | 524.47     | 726.01    | 210.76    | 516.75    | 727.51    | 161.42        | 431.43        | 592.85        | 148.28        | 414.34        | 562.62        | 165.68        | 548.79        | 714.46        |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh            | 109.12    | 0.00       | 109.12    | 115.02    | 0.00      | 115.02    | 138.69        | 0.00          | 138.69        | 143.42        | 0.00          | 143.42        | 173.19        | 0.00          | 173.19        |
| 15     | Maharashtra               | 144.48    | 463.59     | 608.07    | 145.57    | 434.12    | 579.69    | 200.17        | 462.75        | 662.91        | 131.02        | 474.99        | 606.01        | 113.64        | 469.74        | 583.38        |
| 16     | Manipur                   | 30.50     | 0.00       | 30.50     | 32.04     | 0.00      | 32.04     | 32.00         | 0.00          | 32.00         | 33.00         | 0.00          | 33.00         | 32.15         | 0.00          | 32.15         |
| 17     | Meghalaya                 | 6.04      | 0.00       | 6.04      | 11.34     | 0.00      | 11.34     | 12.33         | 0.00          | 12.33         | 11.96         | 0.00          | 11.96         | 0.01          | 0.00          | 0.01          |
| 18     | Mizoram                   | 6.39      | 0.00       | 6.39      | 6.83      | 0.00      | 6.83      | 7.63          | 0.00          | 7.63          | 7.64          | 0.00          | 7.64          | 7.23          | 0.00          | 7.23          |
| 19     | Nagaland                  | 7.84      | 0.00       | 7.84      | 8.22      | 0.00      | 8.22      | 8.61          | 0.00          | 8.61          | 8.99          | 0.00          | 8.99          | 9.78          | 0.00          | 9.78          |
| 20     | Odisha                    | 336.34    | 133.21     | 469.55    | 376.52    | 144.76    | 521.28    | 455.00        | 153.10        | 608.10        | 534.12        | 150.84        | 684.96        | 577.67        | 155.76        | 733.43        |
| 21     | Punjab                    | 114.77    | 0.00       | 114.77    | 120.09    | 0.00      | 120.09    | 132.72        | 0.00          | 132.72        | 136.64        | 0.00          | 136.64        | 135.83        | 0.00          | 135.83        |
| 22     | Rajasthan                 | 45.42     | 0.00       | 45.42     | 42.46     | 0.00      | 42.46     | 50.20         | 0.00          | 50.20         | 54.04         | 0.00          | 54.04         | 55.85         | 0.00          | 55.85         |
| 23     | Sikkim                    | 0.44      | 0.00       | 0.44      | 0.40      | 0.00      | 0.40      | 0.38          | 0.00          | 0.38          | 0.38          | 0.00          | 0.38          | 0.39          | 0.00          | 0.39          |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                | 240.16    | 457.45     | 697.61    | 242.56    | 466.60    | 709.16    | 197.30        | 472.00        | 669.31        | 215.15        | 496.89        | 712.04        | 219.43        | 511.23        | 730.67        |
| 25     | Telangana                 | 268.36    | 0.00       | 268.36    | 236.75    | 0.00      | 236.75    | 198.92        | 0.00          | 198.92        | 270.04        | 0.00          | 270.04        | 328.41        | 0.00          | 328.41        |
| 26     | Tripura                   | 65.16     | 0.00       | 65.16     | 69.06     | 0.00      | 69.06     | 72.45         | 0.00          | 72.45         | 76.80         | 0.00          | 76.80         | 84.53         | 0.00          | 84.53         |
| 27     | Uttarakhand               | 3.94      | 0.00       | 3.94      | 4.14      | 0.00      | 4.14      | 4.30          | 0.00          | 4.30          | 4.58          | 0.00          | 4.58          | 4.95          | 0.00          | 4.95          |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh             | 494.27    | 0.00       | 494.27    | 504.81    | 0.00      | 504.81    | 617.69        | 0.00          | 617.69        | 628.75        | 0.00          | 628.75        | 662.00        | 0.00          | 662.00        |
| 29     | West Bengal               | 1438.47   | 178.85     | 1617.32   | 1493.22   | 178.20    | 1671.42   | 1525.29       | 176.53        | 1701.82       | 1556.61       | 185.48        | 1742.09       | 1588.35       | 181.96        | 1770.31       |
| 30     | A&N Islands               | 0.20      | 36.98      | 37.18     | 0.20      | 37.13     | 37.33     | 0.23          | 38.58         | 38.81         | 0.22          | 39.28         | 39.50         | 0.24          | 40.95         | 41.19         |
| 31     | Chandigarh                | 0.12      | 0.00       | 0.12      | 0.13      | 0.00      | 0.13      | 0.13          | 0.00          | 0.13          | 0.14          | 0.00          | 0.14          | 0.16          | 0.00          | 0.16          |
| 32 33  | Dadra &NHaveli Daman &Diu | 0.06 0.28 | 0.00 31.54 | 0.06      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00 24.27    | 0.00 24.68    | 0.00 0.00     | 0.00 5.38     | 0.00 5.38     |
|        |                           |           |            | 31.82     | 0.48      | 22.55     | 23.03     | 0.62          | 23.40         | 24.02         | 0.41          |               |               |               |               |               |
| 34     | Delhi                     | 0.68      | 0.00       | 0.68      | 0.71      | 0.00      | 0.71      | 0.95          | 0.00          | 0.95          | 0.80          | 0.00          | 0.80          | 0.79          | 0.00          | 0.79          |
| 35     | Lakshadweep               | 0.00      | 13.19      | 13.19     | 0.00      | 15.94     | 15.94     | 0.00          | 29.80         | 29.80         | 0.00          | 20.77         | 20.77         | 0.00          | 21.91         | 21.91         |
| 36     | Puducherry                | 5.57      | 41.83      | 47.40     | 6.56      | 47.25     | 53.81     | 4.32          | 45.93         | 50.25         | 7.44          | 42.48         | 49.92         | 5.94          | 25.43         | 31.38         |
|        | Total                     | 6690.80   | 3569.48    | 10260.28  | 7162.06   | 3599.69   | 10761.76  | 7805.77       | 3625.08       | 11430.84      | 8932.52       | 3687.86       | 12620.39      | 9709.54       | 3712.02       | 13421.56      |

Note; P: Provisional, E: Estimated

The year wise - State wise export of Aqua Culture Products in the last five years along with current year is given in below:

|                |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |     2016-17 |    2017-18 |   2018-19* |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|------------|------------|
| Q:             |    199    |    832    |   1560    |   2876      |   2848     |    4527    |
| V:             |      9.92 |     53.2  |     90.35 |    153.87   |    137.45  |     219.36 |
| $:             |      1.6  |      8.76 |     13.79 |     23.17   |     21.61  |      31.2  |
| Q:             |  29930    |  33621    |  32664    |  34618      |  40997     |   43579    |
| MAHARASHTRA V: |   1466.62 |   1568.37 |   1472.08 |   1739.97   |   2040.63  |    2011.09 |
| $:             |    241.3  |    258.83 |    227.31 |    262.53   |    320.56  |     291.56 |
| Q:             |    424    |   1960    |   1841    |   1615      |   2918     |    1776    |
| V:             |     23.8  |    110.15 |     87.5  |     77.28   |    136.3   |      69.9  |
| $:             |      3.87 |     18.11 |     13.41 |     11.7    |     21.41  |      10.21 |
| Q:             |    261    |    940    |    485    |    875      |   1148     |    1576    |
| V:             |     15.46 |     46.89 |     20.58 |     43.86   |     57.05  |      61.49 |
| $:             |      2.52 |      7.64 |      3.22 |      6.59   |      8.97  |       8.92 |
| Q:             |  19089    |  24511    |  21145    |  18446      |  20243     |   32838    |
| V:             |   1134.45 |   1458.28 |   1004.16 |    948.29   |   1062     |    1284.03 |
| $:             |    189.96 |    240.7  |    155.54 |    143.01   |    166.86  |     186.76 |
| Q:             |  49617    |  51343    |  48139    |  46936      |  70526     |   70152    |
| V:             |   3255.89 |   3275.23 |   2590.02 |   2582.43   |   3729.47  |    3505.1  |
| $:             |    545.87 |    540.12 |    400.55 |    389.26   |    585.82  |     510.6  |
| Q:             | 104411    | 132637    | 149512    | 193534      | 219782     |  235353    |
| V:             |   7652.41 |   9202.54 |   8584.24 |  11740.3    |  13152.5   |   13022.8  |
| $:             |   1264.23 |   1520.56 |   1325.4  |   1770.41   |   2065.39  |    1884.1  |
| Q:             |  26645    |  44035    |  46013    |  60800      |  72815     |   73056    |
| V:             |   2093.85 |   2772.46 |   2483.68 |   3531.04   |   4118.42  |    3715.46 |
| $:             |    345.67 |    459.01 |    385.33 |    532.37   |    646.87  |     539.71 |
| Q:             |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.075  |      0     |       0    |
| V:             |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.001  |      0     |       0    |
| $:             |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.0002 |      0     |       0    |
| Q:             |      0    |     47    |      0    |      0.26   |      1     |       0    |
| V:             |      0    |      2.42 |      0    |      0.007  |      0.056 |       0    |
| $:             |      0    |      0.39 |      0    |      0.001  |      0.009 |       0    |
| Q:             | 230576    | 289926    | 301360    | 359702      | 431277     |  462857    |
| V:             |  15652.4  |  18489.5  |  16332.6  |  20817      |  24433.8   |   23889.3  |
| $:             |   2595.02 |   3054.12 |   2524.55 |   3139.05   |   3837.49  |    3463.06 |

Q: Quantity in Tons, V:Value in Rs. Crores, $: USD Million

*PROVISIONAL

Annexure-IV Year wise Private Final Consumption Expenditure for Fish and Seafood

| Year    |   At Current Price (Rs in Crore) |   At Constant Price (2011-12) (Rs in Crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 2011-12 |                            76041 |                                       76041 |
| 2012-13 |                            89467 |                                       79284 |
| 2013-14 |                           109359 |                                       84367 |
| 2014-15 |                           129310 |                                       90868 |
| 2015-16 |                           145370 |                                       95998 |
| 2016-17 |                           147702 |                                      101573 |

Source:

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation