Lok Sabha Question No. 1394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Extension of KCCs Scheme to Animal Husbandry and Fishery Farmers
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2022

## EXTENSION OF KCCS SCHEME TO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERY FARMERS

1394. SRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- a. whether the Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) scheme has been extended to animal husbandry and fishery farmers;
- b. if so, the details of eligibility criterion for KCC; and
- c. the total number of animal husbandry and fishery farmers who have been benefited so far, State and UT-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) Yes Sir, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its circular FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.12/05. 05.010/ 201819  dated  February  04,  2019  has  extended  the  Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  facility  to  farmers  engaged  in Animal Husbandry and Fisheries for their working capital requirements.
- (b) Eligibility criteria for KCC is given below;
- (c) State/UT  wise  total  number  of  operative  animal  husbandry  and  fisheries  accounts  under  Kisan Credit Card Scheme in respect of scheduled commercial Banks as on 31.03.2022 is given in Annexure.

| Fishery                    | 1. Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture: Fishers, Fish Farmers (individual & groups/partners/share croppers/ tenant farmers), Self Help Groups, Joint Liability Groups and women groups. The beneficiaries must own or lease any fisheries related assets such as pond, tank, open water bodies, raceway, hatchery, rearing units, boats, nets and such other fishing gear as the case may be and possess necessary authorization/certification as may be applicable in respective states for fish farming and fishing related activities and for any other State specific fisheries and allied activities. 2. Marine Fisheries: Beneficiaries listed above, who own or lease registered fishing vessel /boat, possess necessary fishing license/permission for fishing in estuary and sea, fish fanning/mariculture activities in estuaries and open sea and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.   |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Poultry and Small Ruminant | Farmers, poultry farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmer of sheep/goats/pigs/poultry birds/rabbit and having owned/rented/ leased /sheds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Dairy                      | Farmers and Dairy farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmer having owned/rented/leased sheds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

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Annexure State/UT wise total number of operative animal husbandry and fisheries accounts under Kisan

## Credit Card Scheme in respect of scheduled commercial Banks as on 31.03.2022

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/UT       | Number of operative KCC Accounts   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | A&N Islands            | 442                                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         | 47083                              |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 188                                |
| 4         | Assam                  | 3175                               |
| 5         | Bihar                  | 18956                              |
| 6         | Chandigarh             | 122                                |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh           | 3682                               |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 637                                |
| 9         | Daman and Diu          |                                    |
| 10        | Delhi                  | 52                                 |
| 11        | Goa                    | 1320                               |
| 12        | Gujarat                | 160239                             |
| 13        | Haryana                | 73422                              |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh       | 24103                              |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir      | 111369                             |
| 16        | Jharkhand              | 6190                               |
| 17        | Karnataka              | 81897                              |
| 18        | Kerala                 | 28675                              |
| 19        | Ladakh                 | 7855                               |
| 20        | Lakshadweep            | 171                                |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh         | 41133                              |
| 22        | Maharashtra            | 18998                              |
| 23        | Manipur                | 855                                |
| 24        | Meghalaya              | 147                                |
| 25        | Mizoram                | 993                                |
| 26        | Nagaland               | 117                                |
| 27        | Odisha                 | 6614                               |
| 28        | Puducherry             | 2480                               |
| 29        | Punjab                 | 108891                             |
| 30        | Rajasthan              | 129759                             |
| 31        | Sikkim                 | 153                                |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu             | 216829                             |
| 33        | Telangana              | 10871                              |
| 34        | Tripura                | 945                                |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh          | 71438                              |
| 36        | Uttarakhand            | 7437                               |
| 37        | West Bengal            | 7380                               |
|           | Total                  | 1194618                            |

Source: RBI (Data is provisional)