Lok Sabha Question No. 3075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Fish Farmers Producers Organizations
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3075 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2022

## Fish Farmers Producers Organizations

## 3075.   DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

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

- (a)  whether the Government encourage the fish Farmers Producer's Organizations (FPOs) in the country; and
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and the number of fish FPOs formed and funds allocated/released and utilized in this regard, State-wise and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a)  and  (b).    The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying  (MoFAHD)  under  the  flagship  scheme  namely  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada Yojana  (PMMSY)  provides  financial  assistance  for  setting  up  of  Fish  Farmers  Producer Organizations  (FFPOs)  to  economically  empower  the  fishers  and  fish  farmers  and  enhance their  bargaining  power.  The  financial  support  provided  under  the  PMMSY  to  each  FFPOs primarily includes cost of formation, management, training and skill development and equity grant.  The  Department  through  Small  Farmers  Agri-Business  Consortium  of  Ministry  of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW), Government of India, assisted for setting up of 5 FFPOs in the states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh on pilot basis under the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Scheme Blue Revolution-Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries and these 5 FFPOs have already been registered. Further,  the  Department  under  PMMSY has  accorded  approval to the proposal of  National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for setting up of 70 FFPOs, at a total cost of Rs.37.80 crore during the financial  year 2020-21. The state wise details  are at Annexure-I. Besides, approval has also been accorded to the proposal of National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) for setting up of 22 FFPOs, at total cost of Rs. 10 crore under the aforesaid scheme during 2020-21.

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Annexure-I

| Sr.No   | State / UT       |   No of FFPOs |
|---------|------------------|---------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh   |             5 |
| 2.      | Assam            |             1 |
| 3.      | Bihar            |             5 |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh     |             2 |
| 5.      | Daman &Diu&DNH   |             2 |
| 6.      | Goa              |             1 |
| 7.      | Gujarat          |             4 |
| 8.      | Himachal Pradesh |             1 |
| 9.      | Jammu &Kashmir   |             1 |
| 10.     | Jharkhand        |             1 |
| 11.     | Karnataka        |             3 |
| 12.     | Kerala           |             6 |
| 13.     | Lakshadweep      |             2 |
| 14.     | Madhya Pradesh   |             4 |
| 15.     | Maharashtra      |             5 |
| 16.     | Manipur          |             1 |
| 17.     | Meghalaya        |             1 |
| 18.     | Odisha           |             4 |
| 19.     | Puducherry       |             2 |
| 20.     | Punjab           |             2 |
| 21.     | Rajasthan        |             1 |
| 22.     | Tamil Nadu       |             6 |
| 23.     | Telangana        |             2 |
| 24.     | Tripura          |             1 |
| 25.     | Uttar Pradesh    |             2 |
| 26.     | Uttarakhand      |             3 |
| 27.     | West Bengal      |             2 |
| Total   | Total            |            70 |