Lok Sabha Question No. 1038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Seaweed Cultivation
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1038

To be answered on 13TH DECEMBER, 2022

## Seaweed Cultivation

## 1038.  Ms. RAMYA HARIDAS:

## SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) whether seaweed park for seaweed cultivation is proposed in coastal States, especially in Kerala and Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which final decision in this regard is likely to be taken and extent to which it is likely to be benefitted; and
- (c) the  number  of  fishermen/fisherwomen  empowered  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya Sampada Yojana and the amount spent in the country, State-wise, during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a)  and (b): The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying  consider  mariculture  including  seaweed  cultivation  as  one  of  the  thrust  areas  for creation of alternative livelihood opportunities. The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) implemented by the Department in all States/Union Territories (UTs) for a period of  five  years  from  2020-21  to  2024-25  envisages  an  investment  of  about  Rs.990  crore  for mariculture activities and Rs.600 crore for establishment of Integrated Aquaparks.

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during  the  last  two  financial  years  (2020-21  and  2021-22)  and  current  year  (2022-23)  has accorded approvals to proposals of various coastal States/UTs at a total cost of Rs. 154.86 crore for mariculture activities. This includes proposals amounting to Rs.60.37 crore for taking up seaweed cultivation activities. A proposal of Government of Tamil Nadu for establishment of a Multipurpose Seaweed Park at total estimated cost of Rs. 127.71 crore has been approved with  a  central  share  of  Rs.75.16  crore  under  PMMSY  in  FY  2022-23.  Government  of Maharashtra and Kerala have not submitted proposal for establishment of Seaweed Park under PMMSY.

(c): The  state-wise  details  of  beneficiaries  benefited  along  with  cost  of  the  projects approved under PMMSY during 2020-21 to 2022-23 are furnished at Annexure-I.

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Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1038 put in by Ms. Ramya Haridas and  Shrimati Poonam Mahajan, Hon'ble Members of Parliament for answer on 13 th  December, 2022.

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                           |   Number of beneficiaries |   Cost of the projects approved under PMMSY* during last two years and till date of FY2022-23 (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                    120925 |                                                                                                      2121.03 |
|         2 | Andaman &Nicobar                   |                      1304 |                                                                                                        30.06 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                       546 |                                                                                                        89.76 |
|         4 | Assam                              |                     49961 |                                                                                                       328.06 |
|         5 | Bihar                              |                     59131 |                                                                                                       302.42 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                       |                     41036 |                                                                                                       364.32 |
|         7 | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                        30 |                                                                                                         6.46 |
|         8 | Delhi                              |                        35 |                                                                                                         5.33 |
|         9 | Goa                                |                       502 |                                                                                                        94.68 |
|        10 | Gujarat                            |                     17910 |                                                                                                       739.42 |
|        11 | Haryana                            |                      2121 |                                                                                                       283.22 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                      5512 |                                                                                                        98.27 |
|        13 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                     50726 |                                                                                                        88.58 |
|        14 | Jharkhand                          |                      3900 |                                                                                                       309.02 |
|        15 | Karnataka                          |                     51456 |                                                                                                       734.77 |
|        16 | Kerala                             |                    182323 |                                                                                                       469.77 |
|        17 | Ladakh                             |                       116 |                                                                                                        14.82 |
|        18 | Lakshadweep                        |                      3136 |                                                                                                        45.08 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                     32622 |                                                                                                       497.03 |
|        20 | Maharashtra                        |                     12811 |                                                                                                       511.13 |
|        21 | Manipur                            |                      1159 |                                                                                                        83.47 |
|        22 | Meghalaya                          |                      1560 |                                                                                                        71.65 |
|        23 | Mizoram                            |                     20963 |                                                                                                        85.73 |
|        24 | Nagaland                           |                      2815 |                                                                                                        68.62 |
|        25 | Odisha                             |                     37999 |                                                                                                       603.29 |
|        26 | Puducherry                         |                     58972 |                                                                                                        77.22 |
|        27 | Punjab                             |                      1232 |                                                                                                       141.94 |
|        28 | Rajasthan                          |                      2580 |                                                                                                        43.05 |
|        29 | Sikkim                             |                      2120 |                                                                                                        47.33 |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu                         |                    177748 |                                                                                                       447.02 |
|        31 | Telangana                          |                     35590 |                                                                                                       147.21 |
|        32 | Tripura                            |                     13853 |                                                                                                        96.69 |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                     15924 |                                                                                                       793.19 |
|        34 | Uttarakhand                        |                      1161 |                                                                                                       163.03 |
|        35 | West Bengal                        |                      2712 |                                                                                                        66.07 |

*PMMSY commenced w.e.f  FY 2020-21