Lok Sabha Question No. 3316 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Group Accident Insurance for Active Fishermen
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3316 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## Group Accident Insurance for Active Fishermen

## 3316.   SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

- (a)   the  data  of  the  total  amount  of  funds  released  as  premiums  for  fishermen  under  the Group Accident  Insurance  for  Active  Fishermen  Scheme  from  2017-  18  to  2022-23, year-wise;
- (b)   the  data  of  fishermen  who  received  the  premium  due  to  death  or  permanent  total disability, year and State-wise; and
- (c)   the  data  of  fishermen  in  Andhra  Pradesh  who  received  the  premium  due  to  death  or permanent total  disability  and  premium  due  to  partial  disablement,  year  and  districtwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The year-wise amount of central funds released as premiums for fishermen under the Group Accident Insurance for Active Fishermen Scheme from 2017- 18 to 2019-20 under the erstwhile CSS-Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries and from 2020-21 to 2022-23 under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana(PMMSY) is as under:

(Rs. In lakh)

|   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|    636.47 |    196.22 |   223.287 |         0 |      1041 |      1469 |

(b) and (c): The State-wise and year wise details of the nos of fishermen who received the  premium  due  to  death  or  permanent  total  disability  from  2017-18  to  2022-23  is  at Annexure. Further,  Government of Andhra Pradesh has so far not participated for  Group Accident Insurance Scheme  under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada  yojana. being implemented by Department of Fisheries, Government of India.

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Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No 3316 put in by Shri Jayadev Galla, Hon'ble Member of Parliament for answer on 21 st  March, 2023 regarding 'Group Accident Insurance for Active Fishermen': Year wise and State wise details of nos of  fishermen  who  received  the  premium  due  to  death  or  permanent  total  disability  under  the erstwhile Blue Revolution Scheme and ongoing PMMSY scheme

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/ UTs   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | Total   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| (i)       | (ii)                      | (iii)     | (iv)      | (v)       | (vi)      | (vii)     | (viii)    | (ix)    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            | -         | 17        | -         | -         | -         | -         | 17      |
| 2         | Assam                     | -         | 4         | -         | -         | 2         | -         | 6       |
| 3         | Bihar                     | 6         | 6         | 8         | -         | -         | -         | 20      |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh              | 5         | 27        | 5         | 3         | -         | -         | 40      |
| 5         | Gujarat                   | 3         | 6         | -         | 1         | -         | -         | 10      |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh          | 2         | 7         | 4         | -         | 3         | -         | 16      |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir            | 1         | 3         | 1         | -         | -         | -         | 5       |
| 8         | Jharkhand                 | 2         | 3         | 2         | 1         | -         | -         | 8       |
| 9         | Karnataka                 | 15        | 29        | 5         | 3         | -         | -         | 52      |
| 10        | Maharashtra               | 2         | 11        | 5         | -         | -         | -         | 18      |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh            | 12        | 14        | 1         | -         | -         | -         | 27      |
| 12        | Manipur                   | 1         | 4         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 5       |
| 13        | Odisha                    | 52        | 61        | 12        | 8         | 4         | -         | 137     |
| 14        | Puducherry                | 4         | 5         | -         | -         | 5         | -         | 14      |
| 15        | Punjab                    | -         | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1       |
| 16        | Rajasthan                 | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1       |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu                | 124       | 114       | 346       | 10        | 70        | 5         | 669     |
| 18        | Telangana                 | 55        | 49        | 29        | 10        | 152       | 17        | 312     |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh             | 7         | 1         | 2         | -         | -         | 1         | 11      |
| 20        | A &NIslands               |           | -         | 1         | -         | -         | -         | 1       |
|           | Total                     | 292       | 362       | 421       | 36        | 236       | 23        | 1,758   |

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