Lok Sabha Question No. 263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: River Lake and Pond Fishing
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 263 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH NOVEMBER, 2021

## River Lake and Pond Fishing

## 263.SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any special plans to motivate persons engaged in river/ lake/pond fishing and provide incentives for keeping them commercially alive in this field; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the incentive schemes provided to support river/lake/pond fishing in the country, particularly in the State of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a)  &  (b):The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  is implementing a flagship scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Matsya SampadaYojana (PMMSY)- A scheme to bring  about  Blue  Revolution  through  sustainable  and  responsible  development  of  fisheries  sector  in India' with highest ever investment of Rs. 20,050 crore  for a period of five years with effect from the financial year 2020-21 to 2024-25 in all States/Union Territories(UTs) including Maharashtra.PMMSY inter-alia envisages  development  of  fisheries  in  inland  water  bodies  like  rivers,  lakes  and  ponds.    The PMMSY provides supportsto persons engaged in fishing in  river/ lake/pondsfor  procurement  of  boats, nets and such other implements for fishing, for procurement of fish transport vehicles like  refrigerated and insulated vehicles, three wheelers and two wheelers with ice boxes, construction of fish kiosks for marketing their catch,for construction of ice plants&cold storages for safe storage & reducing  losses, for construction of nursery ponds, rearing ponds& grow out ponds with inputs, Re-circulatory Aquaculture System (RAS) &biofloc units for diversifying into aquaculture, for undertakingcage culture in reservoirs, stocking of fingerlings in reservoirs&pen culture in open water bodies to increase their catch.

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during last financial  year  (2020-21)  and  current  financial  year  (2021-22)  has  accorded  approval  to  the  fisheries development proposals  of  Government of Maharashtra  at  a  total  cost  of  Rs.  395.00  crore  under  the PMMSY.  The  approved  project  activities  also  include  providing  boats  and  nets  for  traditional fishermen,construction of rearing ponds, grow out ponds with inputs for aquaculture, construction of biofloc ponds,Re-circulatory Aquaculture System (RAS),stocking of fingerlings in reservoirs, installation of  cages  in  reservoirs,  integrated  development  of  reservoirs,    post  harvest  and  cold  chain  activities likeice  plants/cold  storages,  refrigerated  vehicles,  insulated  vehicles,  motorcycle  with  ice  box,  three wheelers with icebox, live fish vending centres and fish kiosks.

Besides,  the  Government  of  India  has  also  extended  the  facility  of  Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  to fisheries  and  animal  husbandry  farmers  to  meet  their  working  capital  needs  for  rearing  of  animals, poultry birds, fish, shrimp, other aquatic organisms and capture of fish.

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